STUFF ... Central Africa Republic on verge of genocide. Muslim v. Christian. What the hell ... US teacher killed in Libya ... Back to biz: Shell not going to build NG-to-liquids plant in Louisiana. Over $20B cost concerns, lack of skilled labor to build without cost overruns ... Skilled labor shortages coming up more and more ... Cheap NG leading to increased emissions in industrial sector: report ... Flooding from hurricanes (named from having to hurry in the sugarcane crop?) worsened by sea level rise: study. (We needed a study for that?!) ... Bioenergy boon in US southeast threatens biodiversity: report ... Hurricane-force winds slammed into Brit, Germany ... Record German wind power brought solar/wind share of power gen to over 35% today, above '20 target. Estimate wind will hit 39% of supply tonight. Turbines start to cut out with over 60MPH winds ... USGS sending seismic recorders to TX drilling areas ... Ohio Republican lawmakers pushing for oil, NG tax increase (!) ... Asia Development Bank approved $136M grant to refurb 51-yr-old Tajikistan 240Mw hydropower plant. Largest single transaction ever provided the country. $34M from Tajik govt ... Alternate Fuels Americas signed 150 more landowner agreements in Costa Rica for feedstock for up to 2M gal/yr of biodiesel. Accelerates revs timeline ... Miscanthus has better results for cellulosic ethanol than switchgrass: research ... Up to 20 ethanol plants expected to be shuttered in IL with RFS cutbacks in '14 ... Germany biodiesel exports surging. 330M gal shipped thru Sept, up 14% on year. 30M to US, rest to Europe ... Royal DSM, DONG Energy demo'd breakthrough wheat straw fermentation. 40% increase in ethanol yield ... Western Canada Select crude going for $71/bl. Heavier Canada crude going for less. Canada can export crude. US cannot ... Wisc Energy '14 capital spending plan $711M ... Goldwind (China) to provide turbines for 50Mw Romania project ... Invenergy (US), local comp got finance for 24Mw wind project in Poland. GE 1.5Mw turbines. Online early '14 ... DOI finalized rule allowing wind farms to obtain permits to injure, kill or disturb eagles for up to 30 years ... Officials unveiled $627M of BP-funded Gulf of Mex restoration projects ... China continues to corner rare earth processing market ... Algae bloom threatening Pecos River ... Wisc dairy farms spilled over 1M gal manure this year so far ... Lawmakers blasting Gov Christie for stalling offshore wind development ... Shanghai grounding flights amid record smog ... Ecuador officials shut down enviro group opposed to Amazon rainforest oil drilling ... Bulgaria's renewables tax risks further destabilization of east Europe clean power sector: analysis ... Chinese investor to invest over 511M Euro in Bulgaria wind park ... China Development Bank lending $80M to China Wind Power for 70Mw of solar plants ... Pacific Hydro (Australia) got govt approval for 100Mw wind farm. $181M ... Rene Sola (China) $200M 3Q loss with polysi plant shutdown ... Vattenfall delaying Europe offshore wind test project 2 yrs to '17 ... Q-Cells got $188M from parent Hanwha Chem ... Coal consumption by Japan utilities up 26% in Oct yoy to record 4.78M tons ... Coal prices ~$80/ton ... S Africa coal mines producing as low as $40/ton ... Indian coal imports at 12 ports up 44% Apr-Sept. Other reports to Oct say up 28% ... Thailand, Madagascar developing their coal resources ... Since '28, avg bull mart lasted 57 months, 165% gain. This one now is there ... ABM commissioned 1.2Mw solar farm in Baltimore.