STUFF ... US says it will not back new coal power plants around world ... CA, OR, WA governors, BC minister signed climate pact to reduce carbon emissions ... Coral reefs could adapt to ocean warming: study ... E15 debut retails 15 cents cheaper than E10 in Minn ... Europe veg oil prices zooming on biodiesel production pickup ... Australia set to deploy world's largest wave energy device. 1Mw. Developed by Oceanlinux. Aus govt put up $4.4M of $8M cost ... S Sudan to auction oil exploration licenses before yearend ... Another 11% cut on power bills in Hungary next month. 10% reduction already early in year. Fight by PM against energy comps. Wants to break the monopolies, return them to public sector ... Green Field Energy Services - 1st ever to run fracking equip on NG - filed bankruptcy ... Honda to stop making, selling solar panels early next year. CIGS tech ... UPS launched ORION route optimization software. Expects to save 1.5M gal by yearend. Reduction of 1 mile/day/driver to save $50M/yr ... DOI scrapped NM coal mine lease ... Canada utility proposing nuke waste storage site near Lake Huron ... WTO ruled against China rare earths export restrictions ... Panasonic won Tesla contract for up to $7B of batt cells ... Russia ignoring Olympics solid waste trash pledge ... Japan nuke watchdog OK'ing fuel rods removal at Fukushima ... Xcel Energy considering equity position on $2.8B of planned wind power expansion ... Investment firm says Mexico solar projects can offer superior returns v. US ... Wuxi Guolian to invest $150M in Suntech ... Brookfield (Canada) closed infra, clean energy fund. $6.7B raised ... Suzlon $128M Q loss. Revs down 16% yoy ... Canadian Solar (CSIQ) raised $100M construction finance from Deutsche for PV plants in Ontariio ... Congyuan Power (China) 244Mw of wind projects selected to advance in S Africa program ... Boralex (Canada) consortium got $159M finance for 68Mw wind farm ... EDP unit got PPA for 100Mw Cal wind project ... Under 50-yr-old treaty, US sends $250-350M worth of el from Columbia River dams to BC each year. Coalition of 85 NW utilities say enough is enough.