The White House Knew Solyndra Was Not Profitable

Today, the Wall Street Journal disclosed and commented upon an e-mail to Larry Summers regarding the Solyndra loans: Brad Jones of Redpoint Ventures got to the heart of the Solyndra economy in a December 2009 email to then-National Economic Council director Larry Summers: “The allocation …

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Written by Hank Adler on Monday October 10, 2011

Some Truths More Inconvenient than Others?

This past weekend in the New York Times , Paul Krugman argued that vested interests and ideology prevent us from responding appropriately to the threat of climate change. Yet, Krugman himself quickly dismisses the only near-term solution to reducing our dependence on coal. Here is Paul …

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Written by David Frum on Tuesday September 29, 2009