Solar Shop shuts as subsidies evaporate

Australia's largest seller of solar panels, Solar Shop, has been placed in receivership and will be put up for sale.

Obama energy policy raises costs, limits jobs - CNN.com

Austin, Texas (CNN) -- For decades, political commentators have been lamenting America's lack of an energy policy. That's no longer true. Under Barack Obama, the U.S. has adopted a very clear energy policy: obstruct and even vilify the coal, oil and natural gas industries while lavishing subsidies on unreliable and expensive sources like solar, biofuels and wind energy.