Obama-Backed $2.2B Green Energy ‘Boondoggle’ Leaves Taxpayers on the Hook

The Environmental Toll of Obama-era ‘Clean Energy’ - Patriot Newsfeed

Out in the Mojave Desert, the Ivanpah Solar Power Plant still looks like a vision pulled straight from a concept sketch—vast fields of mirrors stretching across thousands of acres, all aimed at three glowing towers that burn bright against the horizon. When it opened more than a decade ago, it was pitched as a leap forward for clean energy. Today, it’s drawing a very different kind of attention. At the center of the criticism is a contradiction …

Obama-backed $2.2B green energy ‘boondoggle’ leaves taxpayers on the hook

Roughly $730M to $780M remains on a $1.6B federal loan, and one critic calls the Ivanpah facility a ‘boondoggle’ By Michael Dorgan Fox News SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – Federal taxpayers he…

Green Hypocrisy on Full Display in California’s Solar Desert - Power The Future

For years, the left has demanded strict environmental standards for American energy—shutting down pipelines, blocking drilling, and punishing producers over even minor impacts. But when it comes to their preferred “green” projects, those same rules suddenly don’t apply. Just look at California’s Ivanpah Solar Power Plant. Touted as a breakthrough in clean energy, Ivanpah has received more than $1.6 billion in taxpayer-backed support. Yet more th…

Ivanpah Solar Plant Burns Gas, Kills Thousands of Birds

More than a decade after it opened, the Ivanpah Solar Power Plant in California's Mojave Desert still fires up natural gas every morning to get running, and monitoring reports filed with state regulators continue to document hundreds of bird and bat deaths at the site each year. The sprawling facility, built with billions in federal backing during the Obama administration, was sold to the public as a landmark in clean energy. The record tells a …