STUFF ... High Plains Aquifer (US) 33% gone. High-yield crops could drain 70% by '50: report ... Study: industrial soot caused early retreat of Alps' glaciers ... Wildfires to double in size, duration by '50: study. (You, know, even 1 year ahead is hard enough to project.) ... 2 tremors hit E TX drilling area ... Chesapeake settling royalty underpayment claims in Marcellus ... Aemetis (AMTX) got EPA approval to make ethanol with sorghum, biogas with combined heat, power system (CHP). Advanced biofuels designation. Also food waste feedstock ... Biofuel use up 500% in Ireland in '12 from '07 at 128M liters. Demand seen at 500M by '20 ... TWA (Philippines) to build 30M liter biodiesel plant for $900K. Already have similar plant ... India E10 blend would take 1.5M metric tons of sugar off the table, but reduce foreign exchange expenses $1.3B ... Over 50K miles of faulty oil/gas pipelines serious US public safety threat ... 50 incidents in 24 states since Memorial Day where squirrels caused power outage ... EDF Mexico sub turned on 164Mw wind farm in Oaxaca. 2Mw Gamesa turbines ... Hikers walked 70 miles in Mass to back clean energy ... Hero Group (India) plans to build 1Gw of clean energy by '17. Completed 1st wind farm (37.5Mw). Won license to build 10Mw solar farm. Expects to build 100Mw this year ... 2 Japan comps started on 11.7Mw solar plant in Fukuoka. Online Jan '15 ... Ormat (US) finished 100Mw geothermal plant in New Zealand. World's largest binary plant. 2-yr build, $142M ... Amsterdam airport ground vehicles to run on diesel 30% from waste from SkyNRG. 25% lower CO2 emissions ... EnerCap Capital to raise 350M Euro for CEE biomass, CHP fund ... UK inviting proposals for 500M Pounds of green transport funding ... China Hydroelectric got $80M takeover offer ... OPIC (US govt) providing $45M loan for 50Mw Pakistan wind farm ... GEA report: 70 countries moving forward on near 700 geothermal projects. 11.7Gw new capacity in development, under construction. By yearend, est. 12Gw cumulative capacity online. 27Gw more being explored ... BLM proposes limiting drilling leases near NM park ... Judge halted mountaintop coal project, appeals court weighs health effects ... GA OK'd deal to delay nuke plant construction ... DOE investing $45M in accelerating vehicle efficiency ... NH AG suing Shell over oil spill cleanups ... 220K pounds of dead fish found in China river ... Johnson Controls on short list for $7B DOD program to boost clean/renewable energy use. Acciona already in ... 4.5 acre, 2.6Mw solar farm being built at Owens Corning NY plant. Constellation Energy building, will own. $8-11M. Will offset ~6% of plant's needs. State paying some cost. Chinese modules ... Solar farm built on former muni dump of Mass town now online. Will defray city's bills $80K/yr ... Cal city, Chevron unit broke ground on over 3Mw solar install to save city $45M over plant life. Online next May ... Wind energy developers in Brazil will be responsible for transmission links ... Shunfeng Photovoltaic partnering with XPCC for $2.6B, 1.5Gw solar build-out ... US holding 2nd offshore VA wind lease auction today. 2Gw site. 8 developers expected to bid ... JCM Capital (Canada) plans to buy over 300Mw of solar projects globally ... Uruguay state utility plans to invest $1.7B in clean/renewable energy ... WTI oil forecast avg. $95 in '14, Brent $101.