GOP Rep. Sought Funds From Loans Program He Probed

April 26, 2013 Subscribe · Forward GOP Rep. Sought Funds From Loans Program He Probed In a contentious House subcommittee hearing more than a little reminiscent of the Solyndra hearings, Republicans on Wednesday attacked the Department of Energy for its investment in struggling electric car company Fisker Automotive. Continue reading... After Texas Explosion, Americans Support Workplace Safety Restrictions Animal Rights Activists Hack Foie Gras Company Website Another State Confirms Japanese Tsunami Debris WATCH: 'Monstrous' Whirlpool Devours All That Enters New Study Links Popular Herbicide To Fatal Diseases Scientists Discover The Agent Used In Gulf Spill Cleanup Is Destroying Marine Life Authorities Close Investigation Into March Lion Attack New Study Links Popular Herbicide To Fatal Diseases WATCH: 'Monstrous' Whirlpool Devours All That Enters New Study Links Popular Herbicide To Fatal Diseases Scientists Discover The Agent Used In Gulf Spill Cleanup Is Destroying Marine Life DANIEL KESSLER Let Us Count the Many Ways Joe Nocera Is Wrong on Keystone XL The only way to do that is to drop Big Oil and petro states once and for all. And the only way to do that is to get serious about green energy which Nocera treats like a punch line. I wonder if they are laughing in Iowa now that they are getting 25 percent of their electricity from wind? Continue reading... ANDREW GUNTHER Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria: Big Ag Washes Its Hands of Any Responsibility The "cook it properly and everything will be ok" spin is just Big Ag's latest attempt to absolve itself of any responsibility for squandering one of the most important medical innovations of our time -- and putting American lives at risk. Continue reading... PIERRE GADONNEIX Asia's Energy Future Comes With Global Responsibility The region's rapid economic growth has fueled its enormous energy consumption. However Asia's heavy dependence on fossil fuels threatens to cause serious damage to the environment as the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere could double over the next 20 years. Continue reading... ART LEVINE GOP, Chamber of Commerce and Fox News: Did They Play a Role in the Fertilizer Plant Deaths? The evidence is now overwhelming that lax enforcement was abetted by the seven state and Federal agencies that looked the other way or failed to see its 270 tons of potentially explosive ammonium nitrate. Continue reading... TAMAR HASPEL Condemning Monsanto With Bad Science Is Dumb Industrial agriculture has created a lot of environmental problems. We have to find ways to reform our food system, but shoddy research only helps Monsanto. If we base our objections on papers like this one, we won't -- and we shouldn't -- be taken seriously. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003