STUFF ... 2nd Model S Tesla fire in Mexico ... DOI to announce $100M grant program for projects that restore wildlife habitats damaged by Sandy, improve resilience to future storms ... Question: climate impact of 7M funeral pyres in India, Nepal ... Arctic melting may be making Europe wetter: study ... BLM auction on Colo public lands designated solar energy zones last week had no bids ... Stem Inc offering batt storage systems to commercial, industrial customers. No up front costs. Will be able to install 15Mw of systems with $5M investment from Clean Feet Investors. 54Kwh storage capacity cost ~ $97K ... Floods have washed gold rush era mercury contamination into Cal farm country ... Toxics near harmful levels in SF Bay: report ... NY Marcellus has almost no NG that can be economically extracted: 4 retired pros ... ND recorded near 300 oil pipeline spills in less than 2 yrs. None reported to public ... Attackers blew up 9 el power plants in Mexico Sunday then used blackouts to torch gas stations ... Mainstream (Ireland) to build 3 wind farms - 360Mw total - in S Africa. Start next year. $910M ... Pattern Energy Group (US) installed 1st turbine at 115Mw Chile wind farm online mid-'14 ... GP Renewables plans to buy up to $15M of commercial solar projects in NJ, MD before Fed tax incentive expires at yearend ... LED lighting - 250K streetlights - to save NYC $14M/yr. Completion in '17 ... Test center for 25Mw turbines inaugurated in Iran ... US investment firm aims to invest $250M in clean energy next 3 yrs ... Sillia Energie to submit bid for 160Mw Bosch solar manufacturing plant in France ... Shunfeng got approval to buy Wuxi subsid of Suntech ... Prudential took minority stake in 130Mw Tenaska solar project in Cal ... Est Capital (Italy) launched sustainable energy fund to target up to 200M Euros ... China now can only import less than 26BCM LNG/yr. In 2 yrs expected to more than double to near 65BCM.