“The energy consultant accused of forging documents to get state funding for a troubled solar power installation at two Oregon universities offered a surprising new alibi this week. My brother did it. In a sworn statement filed Monday in Marion County Circuit Court, Phil Shain, the brother of the Seattle-based consultant, Martin Shain, claims … [Read more…]
“State and federal law enforcement agents hoped for a confession. But Seattle energy consultant Martin Shain wasn’t playing ball. Agents from the Oregon Department of Justice and the FBI investigating an Oregon solar power project last September persuaded another player in the case to telephone Shain in hopes he would incriminate himself. Agents wanted … [Read more…]
“By any standard or sane measure, Gov. Andrew Cuomo should be running scared. Joseph Percoco, one of his closest advisors and friends — “my father’s third son,” Cuomo once said — was convicted of sleazy, felonious self-dealing and is scheduled to be sentenced to federal prison next week, probably for a good long time. … [Read more…]
“Florida’s solar industry has embraced a comfortable narrative – they are the small-business “little guys” facing giant corporations, which care little about consumers and renewable energy. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. And it reveals a dark side to sunny solar. For example, The Daily Caller is reporting on an investigation … [Read more…]