STUFF

Worldwide 2B people unemployed or given up searching. What a happy note to start with, A? (PBS program on Beatles' influence on Russia and ending the Cold War on TV as I write. And my band played Beatles in '64. And then we split up for some dam reason.)

US residential solar financing to reach $5.7B by '16 (someone is saying).

Subsid of Korean comp mismanaged $151M grant to be used for batt cell production: DOE IG.

Senators to unveil plan to tax carbon @ $20/ton. Potential $1.2T over 10 yrs for rebates, investments in clean energy, efficiency. (Not to pay down deficit. Hell, let's see how much we CAN borrow from the world's future. Not.)

NJ mayor proposes new sea level rise adaptation model. Delaware held 1st meeting on sea level rise. Scientists briefed Congress on probable sea level rise scenarios from climate change. Kiss New Orleans goodby. Atlantic City. And Boston gets back to 17th century. And then there's Florida.

OH proposed law would force drillers to test waste for radiation.

Statoil gave up on delayed Kazakh Caspian oil project.

Shell has gived up on '13 Arctic drilling, towing rigs to Korea for repairs. (Korea?)

US FAA, Spanish FAA agreed to coordinate on development/use of sustainable alternate av fuels in US and Spain. (US and SPAIN?!)

FERC accusing Barclays of manipulating US energy markets '06-'08. Cost other investors near $140M.

Shell to invest $1B in floating LNG plant in India.

Australian scientists say photosensitive metal organic framework - class of materials known for exceptional capacity to store gases - could be powerful, inexpensive new tool to capture and store, or potentially recycle CO2 for coal power plants. They use azobenzene molecules.

Serbia to seek offers for 315 hydropower plant locations. Up to 30Mw each.

Bloomberg - the mayah of NYC - wants to ban Styrofoam and reserve parking for 10K EV's. Right on, Mike.

Oil industry asking EPA to zero out '12 cellulosic target.

Outdoor air pollution in form of fine particles contributed to 3.2M deaths globally in '10, up from 800K in '00. Most worst from China, India. Pollution kills. (We all die from something.)

All EV Honda FIT coming to US east coast market this month.