Governor, oil baron had private meeting | Courier-Post | courierpostonline.com

Now environmentalists and liberals are holding up that meeting and a closed-door seminar in June hosted by brothers David and Charles Koch, in which Christie was the keynote speaker, as evidence of their claims that Christie is influenced by big oil.

Flashback: Solyndra officials made numerous trips to the White House, logs show

According to White House visitor logs, between March 12, 2009, and April 14, 2011, Solyndra officials and investors made no fewer than 20 trips to the West Wing. In the week before the administration awarded Solyndra with the first-ever alternative energy loan guarantee on March 20, four separate visits were logged.

Tesco, Pepsico in Race for $2.4 Billion in U.K. Energy Subsidies - Bloomberg

Companies including Tesco Plc (TSCO) and PepsiCo Inc. are racing for about 1.7 billion pounds ($2.4 billion) in power-generation subsidies being offered by the U.K. through March 2015, according to a report by the Carbon Trust.

Low-carbon investments could make average returns of about 12 percent, rising potentially above 15 percent because of subsidies including the Renewable Heat Incentive and the Feed in Tariff, the London-based adviser to business said in a report published today.

Forecasters promise another harsh winter - Sweden

According to experts, the last two winters have been the coldest for the last few decades and statistics from the institute all point to cold winters coming in threes.

”I don't know why this happens. My personal belief is that it is coincidence,” Frost told the paper.