STUFF ... WHO study: we breathe carcinogenic air. Air also causes heart, lung diseases. Intl Agency for Research on Cancer now puts air pollution in same category as tobacco smoke, UV radiation, plutonium. 223K lung cancer deaths around world caused by air pollution ... Fire shut down Midwest crude refinery ... NY proposing state-run gasoline reserve ... Scoular reopened 55M gal ethanol plant in Kansas ... US biodiesel topped 1B gal production mark for '13 ... GM unveiled bi-fuel Chev for '15 rollout. Gasoline and compressed NG. CNG avg $2.11/gal in US, some areas as low as $1. CNG emits ~20% less CO2 than gas ... Libya preventing Marathon Oil from selling its assets ... Dubai comp wants to develop $5B "Energy City" in Philippines. LNG plant, petrochem facility ... GE to supply 22.8Mw of turbines for wind farm in Italy ... 2Mw floating wind turbine now online in Japan ... Japan Asia Group unit to build 13Mw solar farm near Tokyo. Feb start, online in '15. Toshiba panels ... Tepco to install ~27M smart meters 3 yrs earlier than planned. Start 1H14, completion in '21. Auction next month to pick suppliers ... Allied Irish Banks earmarking 300M-400M Euros for clean/renewable energy investments ... Wind Works Power (WWPW) got PPA for 100Mw ND wind project ... Iberdrola to build 80Mw - 2 biomass plants - in Canada for Fengate Capital. 240M Euros ... EBRD lending $53M to UniCredit for Russian energy efficiency ... Energreen to invest 37M Euros in 2 Romanian solar plants ... French company Vergnet commissioned Africa's largest wind farm - 120Mw - in Ethiopia ... US GSA wants comps competing for $1.5B/yr package delivery contracts to meet energy efficiency standards ... GCC countries to invest up to $155B in clean energy, particularly solar.