STUFF ... Majority of Americans see effects of global warming: poll ... BWEN got order from Siemens for over 200 new wind turbine towers ... Scientists at Brookhaven, Stony Brook, Syracuse showing shrinking core of quantum dot can enhance ability of surrounding polymer to extract el charges generated in the dot by light absorption. PV cells made of Q dots with plastic materials like conductive polymers far easier to make, less expensive than silicon-based cells ... Giant aquifer discovered underneath Greenland ice sheet ... Australia govt unveiled plans to reduce emissions ... 6 US midwest governors urging EPA to reconsider renewable fuel targets ... US govt yanked 1.6M acres for ag conservation program ... Coral reefs can bounce back: study ... Australia to monitor Japan whalers by plane ... USGS to make separate risk maps for man-made earthquakes ... Price of deregulated power in TX down below national avg: study ... S Sudan crisis threatening key oil flows. Foreign oil workers evac'd. Capitol of main oil producing province captured by rebs ... US fuel consumption up 13% last week to 21Mb/d, highest since spring '08 ... US NG inventory 7.4% below avg for this time of year. Largest deficit since records began 20 yrs ago ... Saudis to go it alone on boosting capacity of offshore oil field in shared neutral zone with Kuwait who withdrew over internal political deadlock ... Est. $4B to build oil pipe Uganda to Kenya coast: Wood Mackenzie ... Recent budget deal in US included allowing oil/gas development within maritime border with Mexico ... Govt auditors criticized DOI for considering, then delaying raising royalties for oil production on public lands to 18.75% from 12.5% ... Oil should be moving in new pipe from OK to Gulf Coast by mid Jan ... India worried about possible acute shortage of NG in 2 yrs ... Fracking fluid chems can disrupt functioning of human hormones, lead to infertility, cancer, other: researchers ... Murphy US completed $173M sale of 137M gal/y ethanol plant in ND to Hankinson ... BP started up $4.2B modernized 102Kb/d refinery in Ind. To process heavy crude incl. oil sands ... Statoil reduced reserve est. for giant oil field offshore Norway. Delaying 1st production by year. 1.8B - 2.9B bls from 1.8 - 3.6 ... Tata won approval to postpone fulfillment of annual solar power procurement targets by up to 5 yrs to '16 ... Siemens named turbine supplier for Cape Wind ... Alstom won 400M Euros wind turbine supply deal in Brazil. 2 projects ... Vestas won supply contract for 117Mw wind project in Jordan ... Huaneng (China) buying Chinese solar power producer for $59M ... Canada has issued C$400M of green incentives to oil/gas comps in past few yrs ... Colo regulator approved 250Mw wind project ... Jiangsu Akcome Solar (China) targeting $165M share placement to fund solar projects ... NaturEner suing SDG&E for withdrawing from 189Mw MT wind project ... Tecteo (Belgium) to invest 50M Euros in Electrawinds.