by Jane Richey | Sep 26, 2013 | Agenda 21, Politics
A bipartisan Senate coalition has arisen to halt the nomination of President Obama’s pick to be the country’s top energy regulator. Now with no hope of getting support from the Senate Environment and Public Works committee, the Obama administration is considering...
by Jane Richey | Apr 6, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
The Energy Department said Thursday it expects to begin tentatively approving new taxpayer-backed loans for renewable energy projects in the coming months. The announcement comes about seven months after Solyndra, the California solar firm that received a $535 million...
by Jane Richey | Mar 14, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) grilled Energy Secretary Steven Chu Tuesday about the political nature of the administration making loans to alternative energy companies such as Solyndra. Paul cited billionaire and Obama supporter George Kaiser’s involvement with the failed...
by Jane Richey | Mar 13, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Tuesday disavowed his 2008 comments about increasing gas prices to European levels, remarks that Republicans have pounced on in recent weeks. “I no longer share that view,” Chu said during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee...