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Found ASTI  news. It was there all along. Apple iPhone solar charger case. Also expect release for similar case for Samsung Galaxy. Wow. So big a market. O, big news. Yeah. But 50-60%?! Well, for ASTI maybe. We shall see.

Solar industry has 1 yr of inventory: head of France RenEnAss. And prod capac ~2x est. mart size. Global demand may grow to 32GW this year from 27 in '11.

Churchill Mining (Brit) seeking $2B from Indonesia over claims its coal mine assets were seized w/out proper compensation.

Berkeley scientists used virus to gen el. Piezo el.

Inhofe "within striking distance" of 51 votes to veto EPA mercury emissions rule for power plants. Great. The Great Inhofe. Let's keep mercury poisoning in the atmos and oceans. Yea, that's the future.

US local govts lagging world cities on climate change adaptation. Copenhagen yesterday. Today Quebec announced $2.6B climate change plan. Do you ever feel embarrassed for our country? O no. We're just the great USA $16T in debt and fighting off terrorists.

Interpol launched global effort to curb illegal logging. Wasn't Interpol supposed to stop terrorists?

EPA to issue final soot standards for autos, smokestacks and industry by Dec. Not trucks or trains or ships. Huh. Which is the low-hanging fruit?

Russia-China military overtures a little destabilizing.

Pelosi called on Boner to cancel recess. Sorry. Boehner.

Brit supermarkets turning food waste into E. Tell us how.

EIA: Honda Fit most fuel-efficient EV on mart.

Solar-powered plane flew from Europe to Africa (via Gibralter). But something.

Cleaned-up Superfund site in TX still posing risks.

Cal voters turning down bullet train.

Okla set new water conservation guidelines.

Louisiana bill will earmark Gulf spill money for coastal restoration.

OR gov unveiled 10-yr E plan.

Namibia hydro plant expansion "a catalyst" to overcome E debt. 4th turbine turned on, raising capac to 330MW from 240. But total state demand 550MW. 2GW hydro potential. Country imports el from S Af, Zimbabwe, Zambia.

RGGI - 9 Ne US states' regional GHG Initiative - cap and trade - established in '08 - avg annual CO2 emissions down 23% v. '06-'08. And 3-yr avg el use only down 2.4%. PA, VA the border states. Remember when Republicans proposed cap and trade? How do we get out of this political sickness?

14 plants in SD have now installed POET's patent-pending corn oil tech. Total annual prod cap ~235M lbs/y - enough for 31M gal biodiesel. What? Corn oil for biodiesel? Soybeans are biodiesel. What the hell. Just more to find out the truth about.

Shell opened new biodiesel facility in Melbourne (Australia). B20 now in Austral mart, world 1st for Shell.

Canada's BIOX to build biodiesel plant in NJ. 26M gal/y (100M liters). Dec '13 open. 35 full-time jobs.

In Brazil, a comp now expects to make profit from food prod instead of biofuels. Soybeans, corn, cotton in area 2X size of Los Angeles for Chinese mart.

XDSL restructuring toxic convertible debt.

Shale play in W Siberia 80X Bakken.

EU says NG to be eligible for renewable E subsidies. 80B Euros '14-'20.