Whatever Immelt and his customers think of the thesis that the Earth is in the balance, they know they are going to be living in a world of high energy prices, caps on greenhouse gases and ever tighter environmental regulations.

FORBES: GE Turns Green

By Memorial Day, the White House would like the House Energy and Commerce Committee to approve a sweeping energy plan that caps total carbon emissions, sets up a program to sell permits for future emissions, then cycles billions of dollars to renewable and other low-carbon energy sources.

WSJ: Coming Next: The Act II Blueprint

Connecticut, eight states, the City of New York and environmental groups sued AEP, Duke Energy, Cinergy, the Southern Co. and Xcel Energy to win court-ordered caps on CO2 emissions.

FORBES: Big Day For Big Cases At The Supreme Court

Price caps have squelched investment in energy and led the treasury to subsidise fuel imports.

ECONOMIST: Argentina

Policies designed to boost renewables that politicians keep talking about, like carbon caps, national renewable portfolio standards, energy bills and climate bills all remain stranded in the murky future.

FORBES: NextEra Energy CEO Predicts Wind Shakeout

Although environmentalists are concerned by this melting trend, shipping and energy companies are salivating at the prospect of smaller ice caps, which makes Arctic drilling and commerce easier.

CNN: Countries in tug-of-war over Arctic resources

The 35-year-old won five Premiership titles, two Heineken Cups and the EDF Energy Cup during his time with Leicester, and won 64 caps for England.

BBC: Veteran Corry retires from rugby

At the state level, more than a dozen states have proposed various kinds of caps on emissions from power plants and automobiles, and are promising to promote cleaner energy sources.

NPR: Q & A: An Examination of the Kyoto Protocol

Mohamed ElBaradei caps his contentious and ultimately failed 12-year stint as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency today, having spent many years enabling Iran's nuclear bids only to condemn them in his final days in office.

WSJ: Iran, the Bomb and Mohamed ElBaradei