STUFF ... US investigation into price fixing by world's biggest oil traders sparking court battle over records disclosure ... Sluggy econ prompting Europe to reconsider clean energy intentions. Mandatory targets may be turned into just goals ... UN: climate protection may cut world GDP 4% by '30 ... Sustainability experts at World Bank Summit pushed for global focus on urban transportation ... Internal disarray can lead to surprisingly good performance in lith-ion batts: study ... Fast-rising ocean temps could produce more powerful storms in E Asia: study ... Slight uptick in Americans who deny climate change: Yale poll. (It's winter, and a colder one at that. And it may just be the sun.) ... Soil production faster in mountains: study ... Researchers discovering "supercorals" seemingly impervious to high acidity ... BP forecasting rise in GHG levels next 20 yrs ... Canada oil sands projected to boost CO2 emissions by '30 ... Institutional investors should switch to clean energy: UN official ... TX lawmakers to probe if quakes related to drilling ... EIA: polar vortex put big dent in US NG supply ... NM county sued again over fracking ban ... Another comp abandoned fracking in Poland ... Labor strike at French refineries showing overcapacity ... Trident Energy (UK) breakthrough control tech allows adaptation to changing wave conditions in real time for wave power aps. Direct drive linear generator, control system. Can also be applied to offshore wind gen ... UK plans to force onshore wind development to compete head-to-head with solar, hydro when bidding for subsidies. UK seeking 110B Pounds power industry investment through '20 ... 7.7M bl drop in US oil inventory in last week. Record 41M drop last 7 wks ... Libya says their oil production up to 650Kb/d from ~200K recently ... Australia researchers developed method to harvest biodiesel from algae without destroying the algae. Cheaper materials. Oil harvesting every 5 days. Murdoch U. ... DEINOVE (France) gets 9% ethanol from Deinococcus bacteria ... Carbon footprint of corn ethanol in US continues to shrink: study. C impact from crude oil production continues to worsen ... Australia becoming top choice for next shale oil/gas boom. Existing infra, low pop. density in key play areas, citizens welcome resource extract ... Shell, Gazprom Neft JV began drilling Siberian shale formation believed to hold 1 of world's largest deposits. Size of TX, GOM combined. Exxon, Rosneft JV to also start drilling this year. Bazhenov. Moscow tax breaks ... India making petrol sector more palatable for developers. Can now explore for all HC resources on given property. Govt may allow NG price to double ... Costs associated with Norway's oil sector have near doubled since '05. Secto tax hike last year ... Pemex likely to focus on shallow water licenses under new energy policy auction ... 1st democratically-elected prez in Madagascar in 5 yrs. Exxon moving on offshore HC resources. Uranium potential ... SSE (UK) got planning OK for 166M Pounds 108Mw wind farm. Soltage-Greenwood (US) $40M equity finance from John Hancock to build US solar farms. 6 projects ... Mexico developer plans $1.1B 714Mw Mex wind farm ... World Bank to raise $100M Nigeria clean tech fund ... 1/3 of global oil supply will be coming from TX in 10 yrs: report. W TX formation may hold up to 100B bls ... Dozen explosive-level NG leaks found in Washington DC streets ... Scotland OK'd $273M wind farm.