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January 10, 2013

Solyndra Stunk. The Green Stimulus Didn't

James Tankersley, Washington Post


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The federal clean-energy loan guarantee program that gave you Solyndra wasn’t just a multibillion-dollar political debacle – it also didn’t create jobs, didn’t reduce carbon emissions and ran up financial risk for taxpayers. . .

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