Iceland: Sheep Found After One Month under Snow

Around 3,000 sheep are thought to have died in Skagafjörður, Þingeyjar and Eyjafjörður counties, North Iceland, as a result of the mid-September blizzard.

Solar Makes Up 83% of Clean Energy Projects Approved by Japan - Bloomberg

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Japan approved clean energy projects totaling 1,780 megawatts of capacity, with solar accounting for 83 percent, as of the end of September under a government incentive program.

Investment in UN's carbon scheme to 'dry up' as prices plunge - 11 Oct 2012 - News from BusinessGreen

UN carbon credits could be worth just 50 euro cents by the end of the decade due to a huge oversupply of allowances, hitting investment in its Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), analysts Thomson Reuters Point Carbon warned yesterday.

Gore's green investments - The Washington Post

Al Gore has become a prominent green technology investor since losing his bid for the White House. Here are some companies he has invested in that have received or benefited from more than $2.5 billion in stimulus money and other financial support from the Obama administration.

Al Gore has thrived as green-tech investor - The Washington Post

Gore declined to be interviewed, but spokeswoman Betsy McManus said he had not asked the administration for support for any companies in which he had invested. “For almost 40 years, he has consistently advocated for the rapid deployment of renewable energy and other sustainability technologies,” she said. “His investments are consistent with his beliefs.”

White House officials have rejected charges of favoritism.

“These are merit-based decisions made by professionals with the relevant policy expertise,” White House spokesman Eric Schultz said.

Flashback: Gore firm loses a bundle on solar, now invested in "the natural gas pipeline game -- heavily dependent on the environmentally suspect fracking"

Al Gore Walks Away From Green Energy - TheStreet