My understanding is that the U.S. government and others "invested heavily" not in "green projects" but in money-making projects, and that requires the use of oil, which has much higher energy returns. That is why deregulation is the norm, and the actual entities that control the global economy are not governments:
"Revealed – the capitalist network that runs the world"
http://www.newscientist.com/article/...the-world.html
Thus, this is not "propaganda material" but the complete opposite: they are startling news reports not just of governments but even corporations and communities moving to renewable energy and non-conventional oil sources. And the reason is not necessarily global warming but lack of oil:
"Renewable Energy"
http://www.economist.com/blogs/daily...nd-consumption
The solar companies referred to are in the U.S. Elsewhere, the situation is the opposite.
Some more points to consider:
If any, the prediction regarding global warming is erroneous not because it refers to events that will not happen but to the same which are taking place, long before what was predicted (which is decades from now). In short, scientists worldwide underestimated this problem.
The ROI for solar is, indeed, "false prophesied" not because of "bad weather" (there are, in fact, technologies that can be implemented to make solar energy even more efficient) but because the EROEI for solar is not good enough. Ultimately, non-conventional production and renewables will be used not to minimize the damage due to global warming but to face problems caused by lack of oil.
In which case, what I share isn't "dumb news" but the complete opposite: news that is new to most readers. If any, your responses illustrate that point readily.