Three people were charged Thursday with running a $54 million Ponzi scheme built on promises of a green energy technology that would turn trash into fuel. [ABC/AP]

Opponents have prepared their criticism of President Barack Obama ahead of his proposed rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline in the next few weeks, targeting his suppression of domestic energy production. [US News]

The French Energy company, EDF,  has admitted that the construction of Britain’s first new nuclear power plant in decades has been delayed. [BBC News]