STUFF ,,, FIrst Solar (FSLR) 3Q net $195M v. $88M yoy. Lowered revs forecast ... Talks on creating world's largest marine reserve in Antarctic failed. Opposition from Russia, China, Ukraine ... Over half US irrigated regions under water stress: study ... Carbon curbs didn't spur EU production exodus: study ... Canada opened NW Territories to fracking ... Russia looking to ease LNG exports ... US Coast Guard looks to clamp down on fracking wastewater shipping ... Obama ordered creation of task force to bolster roles of state, local govts in national prep for climate change impacts ... Chicagoans sue to cover refinery waste along river ... US utilities agreed to buy 7.6Gw wind power capacity this year through Sept. ~70Mw connected to grid 3Q, down 96% yoy. 13.1Gw wind installed last yr ... Lublin Basin under Poland, Ukraine could be 10-15x Barnett formation in US. Shell's contract area up to 4TCF NG ... Scientists developing new method to recycle rare earth elements from wastewater ... KRG plans to build 2nd oil pipeline to Turkey from Kurd Iraq. 1st pipe opens early '14 ... Brazil's 2nd largest oil comp filed bankruptcy ... UK energy firms guilty of market manipulation to face criminal charges ... Fed court forcing EPA to issue coal ash rules in 60 days ... Signal Energy building 20Mw wind farm in NM for BayWa. Online yearend ... 400Mw solar system being installed at Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu ... Canadian Solar (CSIQ) to supply 100Mw to China 3 Gorges for project in Gansu ... Japan may set higher tariff for offshore wind ... Germany cut solar tariffs 1.4%/month for 3 months. Installs above target 3.5Gw/yr ... Public cellular networks make perfect carriers for smart grid: Qualcomm ... Pattern Energy (PEGI) expects to double wind assets next 2-3 yrs ... Fred.Olsen (Norway) bought out RWE's 50% share in Scotland wind farm ... Clean Energy Finance Corp (Australia) to keep lending for clean energy, energy efficiency despite govt. $14B pipeline ... FSLR selling 250Mw NV project to Next Era ... Inter-American Development Bank, Chinese govt fund to provide over $132M finance for 2 wind farms in Uruguay ... ACS (Spain) got 550M Euro contract to build/op 100Mw concentrated solar plant in S Africa ... Suntech to contest involuntary bankruptcy filing ... Offshore Lebanon potential up to 96TCF NG, 865M bls oil. Whole Levant Basin est. 122TCF, 1.7B bls. Lebanon bidding moved back again to Jan. Wait for new cabinet. Prez elections in May ... MN Power start on $350M project to control mercury, other emissions from 4-unit coal power plant ... NRG Energy, Sunpower (SPWR) began ops at 250Mw Cal solar farm.