60 Minutes Hit Job on Clean Energy Ignores the Facts - by Joe Romm

Clean technology is booming by every key indicator — but you would never know that from Sunday’s absurd 60 Minutes piece touting an imaginary “Cleantech Crash.”

As documented in the recent Department of Energy (DOE) report, “Revolution Now:  The Future Arrives for Four Clean Energy Technologies,” the only thing in cleantech that is crashing is the cost of key components.  This price crash has enabled explosive growth in wind power, solar power, LED lights and electric vehicles.

Ironically, this boom is so self-evident that just Saturday the New York Times published a front page story on “the solar power craze that is sweeping Wall Street.” As the article notes, “Solar companies have had the wind at their backs lately.”

60 Minutes Hit Job on Clean Energy Ignores the Facts - by Joe Romm