STUFF ... Warming climate tainting Europe blood supply. Whole new set of ungovernable pathogens being loosed on world's blood supplies. Climate allowing blood-borne tropical diseases to flourish where once they were unheard of ... By tracking changes in climate researchers aim to anticipate where West Nile will emerge ... New vehicles sold in US hit 24.9MPG avg. in Aug. Highest since '07 ... Stanford study: wind turbines should be shut down if generating excess el rather than store it with current grid scale batt tech ... Analyst sharply downgraded price forecast for Cal carbon trading allowances ... Canada minister bolstered XL Pipe pitch with pledge for US energy cooperation ... Scientists seeking cause of western Antarctica glacier melt ... Scientists studying solar radiation management to cool planet ... ND moving to tighten flaring rules ... TX LNG export facility secured 2 new supply contracts ... Fracking to hit Youngstown OH ballot ... Cal vowed to replace failed nuke plant with 50% clean/renewable power ... 50 US coal power plants emit more CO2 than all but 6 countries: report ... New compound turns exhaust from vehicles, power plants into el ... Xcel Energy wants to triple large-scale solar in Colo. Plans 620Mw more solar, wind ... Development banks worldwide lent record $109B in '12 to clean/ren energy, energy efficiency. Scaled back on coal power ... Australia published world's 1st solar cooling standard ... Toyota to sell 1st hydrogen fuel cell car in '15 ... Asia Development Bank providing $245M to improve Pakistan power distribution systems ... EDF Canada subsid commissioned 150Mw wind farm in Quebec. ~$350M ... Solar City (SCTY) to start up to $124M fund with Direct Energy to finance projects ... Mitsubishi, Barclays will operate transmission link connecting offshore wind London Array. Bought from Dong for 459M pounds ... Actis could hit $750M target for 3rd energy fund this year ... Windreich (Germany) filed for bankruptcy ... Wind Works got ND approval for 150Mw wind project ... Pattern Energy (Cal-based wind energy asset holder) set range for IPO. Targets up to $386M ... US Army Corps chose 17 wind energy comps for $7B clean/ren energy procurement plan ...SunEd filed to spin off semiconductor wafer biz in $250M IPO ... Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE) to launch $200M private placement.