Tag: Taxpayers

U.S. taxpayers guarantee $2.1b loan to German firms

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Timothy P. Carney Senior Political Columnist Follow Him @TPCarney A federal subsidy program with consistently poor marks on transparency and accountability has just announced its largest ever award: a $ 2.1 billion loan guarantee to a German-owned solar power company. The Solar […]

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Taxpayers Beat Wall Street as Biggest Lenders to Renewable Energy Projects

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Government-backed development banks in Europe, Brazil and the U.S. arranged the most funding for clean energy projects in 2010, taking up the slack left by commercial lenders during the credit crisis. Read more on Bloomberg SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–EGPI Firecreek, Inc. (OTCBB:EFIR) is […]

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