STUFF ... Kazakh oil field in Caspian started up Monday. 26Kb/d for now. 1.5Mb/d in future. Exxon, Conoco, Shell, Eni, Total, others there. China, as we saw yesterday, moving in. Very light oil. Discovered '00. 5 yrs behind schedule, $41B cost to date ... US senators opened floor debate on energy bill. 1st time since '07 ... Advanced catalyst converters reduce diesel engine NO2 emissions to near zero ... Avg temp rising in Patagonia ... Climate change, not hunting, caused mammoth extinction: DNA study ... New Australia govt dismantling climate policies ...Senate Repubs blocking debate over pending energy efficiency bill because of objections to health care reform law ... DOE's $603M investment in biorefineries falling far short of goals: IG ... Cal regulators say proposed large scale solar project could harm eagles ... Polar bears thriving in Chukchi Sea despite ice decline: study ... Judges dismissed bid to halt Wash water diversion ... Alleged illegal pest treatments in nursing homes in Ala ... Chevron to pay $5.2M for NM cleanup settlement ... Hawaii molasses spill killing thousands of fish ... Food wastage costs economies $750B/yr: UN ... China banning new coal power plants in 3 regions ... Massive aquifers found in drought-plagued Kenya ... Criminal charges from PA AG v. XTO Energy (Exxon) for dumping 57K gallons of toxic wastewater into Susqhehanna tributary ... OH slapped 1st fine on driller for wellsite contamination ... Japanese financier may be boosting Alaska LNG export plans ... Marathon sold foreign oil stake to buy into S TX ... Mich fracking project got green light ... Norway vowing to curb oil spending ... N Am's biggest biomass plant a former coal plant under conversion in Ontario ... Wirsol (Germany) started construction of 64Mw solar park in Dominican Republic. 32Mw online by yearend. 50% irradiation than Germany ... China says their industrial production was up 10.4% yoy in Aug. El, gas, water output up 12.5% over recent years ... Malay biodiesel exports down 75% in Aug. B5 domestic mandate, lower intl demand ... Rio Tinto cutting costs by using robotic trucks in Australia. Isn't somebody controlling each truck? What the hell? ... Santee Cooper 1st power provider in SC to approve solar pilot project. Up to 3Mw from solar farm to be built near Walterboro ... Dominion won DOE approval to export LNG from existing import terminal in MD. 4th such approval. Cost up to $3.8B to modify. Still enviro, FERC reviews.