STUFF

Chinese comp that got shut down on OR wind farm plans on national security concerns filed suit against US.

US nuke power industry wants relaxation of export restrictions to sell to countries like Russia, China.

Study suggests absorption estimates of world's carbon sinks - forests, oceans, etc - significantly inflated.

Coral cover of Great Barrier Reef down to 13.8% from 28% last 27 years. Almost half from cyclones, 42% from uber population of coral-eating starfish (global warming), 10% from bleaching (global warming).

Study: more powerful storms push more harmful matter into drinking water. Get your water filters pards.

Report: illegal logging booming as wood demand grows.

Global warming could stunt growth of fish.

Scientists suggesting deploy asteroid dust to cool Earth. What's wrong with our dust? I guess not fooling with our astronomical balance too much. Go figure.

Climate change may bring Maine more cranberries, peaches, kiwis. Maybe time to look at it state by state. Country by country.

NJ glass maker to pay $300K fine, install emission controls. Moral: install controls before getting fined, Jeeze Leweeze.

System that reduces truckstop idling got offset program approval. I hope more info comes out on that. Ever been to a truckstop overnight? Fumes everywhere. Could have plug-ins or fuel cell systems. Name it. But stop burning the diesel at the truckstops. Please.

FL nuke reactor repairs could cost Duke $3.4B. Um, are there any alternatives?

GOM "dead zone" researcher got "genious grant".

3 sentenced for exposing TN neighborhood to asbestos. I guess they never watched Mister Rogers.

Germany considering EV subsidies.

Construction begun on Japan new nuke plant. Huh.

When EPA was pursuing new restrictions of sulfur in gasoline in March, "Big Oil" showed up at White House. Since, sulfur rules stalled in bureaucratic limbo. Ever do the limbo? Ever do the Big Oil limbo?

Pipeline linking Bakken gas to Chicago got US go-ahead-there.

OK refinery explosion. 1 dead. 1 injured. No runs. 1 error.

$6.4M Ex-Im Bank loan guarantee for exporting solar modules from Solar World Americas to Barbados for largest solar roof project south of Puerto Rico. 1.4Mw on 10 roofs. 9 already online. Engineer services from CO comp. Racking from another US comp. El costs 30-40 cents/Kwh in Carib.

OPEC crude oil output down in Sept. Redux from Angola, Nigeria, Iran (exports lowest in > 2 decades). But Nigeria exports should hit 6-month high in Nov - 2.12Mb/d from Sept's 1.84.

Japan's Aug crude imports from Iran down 66% yoy. 100Kb/d.

Total's Uganda oil production set back a year to '17.

US imported more OPEC crude in 1H12 than 1H11.

Ecuador to process 84% of their crude, 16% of Venezuela's with $13B refinery/petrochem complex.

DOI approved building transmission lines from 139Mw solar project in S Cal.

NG pipelines coming online by yearend could boost Marcellus deliveries 30%.

BP may get < 1/2 of $2.85B ask for TX refinery, 3rd largest in US.

Northern Plains Nitrogen planning several billion dollar fertilizer plant in ND to take advantage of Bakken NG. Would help reverse long-term decline of US nitrogen fertilizer output.

Brazil ethanol coming back to US from new US biofuel regs. Imports could triple next year.

Clean Energy opened 1st public access CNG fueling station in PA. Comp converting pothole repair truck fleet to CNG.

CPWY sales, marketing agreement with Czech biotech firm. CPWY to distribute Czech products that enhance yield, drought tolerance for biofuel crops, vineyards.

Western Plains Energy plans $40M anearobic digester to produce biogas to replace 90% of fossil fuel used at 50M gal ethanol plant. Manure, grain dust, food waste feedstock. $5M DOA grant plus $16M from ARRA.

Corruption charges hit Lithuania's largest biofuels supplier.

Uganda comp plans $65M project to increase sugar, elgen production using 2M tons of cane/yr. Bagasse for elgen increase to 52Mw from 22 now. 32Mw to be exported to national grid.

Iraq to invest $500B in energy sector, related industry by '30. Expect to generate $6T in revs (mostly oil exports). And Baghdad today warned Turkey over Turk military bases in Kurd Iraq.

Iran Rial down 7% yesterday. New all-time low of > 32K Rial to $. Rial down 1/4 in last week. This info censored in Iran.

Moscow (Gazprom) secretly funding anti-fracking campaign in Europe? Just asking.

Buffet (not Jimmy) - MidAmE - Berkshire - to buy 2 huge Cal (Tehachapi) wind farms. 300Mw.

TSLA unveiled 1st of 100 US solar-powered EV charge stations. 1 of 6 to be installed in Cal.