STUFF

Europe's 1st electric scooter taxi service started up in Amsterdam.

Japan opening up national parks to geothermal power development.

Physicists eager to achieve controlled fusion with laser now the size of a football stadium that takes target practice on specks of fuel smaller than peppercorns at Lawrence Livermore need to offer explanations to Congress to keep the project alive. $5B spent since '93. So far it hasn't worked.

Moscow utility with Kyrgyzstan utility to develop 4 hydropower plants in Kyrgz. Total capacity 191Mw for $425M. 3 years build each.

Purdue got $5.8M DOE grant to develop phenyl ethanol plant - instead of lignin - making possible to convert plant into producing combustible biofuel. 5 year project.

India comp - Sea6 Energy - raised > $600K to develop algae biofuel after working with Novozymes. They've converted red seaweed into ethanol using traditional yeast. Also have tech to allow deepwater seaweed cultivation.

Germany, UK to conduct early auction of permits for 3rd phase of European carbon market.

TSLA to sell stock, admitting struggle with DOE loan terms.

UN climate head says US lagging on mitigation efforts.

Officials considering seismic tests near Cal reactor.

Brazil court OK's some Transocean drilling.

Ikea phasing out all light bulbs on their shelves except LEDs.

Sunken WW2 weapons threaten offshore drilling, enviro in GOM.

Vital component of fracking is the "cement job". Cement sheaths installed around drilling pipe to contain methane, brackish water, drilling chems from contaminating aquifers above. But errors, mishaps, geo traps can leave leaching through the cement.

2 Exxon chem plants in LA to undergo $200M expansion.

Caterpillar goes "all in on gas (NG)" to power oil field equipment.