STUFF ... Current Arctic warming "unprecendented" in last 44K years: study ... 8 US states pledged to put 3.3M zero-emiss vehicles on road ... Russia dropped piracy charges on Greenpeace activists ... Jamaica launching rare earth extraction pilot program ... Methane emissions from oil/gas down slightly in US in '12: EPA (despite increased production) ... US oil production est to increase 60Kb/d in Nov to 8.5M ... Argentina to take EU to WTO in biodiesel fight ... McLaren making $1M hybrid supercar ... Dutch designer creating giant vacuum to suck smog out of air ... Cameron may cut UK green taxes to cut energy prices ... 1st 13 wind turbines turned on at DTE Energy's 112Mw farm. Fully online by yearend ... Posco started build of S Korea factory to make Fuel Cell Energy (FCEL) systems. 100Mw capacity online in '15 ... Foresight (UK) raised 150M Pounds in IPO for fund focused on solar power investments. FSFL on London mart. 200-250M Pounds target missed ... Ocean Power (OPTT) to work with Mitsui to bring marine power systems to market. MItsui right to make, sell OPTT tech in Asia ... Austriansolar Chile to build $216M 100Mw solar plant in Chile. July start ... Yingli to supply 59Mw of solar panels to CHina 3 Gorges. Delivery by yearend ... Solar City (SCTY), Hawaiian EL to develop 15Mw solar on Oahu. Will displace 1.8M gal/yr of oil. Online by '16 ... Duke 200Mw of wind power soon online in TX ... NJR Clean Energy Ventures 1st onshore wind project. $22M for 9.7Mw in Mont. GE 1.62Mw turbines ... Among top 25 corporate users of distributed solar power, use up 33% in past 12 months. Over 445Mw total.