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China's highest court to hear Sinovel/AMSC case this week.

By end of '13, Qatar Airways will be using NG jetfuel from Shell's NG-to-liquids refinery. S Africa was ahead of this wave, making diesel, jetfuel from coal because of apartheid sanctions.

Chevron buying Lithuania stake. Intent on fracking shale NG.

Corn ethanol makers weighing switch to butanol. More energy than ethanol, easier to handle. But plants would need retrofits and would lose capacity. So. What's better?

Agency: EU on track to meet Kyoto Protocol targets for emission reductions.

Study: clean E can save EU up to $4T by '50. With almost C-free energy. With 99B Euro investment?

Utah water panel cleared way for US' 1st commercial-scale oil sands mine. Upheld state permit.

NY's aging power grid will need major work: state official.

500 chefs, restaurant owners want tracability standards for fisheries.

US drought: parched areas continue to shrink, but not in worst-hurt areas.

OR LNG terminal on hold after court upheld land-use decision.

WalMart urging suppliers to meet enviro standards, improve E efficiencies.

Study: diesel exhaust creates more smog than gasoline. And who doesn't know that? We needed another study of that? How much did that cost?

Bulgaria voters to decide whether to proceed with nuke power or not.

HSOL bought Q.CELLS to become world's 3rd largest solar manufacturer. Let's see, 1st is FSLR?

Brazil's 362Mw hydropower plant got permit after 11-year delay. $600M invested. Operating permit also granted for 3.7Gw hydro plant.

China has increased its oil consumption by avg 5.8% every year since '81.

Aemetis (AMTX) got US patent for breaking down cellulosic walls. Enzymes bind to depolymerize cellulose. If I got that right.

Cool Planet Biofuels says it can produce fuels for $1.50/gal with $50M plant producing 10M gal/y. Feedstock within 30-mile radius. Needs investors to get 1st commercial plant going by '14.

S Korea researchers boosted efficiency of bacteria to increase production of butanol using systems metabolic engineering.

$12M bounty for al-qaeda hunt in Iran.

Oil sands crude fell to $48/bl below Brent. Not profitable.

NV Energy wants $9.8M surcharge to make up for conservation measures.