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Oct 2013

Europeans getting pretty upset about their “necessarily skyrocketing” electricity prices

Erika Johnsen Oct 18, 2013 2:41 PM

Hindsight.

Europe cutting back on green-energy “investments” while coal makes a comeback

Erika Johnsen Oct 14, 2013 7:31 PM

When “winning the future,” isn’t.

Sep 2013

Oh, good: Energy Department ready to kick their green loan program back into high gear

Erika Johnsen Sep 23, 2013 6:41 PM

But with a new-and-improved focus, you guys!

Oh, rapture: Electric car-charger manufacturer/DOE grant recipient goes kaput

Erika Johnsen Sep 20, 2013 6:01 PM

Powering down.

Sequestration nation: DoD doles out $7 billion in wind-energy contracts

Erika Johnsen Sep 10, 2013 10:11 PM

Egregious.

Energy Department loses a casual $42 million on failed loan to green van company, no big deal

Erika Johnsen Sep 09, 2013 8:01 PM

It’s whatever.

Aug 2013

McAuliffe on GreenTech investigation: I don’t know anything, I was just in charge

Erika Johnsen Aug 17, 2013 7:01 PM

Awkward.

Europeans backing away slowly from green-energy commitments

Erika Johnsen Aug 14, 2013 4:41 PM

On second thought…

Surprise: $500 million “investment” in green-job training yielded neither green jobs nor trainees

Mary Katharine Ham Aug 05, 2013 8:41 PM

Discuss.

Jul 2013

Crisis, averted: EU and China manage to avoid a solar-powered trade war

Erika Johnsen Jul 27, 2013 1:01 PM

That escalated quickly.

Finally: European Union votes to downsize their quest for biofuel

Erika Johnsen Jul 12, 2013 1:21 PM

Any day now, United States…

Electric vehicles “unclean at any speed”?

Ed Morrissey Jul 03, 2013 1:51 PM

“Like shifting from one brand of cigarettes to another.”

Obama’s “Power Africa” plan: What happens when good intentions meet political-economic reality?

Erika Johnsen Jul 02, 2013 2:41 PM

“Investments”?

Jun 2013

Campaign promises of the eurozone recession: Scaling back on renewable-energy subsidies

Erika Johnsen Jun 13, 2013 8:41 PM

The times, they are a-changin.’

Boom: California greens try, fail to pass a fracking moratorium

Erika Johnsen Jun 11, 2013 1:21 PM

Smackdown.

Ex-Energy Secretary Chu: Our green-energy loans were “more successful than Wall Street”

Erika Johnsen Jun 10, 2013 12:41 PM

Facepalm.

Spain: Sorry about this, but some of these renewable-energies subsidies have got to go

Erika Johnsen Jun 09, 2013 6:31 PM

Blowback.

May 2013

Oops: Europe’s green mandates have resulted in more imported coal and wood consumption

Erika Johnsen May 28, 2013 6:41 PM

Unintended consequences.

Al Gore: “There’s no such thing as ethical oil”

Erika Johnsen May 08, 2013 6:01 PM

Why does he make it so easy?

It’s come to this: Solar installer now suing the government for more money

Erika Johnsen May 07, 2013 4:01 PM

Now, this is happening.

Not to worry: DoD still buying $59/gallon “green” jet fuel, despite sequester

Erika Johnsen May 03, 2013 3:21 PM

Priorities.

Apr 2013

Sad news for green lobby: Natural gas is even cleaner than we thought

Erika Johnsen Apr 29, 2013 9:21 PM

Boom.

Bad Karma: Obama admin kept funding Fisker while knowing it was failing

Ed Morrissey Apr 24, 2013 8:01 AM

The wheels on the green-tech bus keep falling off, falling off, falling off …

If/when Obama approves the Keystone pipeline, the green lobby is going to go berserk

Erika Johnsen Apr 17, 2013 4:41 PM

Grasping at straws.

Ecuador’s case against Chevron even more of a farce

Jazz Shaw Apr 13, 2013 8:31 AM

Regrets, we’ve had a few

GAO report: The govt has gotten a little heavy-handed with these wind subsidies, huh?

Erika Johnsen Apr 08, 2013 8:41 PM

Where does it end?

Lowry: Meet the new climate deniers

Erika Johnsen Apr 05, 2013 7:21 PM

The [inconvenient] truth will out.

Obama-backed Fisker Automotive laying off most rank-and-file employees, exploring bankruptcy

Erika Johnsen Apr 05, 2013 2:01 PM

Another one bites the dust.

Mar 2013

Reminder: Fisker about to go all Solyndra with $200 million of your money

Mary Katharine Ham Mar 19, 2013 8:01 PM

Stalled out.

Economic prosperity and environmental quality: It can be done!

Erika Johnsen Mar 02, 2013 7:01 PM

Wealthier is healthier!

Feb 2013

Another — yes, another — Obama-funded solar firm making layoffs

Erika Johnsen Feb 28, 2013 10:01 PM

Living up to the hype is hard.

Study: The natural gas boom isn’t going anywhere for awhile

Erika Johnsen Feb 28, 2013 5:01 PM

Energizing.

Green-energy subsidy recipient a toxic waste problem?

Ed Morrissey Feb 26, 2013 4:41 PM

Irony Abounds.

Germany and Spain are backing off on the green-energy subsidies

Erika Johnsen Feb 17, 2013 6:31 PM

Fiscal reality is hard.

GOP: It’s probably about time to look into this dodgy wind-credit business

Erika Johnsen Feb 13, 2013 3:21 PM

To follow on the heels of Ed’s SOTU fact-check, President Obama pedaled yet another deliberately misleading fact last night that …

German official: Yeah, don’t expect fracking in Germany any time soon

Erika Johnsen Feb 11, 2013 6:41 PM

Because, logic.

Obama administration getting strangely less specific about their electric-vehicle goals

Erika Johnsen Feb 04, 2013 5:21 PM

Powering down.

Chu stepping down: “I came with dreams and am leaving with a set of accomplishments”

Erika Johnsen Feb 01, 2013 3:11 PM

So much green.

Jan 2013

The EPA once again raises its biofuels standards — for biofuels that still do not exist

Erika Johnsen Jan 31, 2013 7:41 PM

Because, unicorns.

Good news: DOD readying to quadruple renewable energy installations

Erika Johnsen Jan 31, 2013 1:11 PM

It’s not that easy, being green.

Study: We all might be “overestimating climate sensitivity”

Erika Johnsen Jan 28, 2013 3:11 PM

Let’s cool those jets for a hot second.

All your automotive stimulus are belong to China

Mary Katharine Ham Jan 28, 2013 12:41 PM

Cash for clunkers.

Dems to Obama: You should really exercise some executive action on climate change

Erika Johnsen Jan 24, 2013 6:01 PM

He’s really super cereal.

Stranger than fiction: The Italian mafia hearts green energy

Erika Johnsen Jan 23, 2013 8:51 PM

Like two peas in a pod.