STUFF .... Cal's funding plan for high-speed rail line violates mandates: state Supreme Court. (Go with Hyperloop!) ... Fed report: Sandy recovery spending must account for future climate change ... Study: climate change means sweeter, softer apples ... EPA agreeing to review risk, tech standards for refineries ... Canada utility to pay $750M to settle Cal energy market manipulation case ... EPA suing TX utility over coal permits ... Experts still clashing over BP Gulf spill estimates ... DOI fining oil/gas producer $2.2M for false royalty data ... 2 new NC lawsuits over coal ash pollution at Duke sites ... Signs of shale gas bust in Ark ... Indian regulators rejected cut in solar tariffs ... KiOR being investigated for securities violations ... Dartmouth researchers discovered protein that helps plants tolerate drought, flooding, other stresses ... Bio Process Algae helping Green Plains (GPRE) take algae experiment commercial ... New filter system reducing water, energy use for fracking. Can produce up to 50% more water for reuse over present tech. Advanced Hydro ... Musk plans to build Hyperloop to connect LA, SF ... UK reduced energy use 25% from '05 to '11 by raising prices 28% ... Plants gen mod removes lignin, reduces cost of cellulosic fuel production ... World Bank:rising oceans could cause $1T/yr damage to coastal cities by '50 ... Report due next month from UN to give evidence that Earth - the planet - is warming as well as the atmos ... Measures to curb imports of China solar equipment to Europe killing deals, making projects unviable: head of Lightsource Renewable Energy. "Protecting Europe manufacturing sector all but dead already" ... Japan approved almost 19Gw of commercial solar aps in FY '12. Approved total 21Gw clean energy projects ... Pension Denmark to prioritize direct clean/renewable energy investments ... Pattern Energy financing 218Mw Panhandle Wind project ... Siemens closed on 267Mw turbine supply agreement with PGE ... First Solar (FSLR) signed PPA for 32Mw solar project ... India passed world's 1st corporate responsibility law. Requires larger comps to spend 2% of each year's profits on 9 "pillars". 1 is ensuring enviro sustainability.