STUFF ... $6B/yr needed to rescue Syria refugees: Intl Rescue Committee ... Every year Uzbekistan drafts ~1M folks to pick the cotton. For free. World's 5th largest cotton exporter ... Britain to award new set of shale drilling licenses next year ... USEC, only US uranium enricher, to file for bankruptcy next year. Hopes to keep operating, still testing new centrifuges. $257M DOE aid last 2 yrs. Former govt entity privatized by Reagan ... New report predicting world oil prices to fall near $20/bl by '17 ... 15 states urged EPA to let them continue emissions programs they have in place ... Report: US should buy more flood-threatened houses to prepare for climate change ... 75% of animal GHG emissions come from poorer nations ... Wisc on track to cut emissions 22% by '20 ... Bitumen emissions may negate Canada's climate change efforts ... BLM to move ahead with oil/gas royalty reforms ... Sen. Boxer: Dems aim to elevate work of climate change next year ... Molten rock chamber under Yellowstone far larger than thought: study ... 80K acres proposed for wind development in MD ... Cape Wind broke ground ahead of tax credit deadline ... Few UK wind farms can be heard nearby: study ... Regulators OK'd plan for Buffet's power comp to buy NV Energy ... Barclays trying to stop FERC $448M fine ... Chems found in China-made kids' clothes carry risks: report ... Japan launched search for radioactive waste storage sites ... Singapore emerging as Asia green bldg leader ... Kinder Morgan filed ap for $5.4B oil sands line expansion ... Endocrine disrupters near drilling sites point to need for more water research: study ... Shell aims to lower oil sands emissions with LNG trucks ... Women, vets will be key hires for oil/gas industry in '14 ... Drillers putting up billions to test Colo Niobrara Shale prospects ... Clean/renewables to account for all new power in Australia through '20: AEMO ... Rice U researchers say ethanol carries hidden air pollution risks. Toxic, even explosive gases may find way into bldgs ... GEVO raised $25M in new equity offer ... LNG will turn Australia into energy superpower by '17: Morgan Stanley ... Ontario approved 58Mw wind project ... Iberdrola submitted ap for 76Mw wind farm in NH ... National Bank of Canada, Sun Life completed $368M loan for 108Mw solar project in Ontario. Panels from Toronto comp ... Offshore wind to form basis for Alstom's Europe turbine biz ... EC to probe German clean/ren surcharge discounts ... US to launch MD offshore wind auction tomorrow. 2 leases ... Electrobras to invest ~$13B in power gen, transmission, distribution in '14. $4B on transmiss, $2B on distrib ... Siemens to work with Taiwan developers on 300Mw offshore wind ... EBRD to lend $99M for 80Mw Poland wind farm ... Sharp to end solar panel production in Wales factory. 250 jobs ... Wind dominated Brazil auction, solar drew blank again. 2.3Gw new capacity ... Belgium court banned Electrawinds from selling clean/ren assets.