The Stimulus Giveth, and the Stimulus Taketh Away
Today’s roundup of stimulus coverage:
First, in the name of the holiday, the giving.
Food banks and soup kitchens are more … more…
Report: Stimulus Drives Right Past Motor City
Today’s extra-large roundup of stimulus coverage:
Stimulus readers, rejoice: Today’s harvest of coverage is a bounty. We begin … more…
Is New York’s Marcellus Shale Too Hot to Handle?
As New York gears up for a massive expansion of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, state officials have made a potentially troub … more…
Energy Department Boldly Goes Where No Man Has Gone Before
Today’s roundup of stimulus coverage:
Bacteria that make gasoline? Enzymes that counter global warming? Batteries running on … more…
Gov’t Begins Doling out $25 Billion in Green Car Loans
It can be difficult to keep straight all the billions going to auto companies. But today the Department of Energy is reportedly … more…
Elusive Energy Savings and Exposing Expense Reports
Here are our editors' picks from today's roundup of investigative stories around the Web. Was there a story we missed? Please kee … more…
Too Much Money to Go Around?
The stimulus bill is supposed to infuse the economy with much-needed cash to combat the economic downturn. But in some cases, the sti … more…
Agencies Move to Restrict FOIA Access in Last-Minute Regs
This story was co-published with the Columbia Journalism Review.
As one of the most secretive presidential administrations in hist … more…
Physicist Sues Feds Over Questionable Lost Security Clearance
A few weeks ago, we began tracking the case of Abdel Moniem Ali el-Ganayni, a nuclear physicist working for a Department of Energy co … more…
Update on DOE’s Curious Security Clearance Case
Yesterday we wrote about the case of Moniem El-Ganayni, a nuclear physicist who lost his job with a Department of Energy contractor a … more…
Industry-Packed Federal Advisory Board Told DOE to Double U.S. Coal Consumption
Yesterday we wrote about the influence of industry-slanted advisory panels to federal agencies, as detailed by the Center for Public … more…
October 30, 2009
Energy-Savings Project Leaves Army in the Cold Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, October 30, 2009
October 15, 2009
Earmarks Sap Energy Chief’s Priorities Stephen Power, Wall Steet Journal ($), October 15, 2009
September 21, 2009
Audit Finds Waste in Energy’s ‘Green’ Projects Robert O'Harrow Jr., Washington Post, September 21, 2009
September 10, 2009
Watchdog: Energy Dept Not Prepared for Stimulus Funds Ian Talley, Wall Street Journal, September 10, 2009
June 11, 2009
Energy Secretary: Stimulus Spending Too Slow H. Josef Hebert, AP, June 11, 2009
June 04, 2009
IG: Energy is Setting Poor Example for Conservation Katherine McIntire Peters, Government Executive, June 04, 2009
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