STUFF ... '13 tied with '03 as 4th warmest on record: NOAA. NASA: '13 7th warmest, tied with '09, '06. '13 37th year in row global temps higher than 20th Century avg. 9 of 10 warmest ever years occurred in 21st Century ... EU, German minister: Europe must contain energy costs or risk "deindustrialization" ... Bill Gates sees almost no poor countries left by '35 ... Global weather disasters in '13 cost $41B, 2nd only to '10 ... GDF Suez Canada, partners started up 99Mw wind farm on Vancouver ... Babcock & Wilcox got $40M order for enviro control equipment at 2 AEP coal plants in OK, TX ... Canadian Solar (CSIQ) to supply 10Mw for Ontario solar plant ... World's 85 richest peeps worth as much as 3.5B poorest. (Nothing to do with energy. But dam.) ... Philips "Slim Style" LED bulb dimmable, priced under $10. 60w equiv uses 10.5w ... EC agreed to 40% GHG cuts by '30. Targets only binding on EU level ... Combustion efficiency remains crucial frontier for curbing emissions ... Survey: awareness of climate costs, risks building among major comps ... Kenyan subsistence farmers getting carbon creds from World Bank fund ... Slowdown in Atlantic current could lead to dry Britain summers ... Trains spilled more oil last year than in previous 4 decades ... Pipeline monitoring tech often misses spills ... TEPCO found new leak at Fukushima reactor ... China air pollution reaching Calif ... TX regulators say they don't have authority to shut down an operation even if they verify drilling link to quakes ... Cameron telling EU renewables goal may cost UK 9B Pounds ... China wind installs up 24% in '13. 16.1Gw. Total now 90Gw. Expected 20% growth rate next few yrs. Plans for 18Gw in '14. Country wants to bring price for wind, solar in alignment with fossils by '20 ... Oil security '25 report: US remains vulnerable ... Global Bioenergies teaming with Audi on isooctane for cars from bio-isobutene. Can be used in any blend ratio ... NREL leading project exploring use of microbes to produce liquid diesel fuel from methane released by fracking/drilling. $4.8M ARPA-E funding. 2Kb/d equiv of NG flared off in US ... Chesterfield BioGas (UK) selected to build UK's largest biomethane-to-grid project in Scotland ... Cambrian Innovation (US) unveiled EcoVolt water treatment system at Bear Republic Brewing. System's bio-el tech treats wastewater, generates biogas ... European farmers union wants stable framework for biofuels ... BG Group (UK) ready to launch oil/gas exploration in Honduras Gulf of Mex. $20M initial investment. 1st contract for foreign comp to explore in Honduras ... Energy experts calling for executive action on clean(er) energy ... US spends est. $30B/y on nuke waste disposal. Waste Control Specialists (TX) has only site in US for disposal. (A big pit.) ... VA Senate voted to repeal hybrid, EV tax ... Polish ruling party against building country's 1st nuke plant ... Elementa (Canada) to build 10Mw waste-to-energy plant in Ontario ... Ests. range from $523B to over $1.9T global subsidies for fossil fuels. Subsidies for clean/ren $88B in '11 ... Etrion to split $80M share placement funds between Chile, Japan ... Servergy set for rapid growth as demand for energy efficiency data servers skyrockets ... Globeleq Mesoamerica secured $109M debt for Costa Rica 50Mw wind project ... ABB warning of $260M 4Q charge on offshore wind delays, weak power demand ... BP Wind seeking FERC approval to sell 150Mw wind project in Indiana to Pattern Energy ... China Suntien - wind farm operator - to raise $201M through share placement ... Germany added 240Mw offshore wind cap in '13. Total now 520Mw ... Keystone pipe southern leg starting up with extra leak-spotting sensors ... Sharks, rays threatened with extinction: study ... Cape Wind facing new lawsuit ... Even major increase in EVs wouldn't significantly reduce emissions: study ... DOE announced $50M for advanced vehicle tech ... Beijing banning new oil refining, fossil power plants to cut emissions ... Google to buy power from 4 more wind farms in Sweden.