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Tales of Adventures in Foreign Investment

By Kennedy Maize Washington, D.C., September 29, 2011 -- A story in the Wall Street Journal recently – about a Chinese wind firm pirating U.S.-owned software that controls wind turbines…



Guest Blog: At CIA, Climate Change is a Secret

By Steven Aftergood Updated below When the Central Intelligence Agency established a Center on Climate Change and National Security in 2009, it drew fierce opposition from congressional Republicans who disputed the need…


Will DOE Punt Transmission Siting to FERC?

By Kennedy Maize Washington, D.C., September 20, 2011 -- Having failed to implement the provisions of the 2005 Energy Policy Act aimed at facilitating interstate electric transmission, the Department of…


Another Scientific Warming Skeptic Makes News

By Kennedy Maize Washington, D.C., September 16, 2011 -- Add another prominent name to the list of know-nothing, scientifically illiterate skeptics of the conventional wisdom about global warming. Ivar Giaever,…


Reports: France Suffers Nuclear Explosion

By Kennedy Maize Washington, D.C., September 12, 2011, 9:30 a.m. -- There are multiple reports this morning of an explosion at the French nuclear site at Marcoule. According to the…


The Lessons of Solyndra

By Kennedy Maize Washington D.C., September 9, 2011 -- Pondering the collapse of solar PV manufacturer Solyndra and the earlier business failures of Evergreen Solar and SpectraWatt, all recipients of…


What Polar Bear Decline?

By Kennedy Maize Washington, D.C., August 15, 2011 -- It’s about those polar bears. You know, the ones endangered by global warming turning the Arctic into Florida, the poster predators…