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>> greg: it doesnt link weather changes and storms to global warming. he said the path toward sustainable energy, sources will be long and difficult. i agree. especially when you block keystone. >> dana: he got a pass in first term to ignore climate change. it was in the front page every day. they ignored it with president obama. now in a second term they laud him for it. and in first term? nothing. you know what died in kyoto protocol died december 31. >> eric: he spent time talking about ideol...

New attack this morning on this channel. ♪ he didnt name names. thats the wrong tape. governor romney didnt name names but campaign staffers say he was talking about alternative energy companies like solyndra which went bankrupt after getting half a billion dollars from the government. the white house is responding. this president will not concede the industries of the 21st century to china, india, europe and elsewhere. the investments made in the recovery act have already helped renewable ene...

Thanks for joining us. now to politics. mitt romney hitting president obama where it really hurts. he made a surprise visit to solyndra. thats the solar company that we know the bankrupt despite getting $528 million, taxpayer dollars from the obama admin straugs. joining us live to talk about this is doug luzader with the details. this comes down to jobs and economy. romney and obama bracing for the new numbers released. both sides are sharpening their nods on the economy. we saw this play out...

In the morning, here on the west coast, i can do that math. thats $25 million per job. and the most outrageous part of this is weve been down this road before. we all remember solyndra which, of course, is a most infamous example of these green energy debacles. its not the only one. weve only seen this before here in nevada. theres another solar plant based in boulder city that received $50 million in the stimulus and currently employ five individuals on a full-time basis. ironically president o...

Called -- to a company called prologis. >> they were going to put solar technology on roof tops around the country to provide clean energy. the problem is that solyndra, which had already received a loan, was in financial trouble, so the department of energy intervened and told prologis were going to give you government money in the form of a loan guarantee of $1.4 billion, but you need to use the technology from solyndra. this was their effort, their attempt to try to rescue solyndra. to show y...

Welcome back to "morning joe." 39 past the hour. the energy department has approved a new round of loan guarantees for two solar energy projects. it comes weeks after california-based solyndra which received a $35 million installment from the obama administration filed for bankruptcy. and laid off thousands of workers. the new loans total more than $1 billion and will be used for construction projects in nevada and arizona. solyndra was a solar panel manufacturing firm. the department of energy ...