STUFF ... Carbon's social cost now at $40/ton CO2. Probably low. Includes only what's known, quantifiable now. Doesn't include respiratory illness from ozone, oceans turning acidic, productivity loss from extreme heat/cold/storms or more ... Climate change causing turtles to change migration routes ... Vermont expanded net metering program near 4x. Raised cap from 4% of utility's peak load to 15%. Expanded eligibility from 10Kw to 15. State has 17 utilities who gave broad support to law. Gov says $400M to be saved from less transmission line spending, other ... EPA: oil/gas industry's methane emissions lower in '12 than any time in last 20 yrs ... Using batt storage with solar not a good solution for future power needs: SCTY co-founder ... PA asking EPA for more flexible emissions, trading rules to boost power plants' energy efficiency ... Scientists developed way to see how energy moves in potential solar cell materials ... Lat Am bloc formed to push for voluntary emissions reduction goals ... Ethanol plant got EPA permit for CO2 sequestration ... Opower marketing approach to help utilities promote energy efficiency ... Brazil seeks donated carbon credits to offset emissions-heavy World Cup ... Wind becoming competitive with conventional power gen in US S East ... PA judge upheld forced pooling of oil leases ... 100 Harvard faculty calling on school to divest fossil assets. President Faust rejected previous call ... Tutu called for fossil divest ... Fossil fuels 82% of global energy mix: EIA. (Probably includes transportation.) Same as 25 yrs ago. Solar now ~3% of global powgen mix ... PEIX paid off rest of its corp debt. $22.2M ... Iowa granted $125K each to 2 gas stations for blender pumps. Iowa State U to guage consumer reponse to E10-E85 ... Brazil ethanol sales record 23B liters '13-'14. 18.7B last yr ... Ontario celebrating end of coal in powergen. But Thunder Bay plant to burn advanced biomass (whatever that is) ... DOE draft $4B loan guarantee solicitation for innovative clean/ren energy, energy efficiency projects that avoid, reduce, sequester GHG emissions. 5 key areas of interest: advanced grid integration/storage; drop-in biofuels; waste-to-energy; enhancement of existing facilites; energy efficiency improvements ... Egypt predicting widespread power outages by mid-summer. Banned AC units that can be set below 20*C. No longer exporting NG (used in most of their powgen). Unused LNG export terminal could be supplied by Israel (close to becoming NG exporter) with undersea pipe ... 300 MPG turbo diesel-el hybrid from VW. XL1. $60K. 22 miles on el. 340 mi. range. Carbon fiber skin, magnesium alloy subframe, carb fiber wheels, alum brakes, titanium hubs, ceramic bearings. 1,752 lbs. 250 to be made ... IKEA's 98Mw IL wind farm will provide 165% of power needed for its entire US retail, distribution energy footprint. Equiv to pulling 55K cars off road ... Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle market est $3B by '30: Lux Research. But cost of avoided CO2 ~10x higher than most other techs getting look-see. Honda, Mercedes-Benz have HFCV's on market today in US. Potential, though, for trucks, buses. (There's the fruit) ... TSLA's S model range 265 mi. Nissan Leaf 75 mi ... 25-yr DOE budget for hydrogen fuels research, development, demo, deploy ~$2.8B. $112M/yr. Solar $365M in '14. Bioenergy $282M. Wind $144M ... Hyundai aims to make 1K FCVs by '15 ... Daimler, Ford, Nissan to cooperate on commercialization of FCV tech ... Cal's ZEV (zero emission vehicle) mandate requires 15% of all new cars sold be emission-free by '25. 10-state alliance wants 3.3M ZEVs on roads by '25 ... Nissan expanding free EV charging. 2 yrs free public charging with buying Leaf ... CONSOL Energy closed $1.6B notes offering 5.875% due '22 ... Trina Solar connected 23.8Mw PV to UK grid. Dec start ... NTR (Ireland) selling 150Mw OK wind farm project to Trade Wind Energy for $60M. Online '15 ... Barclays provided most finance for mountaintop removal coal mining. Citigroup financed most for coal-burning utilities. Total investment in US coal industry by top 12 banks up 52% in '13 to $31.7B ... Hannon Armstrong, Solar Systems to fund $100M of distiibuted-gen solar in US, territories in '14 ... Big EU comps must now report on sustainability. New law. Today 2.5K comps report voluntarily. 7K by '17 when law takes effect ... LA, DC, Atlanta top Energy Star ratings ... 100B plastic bags/yr pass through US hands. Fouling land and sea ... EU law would cut plastic bag use 80% by '19 ... Coast Guard says BP GOM cleanup not done ... Another Japan whale hunt could be called off ... 170 dead swine found in China river ... Next Energy Solar Fund to invest 750M Pounds in UK solar next 3 yrs ... Switch to 100% clean energy will need year-long storage capability: Younicos ... Google-Nest, offshore wind drove 20% increase in 1Q clean energy M&A ... Hydro-Quebec, Sony in utility-scale energy storage JV ... Triton buying GEA (Germany) heat exchanger unit for Eur1.3B ... Greenbacker (NY) financing Hanergy's 126Mw solar pipeline.