Industrial Wind Turbines Coming Near You??? Can you imagine living next to 500 ft. wind turbines? Last week I mentioned a letter we received from a teenager who has become ill as a result of wind turbines. Her family had to move away from these nearly 500 ft. wind turbines (now they are paying two…
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Surprise! Another DOE Solar ‘Bet’ Produces Green Job Losses
By Paul Chesser National Legal & Policy Center Yet another solar company that received loan guarantees from the Department of Energy has dismissed factory workers, lopping off 70 percent of its U.S. employees. Loveland, Colo.-based Abound Solar announced Tuesday it would lay off 280 workers at its production plant near Longmont, leaving 120 still employed.…
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Taxpayer-Funded Abound Solar Had Previous Shutdown; Lobbyist Promoted Failed Projects
By Paul Chesser A Department of Energy-funded solar company that laid off 280 workers last week quietly imposed a mandatory, temporary cessation of its operations during the holidays, and warned employees to “not let the rumor mill create false purposes for this shut down.” And in another sign of potential financial troubles, a company document…
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Can Taxpayer-Subsidized Battery Maker A123 Survive?
By Paul Chesser National Legal & Policy Center The taxpayer-funded ($279 million) battery supplier that gave big raises and parachutes to its executives shortly after it cut “Green jobs” at its Michigan factories, reported last week it would suffer big losses again for 2011. A123 Systems, whose fortunes were entwined with those of electric vehicle…
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GM-Funded EV Company Gives Up on DOE Loan, Ends Operations
By Paul Chesser National Legal & Policy Center In administrating its stimulus-fed loan and grants programs, the Department of Energy has been accused of incompetence, carelessness, recklessness, and cronyism. Now it can add inconsistency to those distinguishing characteristics. Two weeks ago Bright Automotive, an electric vehicle start-up company that General Motors helped two years ago…
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Obama-Supporting Law Firm Advised on Failed Fisker Loan
By Paul Chesser National Legal & Policy Center An international law firm, which gave substantial political donations to President Obama and fellow Democrats over the last three campaign cycles, received its own significant stimulus award to advise on a controversial Department of Energy loan transaction with a struggling electric vehicle manufacturer. The firm, Debevoise &…