STUFF

Spain has 709B Euros of debt. Their deficits run 2x that of Greece, Ireland, Portugal combined.

EV sales jumped 49% in Q1. I presume that's global fig.

US Chamber warned EPA that new rules for power plants "unlikely to stand up in court". Yea, let's stay with the worst pollution.

Philadelphia has $2.4B plan to use grasses, trees to soak up storm water, reduce overflows.

DOE to spend $12M next 3 years to find way to wirelessly recharge EV batts.

Army Corps: restoring Chesapeake oysters could cost $7.5B.

TX to use Gulf spill settlement funds for conservation.

Spain's Ingenostrum aims to build 6 solar plants in Chile for $2B. 688MW total, largest 160MW. Also interest in building wind farms and biomass plants.

Brazil expects ethanol prod to rise 4.8% in '12-'13 season to < 24B liters.

Vivergo, in UK, received 1st wheat shipment for start up phase of ethanol plant. Facility expected to use 1.1M tons of wheat/yr, or ~7% of country's total annual wheat production. Great, now we're also using wheat for ethanol.