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Politics : The Solyndra Scandal -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (43)	9/29/2011 10:38:41 PM
From: joseffy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1400

Solyndra was the third U.S. solar manufacturer to fail in a single month. SpectraWatt Inc., a solar company backed by units of Intel Corp. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., filed for bankruptcy protection on Aug. 19, and Evergreen Solar went Chapter 11 on Aug. 15.

To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (43)	9/29/2011 10:39:40 PM
From: joseffy	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1400

Two days before the expiration of the program that funneled $535 million to a failing but donor-connected Solyndra, another billion dollars was rushed to two more solar energy companies. That money could have repaired more than a few crumbling bridges.