Do you have an interest in installing solar panels at your home or business. It is reasonable to assume that the price of those panels will play a role in your decision of whether to generate electricity using solar panels.
I presume that the environmental movement has a general interest in promoting increased use of solar panels.
That presumption turns out to be false. The environmental movement is not interested in increasing the use of solar panels as a priority. The top priority is gaining political support from labor unions and Democratic Party donors, and getting government funding for environmental projects such as Solyndra.
What is the evidence?
Three years ago the US government put a 33% tax on all imported Chinese solar panels. The goal was to get labor support for American made solar panels and the enviromental movement in general. This year the tax was raised to 200%. That increase indicates to me that the Chinese solar panels are so good people were willing to pay the 33% penalty.
Let there be no doubt that the current Democratic administration is controlled by environmentalists and labor unions when they concur on any issue.
In this case the environmentalists really don't give a damn about the environment. They just want to win a modest battle. I would suggest that they are hypocrites.