More Taxpayer Money for the Solar Industry - By Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore - National Review Online

But why? 1366 is backed by GE Energy Financial Services and the VC firm VantagePoint. Those two firms couldn’t have arranged financing to build a factory?

'Free' corporate help accepted by energy department, Caroline Lucas reveals | Damian Carrington | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Forty eight people from fossil fuel companies, consultancies and academia have worked unpaid in the Department for Energy and Climate Change (Decc), Caroline Lucas revealed in her leader's speech here at the Green party conference in Sheffield on Friday.

"There are very few businesses who will lend their top employees to government for nothing," she told her party. "No, they expect something in return: influence, access and the inside track on the next fat contract."

Companies including EDF, Centrica, ConocoPhillips and the UK Petroleum Industry association all lent staff, as well as KPMG, Deloitte, Ernst and Young. Non-commercial organisations also donated staff time, such as the Carbon Trust and Cambridge University.

Top 10 Cities Where Weather Shuts Down Everyday Life | Farmers' Almanac

The D.C. area had seen more than a foot of snow only 13 times since 1870, according to the National Weather Service. Again, that was before 2009–2010.

Twitter / @aownkaz [But aren't we supposed to believe that outside of the US, everybody believes in the global warming hoax?]

@Revkin having the #Climate debate in #Pakistan.... NOT easy. But then again is it easy anywhere?