MEDC Removes Video of Failed Battery Maker [Michigan Capitol Confidential]

YouTube promotion showed Obama, Granholm, Levin and Stabenow promising thousands of jobs

Alaska Village Short of Water as Winter Approaches - NYTimes.com

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Inupiat Eskimo villagers in a small Alaska community are facing six long months of melting ice and snow nearly every time they want to cook a meal or bathe, after freezing temperatures hit before workers could fill the village's two large storage tanks with water.

UK Energy Minister Rejects ‘Bourgeoisie-Left’ Energy Strategy | The Global Warming Policy Foundation

So long as I am the Energy minister, the high-flown theories of cognitive bourgeoisie left academics will not over-ride the interests of ordinary people who need fuel for heat, light, and transport – energy policies, you might say, for the many not the few…

Political Storms Threaten Europe’s Offshore Wind Dreams | The Global Warming Policy Foundation

Political wavering in Britain, the world’s biggest offshore wind market, is casting doubt on European ambitions to build a fleet of gigantic turbines out at sea. Comments by Britain’s chancellor George Osborne suggest he is shifting emphasis to natural gas and away from greener technology to kickstart growth.

Merkel’s Blackout: Green Energy Transition In Crisis | The Global Warming Policy Foundation

Spiegel Online: German citizens will be paying a total of more than €20 billion ($25.7 billion) next year to promote renewable energy. This is more than €175 for an average three-person household, a 50 percent increase over current figures. The development is an embarrassment to Germany’s coalition government.