MORE ON: Solyndra

Energy Secretary Steven Chu rebutted Republican allegations that he pushed San Francisco-based Prologis to sign a deal with now-bankrupt Solyndra, saying instead that he was "nervous" about the venture because he knew then the solar panel deal was likely to fail.  "We weren... + read more

Senior White House officials knew in late October 2010 that government-backed Solyndra was planning to lay off nearly 20 percent of its workforce just prior to the congressional elections the next month, recently released e-mails show. E-mails released by the White House last... + read more

George Kaiser, the top investor in the failed company Solyndra and a chief fundraiser for the Obama campaign, visited White House officials at least 16 times between March 2009 and July 2011, including three times in one day shortly after the administration expressed second thoughts about granting... + read more

Top Obama administration officials were worried about Solyndra's financial condition just two days before the president's 2010 visit to the Fremont company, yet allowed President Barack Obama's trip to proceed, according to e-mails released today by House Republicans. The e-mails... + read more

The U.S. Department of Energy has moved ahead with $4.5 billion in new loans for clean energy projects in California – despite the recent bankruptcy of Silicon Valley-based Solyndra. The new loans all were approved last month during the final days of a federal program created with stimulus money.... + read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Less than two months before his solar panel company filed for bankruptcy, Solyndra CEO Brian Harrison told lawmakers on Capitol Hill that thanks to the $535 million taxpayer loan to build a new factory, his company had shipped record-breaking numbers of solar panels to... + read more