ENERGY::GOP’s Solyndra probe threatens to ensnare Energy Secretary Chu – Hill
By MB Snow at September 29, 2011 | 4:22 pm | Print
The controversy over a $535 million loan guarantee to the now-bankrupt California solar firm Solyndra is threatening to dim the star of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a physicist and Nobel Prize winner who had, until now, rarely been thrust into the political spotlight.
Republican lawmakers have set their sights on Chu, who for three years has managed to avoid being dragged into a litany of political battles waged by Republicans and the White House on energy and environmental issues.