STUFF

NOAA: Last month tied with Sept '05 for world's warmest Sept on record.

Cynar - Brit comp that turns plastic trash into diesel fuel - sponsoring a flight on its fuel.

Fed hearings on future of Indian Point nuke plant near NYC resumed.

1 of most powerful supercomputers dedicated to studying Earth and atmos began operating in Cheyenne.

US tangling with Germany, 5 other countries over location for HQ of potential multi-billion dollar Green Climate Fund.

Study: more CO2 in air could accelerate cracking of glacier ice.

Study: linking Cal's and EU's emissions trading systems feasible.

US, Canada universities launching long-term Great Lakes restoration partnership.

Chevron workers imprisoned indefinitely in Indonesia.

GTM Research: 180 PV solar module makers around world will fold or be acquired by '15.

FSLR says Australia 4 years behind US in building large solar farms.

World's largest sugarcane ethanol producer - Brazil's Raizen Group - committing investment to develop commercial cellulosic ethanol project in Brazil with Iogen. Raizen a $12B JV between Shell and Cosan. Produces 2.2B liters ethanol per year, 4M tons sugar, 900Mw elgen with bagasse-fired plant, > 4.5K service stations in Brazil, 53 fuel distribution depots and avfuel services at 54 Brazil airports.

DOT grant funding 3 biodiesel hybrid trucks (50% biodiesel fuel) for NH comp.

Lanza Tech and Malaysia's Petronas to accel development, commercialization of techs to produce chems from CO2, NG.

Griffin Industries, subsid of Darling Intl, contracted up with restaurants in 21 states for used cooking oil, but thefts occurring regularly of the oil costing $1.6M/mo losses.

Woodland Biofuels finished building $12M demo ethanol from wood waste plant in Canada. $4M from Ontario.

Iran says it would stop enriching U if it could be guaranteed U fuel supply (20% enrichment) for its medical research reactor. Huh? Really? Can we get trust but verify on that?

Saudi Aramco to invest $35B next 5 years on increasing oil production.