STUFF ... Canada laid claim to seabed under N Pole. Russia already has claimed. Est. up to 90B bls oil, 30% world's NG reserves ... NASA Glenn has flywheel energy storage system for on-road vehicles. Can improve fuel efficiency 40-100%. Available for licensing. "Pulse and glide" ... 50% rise of lung cancer cases in China past decade. (How many from air pollution?) ... Real Goods Solar (RSOL) 4.5Mw deal in VT ... Spain ordered utilities can charge consumers only 2.3% more for el next month. Accused utilities of manipulating recent auction to win price increases of 11% ... US NG inventories 13% below 5-yr avg for time of year ... New report: Iraq smuggling oil to Assad in Syria through Egypt ... Tribal warfare in S Sudan: Dinka (govt) v. Neur ... Egypt made partial payment on $6.4B owed intl oil comps ... Scot minister says over 90% of Brit's oil reserves might become Scot after independence ... Trained labor shortage for Canada hopes for western NG pipe, export terminals ... 5 Total refineries in France resuming ops after 2-week strike ... Israel power sector fuel oil consumption down 85% Jan-Nov v. '12. Total demand for refined petrol products down 24% ... Alaska waiting on comps working on proposed NG pipe, LNG projects to reach agreement among themselves before proceeding on state incentives ... U of MO research found evidence of hormone disruptive water near frack sites including Colo R in W Colo ... US Trans Dept has no plans to change regs to better protect underground pipelines from riverbed erosion a year after Congress ordered eval after pipe breaks, spills ... SGBT - San Diego startup - has hybrid jatropha that produces biofuel competitive with $99 oil ... DOE pulled funding for Bluefire (BFRE) cellulosic Miss project over finance probs ... POET 25Mg/y Iowa cellulosic ethanol plant on sked for 1H14 startup ... Novozymes to increase focus on Pakistan in coming year ... Thermal coal prices may have bottomed. TEPCO likely to settle on $87/ton, up $2 ... Statoil got explore license for offshore Greenland with Conoco, Nunaoil. Reserves potential 20B bls ... Cal's 3-yr-old effort to improve energy efficiency of 100K homes upgraded ~12K so far ... Spain comp (FCC) sold half of 422Mw clean energy unit to cut debt over $1B ... India Uttar Pradesh signed off on 110Mw of solar projects (6). UP plans to auction up to 390Mw more solar cap after state approves funds.