Energy Budget Cuts Are Attack on Subsidies, Not Science
House Members who are proposing cuts to the Department of Energy (DOE) budget are facing bogus criticism that the cuts are an attack on science…. Read More
Climate Change: White House Confuses Myths with Realities
Heather Zichal, deputy assistant to the President for energy and climate change, took to the White House blog to defend the Administration’s climate-change plan in… Read More
Climate Change: Lessons Learned from Around the World
If it ain’t broke, the government will break it for you. That seems to be the lesson to draw from other nations that have implemented… Read More
Previewing President Obama’s Climate Change Speech
When Congress rejected a cap-and-trade proposal to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions, a frustrated President said that cap and trade was only… Read More
Farm Bill Wastes More Taxpayer Money on Green Subsidies
Slapping the word rural in front of a bunch of green subsidies does not mean they’re not subsidies. But that’s exactly what the Rural Energy… Read More
Solar Energy Embarrassingly Less Productive than Coal
A map recently released by the Solar Foundation highlights the industry’s claim that 119,000 Americans are now employed in the solar industry. Its authors exclaim,… Read More
$1.2 Billion in Cash Goes to Energy Projects, Despite Sequestration
Despite a fiscal cliff and sequestration worries, more than $1.2 billion in cash payments for energy projects (in lieu of tax credits) have been issued… Read More
Japan’s Green Initiative Drowns in Oil
The government picking winners and losers is bad for any economy. But it also often leads to the opposite of the intended result. Take a… Read More
Obama Administration Plans to Spend $150 Million for Green Energy Projects (Because It’s Worked So Well Before)
Just what America needs: More taxpayer-funded green energy projects. The Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service released plans to re-allocate more… Read More
U.S. Beating China in Race for Clean Skies
A cloud of photochemical smog from China drifted into Japan this week. The story highlights the fact that air pollution in China is getting worse—despite… Read More
Colorado Energy Office Misspends Millions in Stimulus Funds
The Colorado Energy Office (CEO) misspent millions in stimulus funds and could not account for a variety of other financial statements, according to a new… Read More
It’s Time to Stop Picking Winners and Losers in the Energy Industry
Representative Mike Pompeo (R–KS) hopes his new bill calling for the repeal of all energy tax credits on both conventional and renewable energy sources will… Read More
Corporate Welfare for Energy Companies Should Have Gone Off the Cliff
The fiscal cliff deal is not only preventing certain politically motivated energy tax policies from falling off the cliff, but it’s also resurrecting ones that… Read More
Vestas Cuts Plant Hours, Puts Colorado Employees On Unemployment
In an attempt to stave off potential job losses, Vestas Wind Systems reduced hours at two manufacturing plants in Colorado for all hourly staff on… Read More
The Wrong Technology: Evidence of Faulty Panels Continues to Mount at Abound Solar
Claims that Chinese solar subsidies killed Abound Solar—and not faulty solar panels made by the company itself—are beginning to wear as thin as the solar… Read More
DOE Issues Nearly $1 Million to Ailing A123 on Day of Bankruptcy Filing
The Department of Energy’s clean energy grant-making program delivered a reimbursement to ailing battery maker A123 approaching $1 million on the same day the company… Read More
Pentagon More Active in ‘Green’ Energy than the Energy Department
According to a new report on financial waste in the Department of Defense, the Pentagon initiated more renewable energy projects in 2010 – the year measured –… Read More
Michigan’s Rejection of Renewable Energy Mandate Avoids Higher Costs
Michigan voters rejected a proposed state constitutional amendment last week that would have imposed a mandate requiring the state’s utilities to source 25 percent of… Read More
Energy Independence the Free-Market Way
It was clear in pre-election discussion that Americans want energy independence. The most successful means to this end has been the free market—and the release… Read More
Green-Energy Projects Face Opposition From Green Groups
“We need green energy. Just not here.” Do those words sound familiar? That’s quite often the case with so-called proponents of green energy. The acronym… Read More
$14 Billion in Stimulus Spending Generates Just 1.2 Percent of Electricity
Despite more than $14 billion in cash payments to solar, wind, and other renewable energy project developers since 2009, just 48 terawatt hours of additional… Read More
DOE-Backed Abound Solar Facing Fraud Investigation in Colorado
Abound Solar, the now-bankrupt solar company and recipient of a $400 million Department of Energy loan guarantee, faces a three-pronged investigation from Weld County, CO,… Read More
Sign of the Times: Denver Post Challenged on Green Energy Coverage
(Photo credit: Mary MacFarlane) A Colorado-based free-market think tank located in Denver challenged the state’s paper of record when it launched a media blitz that… Read More
President Obama’s Taxpayer-Backed Green Energy Failures
It is no secret that President Obama’s and green energy supporters’ (from both parties) foray into venture capitalism has not gone well. But the extent… Read More
Another Green Failure: A123 Files for Bankruptcy
A123, recipient of a $249 million Department of Energy manufacturing grant, warned of impending debt default and cash problems that forced the company to seek… Read More
House Committee Launches Document Probe Into DOE, Abound Solar
Bankrupt solar module manufacturer Abound Solar, recipient of a Department of Energy loan guarantee of $400 million, and the subject of an official investigation in… Read More
Bankrupt DOE Loan Recipient Abound Solar Under Investigation, Panels Suffered “Catastrophic Failure”
Abound Solar, a Department of Energy $400 million loan guarantee recipient that went bankrupt earlier this year, is under investigation by officials in Weld County,… Read More
Conservatives Outline Policy Agenda Following Presidential Debate
DENVER — Members of The Heritage Foundation’s policy team joined experts from across the country at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Colorado. The event… Read More
VIDEO: Pre-Presidential Debate Highlights Policy Differences
DENVER — Conservatives and progressives duked it out over policy Wednesday morning ahead of the first presidential debate of 2012 at the University of Denver…. Read More
Michigan’s Mandate for Pricier Energy
If an energy technology has so much promise, why would you need a constitutional amendment to require its production? Energy consumers in Michigan should be… Read More
