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The new particle found at CERN smells like Higgs. And on it goes.

Avg temp in US lower 48 1st 6 months of '12 hottest on record: NOAA. 4.5 degrees above average, 1.5 degrees over 2nd hottest ('06). Lower 48 experiencing 56% drought. Another report says 66%. Largest area of drought in this century (when drought records began). Colorado mountains had lowest snowpack in 40 years.

Report: long term warming trend contributing to extreme wx events.

S. Russia "in panic" after floods devastated cities. 105 dead.

"Very unusual" storms in US national parks caused visitors deaths and injuries.

Researchers found gases, salt contaminants seeped into shallow PA aquifers through natural process, not fracking. But. NAS study: fluids may have travelled up from fracking to aquifers.

New chairwoman of NRC.

India's breadbasket - the Punjab - may be running out of water. 20% of their wheat, 12% of their rice.

Scientists to march in black in Ottawa to mourn climate research budget cuts. (What they are mourning is job loss).

Compromise Keystone XL pipeline route still crossing sandy hills in Nebraska. Duh. Oil spills go down through sandy hills into aquifer.

Comps racing for deepsea metals, minerals.

Temporary wildfire fighters getting no health insurance.

Washington Monument could stay closed until '14. Remember that quake?

Southern appealing rate hike denial at Miss plant.

GOM BP spill dispersants' impact still uncertain.

Apple pulled green certification.

$33M research looking for 20MW offshore wind. Sweetspot probably less. We're now at 7. GE working on 10-15. Engineers working on 150 meters rotor diams for 10MW. 250 meters needed for 20MW. Vestas has 164 meters for 7MW able to cope with North Sea.

Demand on rise for aftermart wind turb components. BWEN in that mart. That's why I own BWEN.

NREL: clean E can provide at least 80% of our el by '50. IF.

Marcellus production declining. Dry gas. Real action in wet oil-infused gas. Utica. Ohio.

Drilling trucks caused estimated $2B damage to TX roads. "No dedicated revenue source."

Take a neurotic peak-oil-denying, climate change denying industrial society, stress it through a terrible global financial crisis, tell it that economic growth is over. What do you get? Psychosis. Delusion.

Norway oil workers wanted full retirement at 62. IEA was ready to step in. 3-week strike.

Global Bioenergies (France) set up US branch in Iowa. Ames. Isobutene and other light olefins.

Petrobras hopes to stay afloat with ethanol. Est. losses $375M from lack of domestic refining capacity.

US corn yields falling 5 bushels per day. Farming in hell.

Ethiopia ethanol blending saved $20M in last 3 yrs.

Landfills contain precious metal/mineral deposits 40-50X mines. Waste Management, A?