Solyndra Loan: Now Treasury Is Launching Investigation - ABC News

The Treasury Department's inspector general has opened a new front in the investigation of the government loan to Solyndra, the now bankrupt company that had been touted as a model of President Obama's ambitious green energy program, ABC News and the Center for Public Integrity/iWatch News have learned.

The new probe involves the $535 million loan, arranged by the Energy Department, but actually processed by the Federal Financing Bank, a government lending institution that falls under Treasury's control. Already, the FBI and the Energy Department's inspector general have executed search warrants at Solyndra's headquarters and questioned company executives.

Analysis: Ethanol industry to stay hungry for U.S. corn | Reuters

(Reuters) - The U.S. ethanol industry is keeping its foot on the gas pedal at production plants, and if the trend continues it could defy a government forecast that the industry will have its first drop in corn use since the turn of the century.

A Slow Farewell to Fossil Fuels: Electric Car Revolution Remains a Distant Prospect - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

The first electric cars that aren't DIY projects and offer acceptable crash protection have arrived in the dealerships. Most of them are no-frills mini-vehicles that cost as much as a mid-sized sedans and can only take you a short distance and back on a single battery charge if you're lucky enough to avoid heavy traffic. Of course, that's not the case in the winter, when energy-sapping interior heating significantly diminishes its range. And if it runs out of juice on the road, no jerry can will help. Your only option is to call a tow truck.

With all the drawbacks of this type of car, you have to be a true believer in electric mobility to imagine that there really are one million people out there who want to have one.

On Warming, for Every Nobelist, an Equal & Opposite Nobelist - Revkin.net

Ivar Giaever, physics Nobelist, leaves APS over “incontrovertible” conclusion on global warming. Basically you can choose a physic laureate to suit your warming views.