STUFF ... Climate change will displace hundreds of milliions of peeps by end of century, increase risk of violent conflict and wipe trillions of dollars out of global econ: coming UN report ... 400 PPM CO2 in atmos reached again at Mauna Loa. 2 months earlier than last yr. Sept-Oct trough higher than yr B4. 400 1st recorded last May ... Savannah River site project to mix plutonium from bombs with uranium for nuke reactor fuel stopped. "Costs too much": DOE. 60% complete. $4.5B spent. Shutdown to cost another $1B. "Expecting to find better scientific solution." Agreement with Russia compromised ... New Jersey BPU rejected proposed 25Mw pilot offshore wind project. Promised 180-day review took 3 yrs. 3 yrs ago state declared to develop over 1Gw offshore wind by '20 ... Money for state air regulators in proposed EPA budget, pointing to leading role for states to shape rules for curbing GHG emissions from existing power plants ... EU leaders in climate, energy talks aimed to cut GHG emissions ... EVs lose range in colder temps: AAA ... Exxon agreed to report climate change risks ... Wind, solar power can sustain themselves, support energy storage addition: study ... Parched US west getting no relief in NOAA spring outlook ... Scientists developed climate forecast modeled for menengitis ... El Nino may hit Peru as early as next month ... Senator Whitehouse urging Iowa to make climate change a priority ... Australia carbon tax repeal voted down by Senate ... Marsh insects still dying from BP spill. (Do we need the insects?) ... Court fined NY coke plant $25M for air pollution, ordered former manager to jail ... BLM royalty reforms to follow fracking, methane regs: official ... DOE moving to restart leases for uranium mining ... Solar storm barely missed Earth in '12: study ... UK approved world's 3rd largest wind farm for offshore Scotland ... Advocates seeking ban of pesticides linked to bee deaths ... 2 pet supply comps to remove pesticide from flea collars ... NM nuke waste storage site threatens progress on future facilities ... LA (Cal) residents blasting state's slow response to lead batt plant pollution ... US el power industry to meet 90-day deadline to draft security standards to protect grid from physical attack ... US oil/gas boom to fuel manufacturing growth through '20: report ... Calif city halted all oil drilling over fracking fears ... FERC approved license for pilot 600Kw tidal energy project in Puget. Turbines expected to turn 70% of time ... World Bank approved $73M grant for Congo tech assistance for giant hydrodam. 4.8Gw 1st phase for 40Gw total. Bank also to finance enviro, social, impact assessments. 9% of DRC pop have access to el ... 59% of people believe benefits of tackling climate change outweigh risks. 81% believe at least equal the costs ... Since Nov, US NG usage 13% above 5-yr avg ... US NG imports from Canada - 7BCF/d - down 10% yoy ... Eastern US NG production down 30% yoy: EIA. (Weather) ... 2 Italy comps to convert sugar plant to 30Mw biomass power plant for Eur126M. Woodchips. 1Mw biogas unit. Silage, Pig manure ... Ethanol April futures hit $2.72/gal this week. Ethanol stocks record low, down 17.5% on year. 15.28M bls. East coast stocks 4.5M bls ... Swiss looking to add strict sustainability criteria to biofuels ... Brazil cane harvest down 10% yoy from drought ... Pinal Energy AZ ethanol plant back online after 1.5 yrs. Upgrade to 60M gal/yr from 50M ... GA comp sold reactor to cellulosic pilot plant in Italy. Corn fiber, straw feedstock ... Jan NG usage in China up 15.3% yoy to 16.9BCM (~600BCF). China Jan production 11BCM. Jan imports up 48% yoy to 6.1BCM. Some from central asia, Myanmar via pipe. LNG imports up 76% Jan to 2.6M tons ... Shell awarded contracts for giant Iraq oil field. Est. 38B bls. Shell 45% share, Petronas 30%, Iraq 25% ... Texas has $140B proven oil reserves (at $95). $110B owned by corps, $22B by individuals, $5B by trusts, $3B by non-profits, govts, institutiions. $47B near Houston ... FSLR set new thin-film solar efficiency record. 17%. Used production-scale processes, materials. Beat 16.1% (theirs). They see revs steady, EPS $2.20-6.00 through '16 ... Kansas utilities got 19.4% of their power from wind in '13. Iowa 27%. SD 26%. Idaho, ND, MN at least 15%. Nat avg. 4% ... Alstom sold generator transformer for German combined-cycle heat/power plant ... Bangladesh, China comps to build $2B 1.3Gw coal power plant in Bangladesh. Another 1.3Gw Bangli coal plant with India partnership already contracted. Banglis plan 20Gw coal power by '30.