Power Hogs Targeted by France in Big Brother Legislation - Bloomberg

Heating a French home could soon require an income tax consultation or even a visit to the doctor under legislation to force conservation in the nation’s $46 billion household energy market.

A bill adopted by the lower house this month would set prices that homes pay based on wages, age and climate. Utilities Electricite de France SA and GDF Suez SA (GSZ) will use the data to reward consumers who cut power and natural gas usage and penalize those whom regulators decide are wasteful.

“It’s Orwellian,” opposition lawmaker Daniel Fasquelle said by telephone. “The law will create huge inequalities and infringe on people’s individual freedoms. It won’t work.”

Socialist President Francois Hollande is pushing boundaries of privacy and privilege in carrying out a campaign promise to reduce energy costs.

Chinese Company May Still Pursue A123 After Bankruptcy - Bloomberg

“A123’s bankruptcy is yet another failure for the president’s disastrous strategy of gambling away billions of taxpayer dollars on a strategy of government-led growth that simply does not work,” Andrea Saul, a Romney campaign spokeswoman, said in an e-mailed statement this week.

Planning reforms 'totally ignore climate change', warn green groups - 19 Oct 2012 - News from BusinessGreen

David Cameron says Growth and Infrastructure Bill will unlock billions of pounds of new investment in energy projects

BBC News - UK experiences 'weirdest' weather

The driest spring for over a century gave way to the wettest recorded April to June in a dramatic turnaround never documented before.

The scientists said there was no evidence that the weather changes were a result of Man-made climate change.

Canadian expert says warmer, wetter, weather adding to extreme weather woes - Yahoo! News Canada

Sandford said for every degree the average temperature rises as a result of global warming, the atmosphere can carry seven per cent more moisture.