Drought in US affecting 55% of farmers. Nebraska ordered some to stop irrigating. Mississippi River so low it's unnavigable at Jackson, Miss. Worst drought since '56.
Britain had wettest April to June on record.
Law of Sea treaty on life support. 2 more Republican senators signalled opposition, enough to block 2/3 vote needed. Oil comps, others in E industry say it's vital to expand drilling in Arctic Ocean.
Johns Hopkins researchers have bioengineered a microbe found in mosquito guts to disable malaria parasite up to 98%. That's amazing news.
Poll: just over 20% of Americans 32-52 years old are very concerned with climate change. The generation ("X") with maybe most power to do anything about it.
"Best guess" from modeling - 130 deaths from Fukushima radiation.
"Climate certified" bonds soon available for investors.
Fed appeals court in DC upheld new EPA NO2 standard.
FDA acting to ban BPA plasticizer in infant products.
LDK Solar getting portion of debts paid by China city govt - Xinyu - where comp is based. 4 straight Q losses. Chinese solar module prices 77 cents/w as of July 2, down 47% from year ago.
Declines among S Korea solar comps after reports China investigating sales of Korean polysilicon in China on dumping suspicions.
Offshore wind demo project in Japan will begin producing el by Jan. Mitsubishi 2.4MW turbines. Similar project also scheduled this year. Govt also approved 2 offshore floating turbine projects for deepwater. Est. Japan has 1,600GW offshore wind potential.
Biofuels execs project 3.3% job growth, 7.8% rev growth in '12-'13.
U of Kansas researcher developed method to produce algae for biodiesel prod using waste water laden with nitrogen and phosporous (ag runoff).
S Dakota doling out $960K in blender pump grants.
Corn used for US ethanol prod enough to feed 412M people for a year.
TSLA may run out of cash this Q. Will have to hit the market for more.
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