From the article,

A department spokeswoman explained to Klein that although job creation no longer mattered in choosing which projects to fund, job creation still mattered in choosing which projects to fund. It “will be taken into account,” she said.

Well, thanks for clearing that up. Meanwhile in Texas, Pickens Calls Off Massive Wind Farm In Texas

In Texas, the problem lies in getting power from the proposed site in the Panhandle to a distribution system, Pickens said in an interview with The Associated Press in New York. He’d hoped to build his own transmission lines but he said there were technical problems.

Technical problems? Forgedaboudit. Is this what we’ve come to?