STUFF ... Supreme Court to review EPA GHG emission regs addressing climate change ... Bulgaria's air dirtiest in Europe, Poland next ... Global investment in clean/renewable, energy smart techs "almost certain" to decline this year, 2nd yr in row: Bloomberg ... Patents for wind, solar power surge ... Scientists agree over climate change impacts on tropical rainfall ... Higher mercury levels in fish linked to warming waters ... High mercury levels near Alberta's oil sands patch ... Australia govt aims to intro carbon tax repeal this year ... 5 US workers detained after Venezuela seized oil ship ... Rebound in US NG production in the works ... Germany's grid operators boosted '14 surcharge for clean/renewables 18% to new record ... Clean energy investment down 14% globally in 3Q from 2Q. $45.9B. US investment down 41% to $5.5B. $281B invested globally in '12 ... Clean energy M&As down 50% globally in 3Q. Lack of mega deals ... 100 tons/yr biodiesel refinery in Malaysia sold for $11.5M ... Canada manufacturer seeks partner for small vertical-axis wind turbine rollout ... Chile to intro annual clean/renewable energy tenders ... France to lend 100M Euro for S Africa solar ... Infines (UK) refinancing 274Mw wind portfolio with 329M Pound loan pack ... Mithril (Cal) VC fund raised $540M for clean energy, biotech ... Huaneng Renewables - wind power developer - to raise $204M with share sale.