Energy Dept. 'Not Poised To Approve' Second Solyndra Loan

Thursday, October 6, 2011 Energy Dept. 'Not Poised To Approve' Second Solyndra Loan WASHINGTON -- The Department of Energy considered granting Solyndra a second loan even as the company's dire financial situation became increasingly apparent, internal White House email threads released Tuesday show. But administration officials are pushing back against the claim that the department came anywhere close to approving the $469 million loan. SXSW Eco: The Carbon Zero City By The Numbers State Department Pushes Back On Claims Of Bias In Keystone XL Pipeline Review Process Is Barbie No Longer A 'Serial Killer'? Up To 750 Meteors An Hour Expected This Saturday Lawsuit Filed Over Yellowstone River Oil Spill BLOG POSTS David Suzuki: Is Oil Ever Ethical? Ezra Levant acknowledges that exploiting and using fossil fuels has environmental impacts. Does that mean there is a hierarchy of ethical practices or that one ethical practice cancels out other unethical activities? Edward James Olmos: The State of the Gulf Coast: A Report by Save Our Gulf Waterkeepers While progress has been made and restoration has most certainly begun in the gulf since the BP gusher last year, its clear from a new report that there is a great deal of work to be done. Dr. Reese Halter: Climate Disruption: Drought and Dead Trees History is rich with lessons, but will political hubris take heed of past civilizations annihilated by drought? The Akkadian, Moche, Tiwanaku, Mayan, and Anasazi to name but a few are well documented in our history books. Brendan DeMelle: Hillary Clinton's Keystone XL Crony Lobbyists Problem Hillary Clinton and the State Department have the final word on whether to approve the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, unless Obama intervenes. The influence of industry lobbyists connected to Clinton is finally getting some media attention, but there is more to this story. Sloan Barnett: What's Your Body's Chemical Burden? Would you believe me if I told you even your unborn child has toxins flowing through her blood? It's scary, but true.

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