STUFF ... Governors of 8 N East US states to petition EPA for force stricter air pollution rules on 9 Midwest, Appalachian states ... Canadian Solar (CSIQ) got $40M loan from China fund toward 145Mw solar in Japan. CSIQ also got 8.7Mw Mexico project ... Researchers see link between Arctic melting, extreme summer weather ... Climate change threatens S East Alaska's salmon habitat ... Cuba creating nature reserves in response to climate change ... US energy IPOs fetched $6B in '13 ... Dubai to add 50Mw ($100M) solar before World Expo '20 ... UK's largest power plant opened 1st of 3 generating units being converted to biomass from coal. $1.14B cost. 2nd online next year, 3rd in '16. Carbon savings ~80% ... Ontario's est. '13 elgen 59% nuke, 28% clean/ren, 11% NG, 2% coal. '25 forecast 42% nuke, 46% clean/ren, 12% NG ... Iran, Iraq plan to increase crude production, exports a combined 2Mb/d in '14. Implied other OPEC should cut their exports same amount to keep prices from falling ... Goldman Sachs price forecasts for '14 - $98 avg for WTI, $106 for Brent ... API: oil/gas potential off US Atlantic coast over 1/2 now being produced in Gulf of Mex ... US oil shipments by rail up 32% in '13 over '12. 458M bls, over 655K carloads. Up 50% yoy in ND ... GE report: global NG consumption to increase over 1/3 by '25 ... Ukraine failed to sign deal to open NG supply route from Slovakia ... NG lease auction for offshore Lebanon Jan 10. 6 blocks ... Ethanol production from bamboo in China technically, economically feasible, cost-competitive with gasoline: research in UK ... China biodiesel imports 1st 9 mo '13 up 10x over '12. Tax evasion scheme probably to be stopped ... World's biggest palm oil comp pledging to halt deforestation ... Black Rock bought majority stake in 68Mw TX wind farm project from Own Energy. Siemens turbines. Morgan Stanley finance ... Asian Development Bank to lend $900M for 600Mw Pakistan coal plant. Online '19 ... Obama pollution control agenda goes to Supreme Court and fed appeals court tomorrow ... Ming Yang Wind (China) won 1st India order - 150Mw ... Quercus targeting 254Mw new UK solar portfolio by March '15 ... EIB 500M Euro loan for Netherland grid operator for 3 HVDC offshore wind connections ... Green for Growth fund for S East Europe making 20M Euro loan to Croatia bank for clean energy, energy efficiency finance ... DONG Energy moving ahead on 3 offshore wind farms in N Sea after UK revision of subsidies ... Moldova targeting 400Mw of clean/ren energy by '20 ... New South Wales to divest 105Mw wind, hydropower assets to finance future infra investment ... EIB to invest 50M Euro in clean energy infra fund ... French comp bought 7.5% stake in 288Mw wind farm offshore Germany ... China 3 Gorges to buy 49% stake in Portuguese wind development from EDP.