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Potentially significant mineral deposits found on Arctic seafloor. Lithium, vanadium, rare earth elements.

Farm runoff degrading coastal sea marshes more quickly than previously thought: study. Not only harms plants, animals but undermines storage capacity of world's primary carbon sinks.

Climate change will increase methane emissions from rice paddies: study.

Effort launched to find wheat that can adapt to hotter world.

Adapting to erosion, rising sea levels in Delaware could cost $220M: state agency. Wonder how large the bill will be for FL. I still say desalination plants and pipe water inland for ag irrigation.

Climate change altering Zimbabwe's agri zones. Not the only ones affected.

Santee Cooper to shut down coal plants rather than pay for upgrades.

Subsea energy mining got 1st US graduate program.

BP getting $17B for selling share of Russian JV to Rosneft.

LDK Solar selling chunk of itself with new shares to partly China-owned consortium for enough cash to fund operations for another month or 2.

Congo's new power export plan may give new life to 4.3Gw hydropower project. Was stalled in Feb when aluminum smelter project plans abandoned. China, S Korea comps bidding to build $9B project.

200 scientists warn of invasive risks as EPA weighs new biofuels feedstocks.

Hydrogen leaks from pipe latest problem at San Onofre nuke plant in Cal (still shut down).

DOE confirmed slow radioactive leak at Hanford.

Scientists convicted in Italy for failing to warn on earthquake.

LNG demand in Japan has peaked.

GA ethanol plant idled due to corn prices.

Hyrax Energy, Wisc Alumni Research Foundation joint licensing agreement for renewable chem/biofuel production method using ionic liquids to transform cellulosic biomass without enzymes or pretreat.

FL gov urging EPA to cut ethanol requirement to save cattle industry.

UAE's Dana Gas discovered 4-6BCF NG deposit in Nile Delta. Eqypt's 2nd NG discovery this year.

Marathon paid $32M for stake in Africa Oil's Kenya exploration blocks. $25M more next 3 years for share of exploration/development costs.

Kurds have begun to independently sell their oil on intl markets. Will ship by truck through Turkey.

Maldives plans to begin development of $138M renewable energy project for 26MW that will produce 30% of el for 30 islands.

S Korea chosen as host for UN's new $100B Green Climate Fund.

Jinko Solar got contract from 3 Gorges New Energy for 50Mw PV plant.