STUFF .... US govt awarded OR State U $4M to study climate change effects on future western forest die-off from increasing drought, pests, disease, fire ... Record-setting East Asia heat wave spreading to Japan, Korea ... Study: climate benefits of cutting soot, methane may be lower than initially thought. (May be, but who wants to breathe that stuff?) ... USDA expects record corn crop ... World's largest cellulosic ethanol plant started up in Italy ... IL coal-fired power plants going bust ... NASA developed 1st satt dedicated to tracking climate change ... By '15, more than 1K new ultra-high-speed monitoring devices will be in place across US, Canada grids replacing slower monitors. May prevent blackouts ... Mexico prez laid out role for private comps in their oil industry ... Oil/gas lease sale set for state-owned tracts in AK's North Slope ... 1Gw Serbia solar project cancelled by developer. Lawsuit threatened. Govt failed to provide promised land by deadline ... IEA: shortage of biofuel credits needed for gasoline sales may lead to increase in US exports of gasoline in '14 ... KiOR reported 2Q loss of $38M v. 1Q $31M loss. Revs $239K v. 1Q $71K. (No wonder stock has plummeted.) ... EU-funded algae biogas project in Spain harvested 1st crop of algae biomass using wastewater. Methane production expected to yield 200-300 liters gas/kilogram of processed biomass ... Taiwan's 1st nuke power plant has spent fuel rod storage pools leaking radioactive water since END OF '09 ... Stanford researchers discovered random disorder best for polymer solar cell structure ... IKEA to buy 7.6Mw Irish wind farm from Mainstream. Online early '14. IKEA plans to invest 1.5B Pounds in wind, solar up to '15 ... Arista Power (ASPW) got $574K contract for 166Kw solar PV array for NY Harley Davidson store ... Canada banks losing appetite for clean/renewable energy projects debt finance ... India reinstating generation-based incentive for wind power ... German PV solar installer filing bankruptcy ... Trina won contract for 250Mw Copper Mountain 3 solar project in US ... Financing cut off for ECTY (Ectotality) forcing bankruptcy. (I think they may have a DOE loan guarantee on thebooks.) ... Coca-Cola to reward customers who pledge to recycle ... Fed appeals court ordering NRC to continue review of DOE ap to build Yucca nuke waste storage ... DOI approved 1st project to tap FL ocean currents ... State Dept hedging on review time frame for KXL ... Commerce Dept declaring fed disaster for FL oysters ... Cal arguing feds have enviro say over bullet train. (Um, isn't Musk's tube 1/10th the cost?) ... BP suing EPA over fuel supply restrictions ... Utility campaigning for help to pay for San Onofre (Remember "China Syndrome"? That was a movie, huh?) ... IL pipeline explosion. Evacs ... Ground broken for wind farm at nuke weapons plant ... China air pollution damaging tourism. Huh. Who would've thought? ... Andean condors suffering from insecticide poisoning ... Happier trails, pards.