STUFF ... Climate change played role in half of extreme weather events last year ... Europe said it would pare back its law in exchange for support on global deal for airline emissions in place by '20 ... Cause of Yosemite fire a hunter's illegal campfire. (He needs a talk with Smokey.) ... Cal giving power comps new financial incentives to push energy efficiency ... Solarworld taking China dumping case to intl court ... Study: strategic protected areas could save 67% of plant species ... DOT boosting funds for fuel cell buses ... UN report: supply chain enforcement key to improving corporate sustainability ... Germany urged to adopt clean energy subsidy system ... US, China moving to using ozone treaty to curb super GHGs ... BP, DOJ offered conflicting estimates of Gulf spill ... Jewell $24M fund to help island nations gird for warming, rising seas ... Shell hit with $1.1M fine for air pollution violations in Arctic ... TX oil/gas production hit another new high ... Corrosive drill fluid could endanger deep sea wells ... China resuming oil sands buying in Canada. Also $5B buy in Kazakh oilfield. Total deals with Kazakhstan $30B, several in oil/gas ... Shell's shale hopes for China hitting bumps in the road ... Supply chain investments critical to growth of UK's clean energy industry at risk from hit-and-miss govt policies: report ... Global solar inverter shipments down 5% in 2Q yoy ... Chile's upper house unanimously passed bill revising clean/renewable energy targets from 10% by '20 to 20% by '25 ... US added 976Mw solar 2Q, up 24% from 1Q. Cal 521Mw ... 2 new Brazil wind turbine supply chain deals. Alstom 25M euro deal with Enerplan (Bra) to supply turbines. GE to expand nacelle production with new plant, opening 2 wind services centers ... CPV pioneer SolFocus closed the doors, up for sale ... Drought devastated Syria '06-'11. Aquifer levels dropped below taps. Ag ceased in areas. Crop failures hit 75% in others. 85% of livestock died. Rural citizens in extreme poverty came to cities already crowded with refugees of Palestine, Iraq. War started Mar 15, '11 ... NYC fleet to go on B5 blend July '14. Beginning in '16 B20 blend April to Nov. Pilot program before '17 to study year-around B20 ... Midovi Renewables globally deploying catalyst that melts non-food biomass into lower cost sugar than present tech ... Columbia MO muni power plant to test co-firing corn stover, miscanthus pellets ... Ice melting faster in Greenland ... Fed still going to taper. 10-yr almost 3%.