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Is solar energy in trouble?
by
Scott Tong
Jan 23, 2012
Solar stocks have been plunging of late and the world's biggest solar market is tapping the brakes on sun power. Looks like a cloudy forecast ahead.
Crowd-sourcing solar energy
Jan 6, 2012
A Maryland solar company is creating small power plants throughout a neighborhood as a means to pool financial resources and valuable roof space.
Andrea Hackman
BP quits solar industry amid supply glut
by
Scott Tong
Dec 23, 2011
Oil giant goes "Beyond Petroleum," but goes short on solar power.
First Solar CEO steps down
by
Kai Ryssdal
Oct 25, 2011
This final note today. More trouble in solar....
Chevron uses solar power to get more oil
Oct 5, 2011
And this final note. You know more often than not the debate over energy and the environment is framed as either/or. Oil and gas versus, say, wind...
Solyndra loan controversy rumbles along
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John Moe
Sep 14, 2011
There is some squabbling in Washington over a $535 million loan made to a solar panel company called Solyndra LLC, which abruptly declared...
MID-DAY UPDATE: February job numbers, solar panels
Mar 4, 2011
We got big numbers today from the U.S. Labor Department. In February, U.S. payrolls increased 192,000 and the jobless rate fell to 8.9 percent --...
For public good, not for profit.
Solar flare eruption recorded by NASA (Video)
Mar 1, 2011
A large solar flare was captured on video by NASA's Solar Dynamic Observatory this week. According to the BBC, the eruptions lasted about 90...
MIDDAY UPDATE: China raises interest rates
Oct 20, 2010
In this show we find out the reason behind China's central bank raising interest rates for the first time in nearly three years. India takes a...
Teaching climate change or a Sharp sales technique?
Feb 3, 2009
(Photo credit: Jared Flesher, New York Times' Green Inc. blog)
As a former teacher, this Green Inc. article caught my interest and raised a red ...