STUFF ... Europe has 40BCM NG in storage - 10% annual demand ... US lifted post-spill ban on BP in GOM ... UK govt investing 20M Pounds in Brit geothermal project ... Norway's sovereign wealth fund (largest in world) to increase clean energy investment ... Enel Green Power approved to operate 1st phase (30Mw) of 90Mw Brazil wind park ... UK wind farms get 1.2B Pounds subsidy/yr. Onshore farms get ~557M ... Capital Stage (Germany) forecasts 40% rev increase this yr to Eur80M. Recent buy of 40Mw French solar portfolio for Eur140M ... Over 80% German solars anticipate job losses due to subsidy cuts, lower orders ... Cape Wind awarded cable supply contracts to US comps ... Rising Development (China), Hareon Solar to build 800Mw China solar ... US crude rail shipments up 83% in '13. Over 434K carloads ... 12% decline of US carbon emissions '07-'12: study ... Kerry: national security must include climate change ... Enviro concerns at record low among Americans: Gallup ... Virginia, France pledged cooperation on climate change ... Solar project at NC airport canceled ... BLM, state investigating report of pilots being "blinded" by Cal solar plant. (Don't look at it.) ... TSLA, Prius batts contribute to China pollution ... Okla senate OK'd moratorium on eastern wind farms ... Brazil govt plugging $5.1B into power sector to ease drought losses. (Most power from hydro.) ... Court ruled development can continue in AK petrol reserve ... Homeowners filed $25M lawsuit v. frackers in TX town ... Fracking putting millions of Californians at risk of increased quakes ... Africa Development Bank launched $100M clean/renewable energy fund with US committed capital. Expecting $200M next 12 months ... Cal Energy Commission granted $4.6M for anaerobic digester using dairy waste to power ethanol refinery ... Shell to slash exploration, production investment 20% in '14. Losses in N Am shale ops. May have to unload Eagle Ford shale play ... Mexico to release seismic data to oil/gas developers ... Zimbabwe unit of China comp to build $780M coalbed methane gas-fired 400Mw plant. Still needs govt OK. 1st phase $50M to drill 38 wells, 12Mw plant ... UK, Irish PMs reiterated support for project linking Irish wind farms with Brit grid ... Aquion Energy got $56M equity finance to expand ops. Bill Gates among investors. Aqueous hybrid ion batts using saltwater.