STUFF

US oil production up 14% since '08. Texas, N. Dakota leading.

2/3 of Nevada homes under water.

Gulf of Mex abnormally warm.

GM idling Volt production 5 weeks. Slow sales.

3 more coal power plants set to close in W. PA. 1 a 1.9GW plant that can't afford $700M for new scrubbers.

GE announced contract with German developer for 113MW of wind generators for 4 projects.

USGS survey of E. Africa a few years back estimated 71B bls oil in shallow pockets.

US has up to 2.1T bls oil now accessible with fracking.

Proposed BP $7.8B settlement with local biz, peeps from $20B set aside. Still the fed settlement to come.

Japanese developers find growing interest in homes with solar.

Iceland storage project turns CO2 into stone. Replacing smokestacks with well injection.

ARPA-E to spend $150M on new grants this year "open to all areas imaginable".

Thawing Arctic Sea may increase mercury deposits: study.

Climate change will shrink water supplies in Central Am: another study.

Bickering over "off limits" uranium in Grand Canyon.

Obama: economy v. conservation a "false choice".

Chesapeake Bay oysters rebounding despite pollution, overfishing. You want to eat oysters living in pollution?

GM plans to sell NG-fueled pickups.

White House started review of EPA oil and gas rules.

Turkey launched conservation plan to preserve biodiversity. Do they have wild turkeys?

$299 solar marketing kits for contractors gaining steam.

French, Brit companies signed MOU to develop ocean power turbine farms in Channel.

Iran repealed death sentence for ex-Marine accused of spying. Supreme Court ordered retrial.