STUFF ... GHG emissions have to fall 40-70% by '50 to keep global temp rise under 2*C by 2100: IPCC (UN). Fossil fuel investment has to drop $30B/y. Spending on clean power, EVs, E efficiency, etc. has to go to ~$150B/y. 3/4 of fossil reserves in ground have to stay there. IPCC meets on 12th in Berlin to chart ways to curb GHGs, est. cost ... Germany to slow pace of clean E development from 40% previous goal. 25% now E mix. "Restart": make sure expansion safe, predictable; not as fast as possible. Power prices up every yr since '00 to among highest in Europe. Now only 2.5Gw of wind, solar can be added/yr. Offshore wind capped at 6.5Gw by '20. Start '17, no more guaranteed prices for clean E ... EU agreed to let German comps keep clean power rebates ... New understanding of natural ocean climate cycles may help explain global warming "pause": study ... Pussy Riot and other brave girls on Charlie Rose (listening in) ... NRDC pressing FEMA to expand NYC's flood zone maps ... Fox News had most misleading climate change coverage in '13: study ... Harvard "greening" investment fund, but not divesting fossils ... Wildlife, ecosystems still feeling BP GOM spill. What's that? 3 yrs? Check Exxon Valdez residue ... US imports up to $2B of illegally caught seafood per yr: study ... Judge ruled NMFS violated law of US NE groundfish limits. (Um, I'm thinkin' lobster, crab, other scavengers.) ... GM to invest $450M on Volt, Caddy EV development. (Course, they have this other immediate prob of ignition switches.) ... TSLA offering biz lease program for S model ... EPA launched efforts to promote sustainable emission cuts at seaports ... Intl group keeping '16 deadline for cleaner ship engines ... Loopholes let food comps self-certify safety of additives: report ... "Electricity under attack in US": First Energy CEO, Prez. He decries clean E mandates "designed to achieve a social agenda". (And went back under his shell.) ... Oil/gas producers fighting stricter worker safety rules ... Cal county banned fracking ... $3M from DOE for FCEL product development ... Microgrid power growing worldwide, N Am leading: report ... 1 in 5 global shale plays will succeed: analysts ... ND has pocketed near $2B from frack tax: state treasurer ... Total global corp solar investment $7B 1Q14 v. $5B 4Q13: Mercom Capital Group. 170 large-scale projects announced world 1Q. Almost 7Gw ... 40 separate types of equipment known potential source of methane emiss with fracking production, processing oil/gas. ~9% US GHG emiss methane. US has almost 500K frack NG wells, hundreds of thousands of miles of pipe ... Ontario B2 blend mandate 4/1. B3 1/16. B4 1/17 ... MN sees B20 by '18 now. Planned for '15. B10 this July ... Tibetan Plateau holds est. up to 70B bls oil. Deepbore testing ongoing ... Armenia plans to add Iran NG imports to 2BCM/y, up 75%. Armenia to export power to Iran. Gazprom controls Armenia NG pipes, supplies most of NG. But being quiet about the deal. Huh ... NG power plants over 1/2 of new US installed cap '13: EIA. 6.86Gw of 13.5Gw. Solar 2nd (only utility-based) with under 3Gw. Rooftop solar up to 1.9Gw. Coal 1.5Gw. Wind over 1Gw. Biomass over 500Mw. Hydro 384Mw ... EIA: US oil imports to fall to zero by '37. (We shall maybe see.) ... Shell began oil exports from Iraq field. Shell 45% consortium stake. 210Kb/d production (175K avg. triggers recovery.) Field est. 38B bls ... GDF Suez Brazil unit turned on 115Mw wind farm in Ceara. Construction start late '11. Eur170M. GDF now building over 3.7Gw hydro plant on Madeira ... ET Solar German unit sold 8.4Mw plant in England to Lightsource. Both comps in on 50Mw more ... GE unit $50M loan for 484Mw 12-yr-old NG plant in IL. 4 simple cycle turbs ... Clean E investment global '14 may rise to $300B v. $254B '13. Installs est.to rise 37% ... Maersk - ~1% global GHG emiss - saved $764M of fuel in '13, cut CO2 12%. Slower speed, more ports, ship upgrades, new ships. Grew 4% ... World's 1st net-zero E skyscraper rising in Jakarta. '19 completion. 99 stories. Pertamina HQ. Top sucks wind into vertical wind turbines for 25% power. Solar heat mitigation with curved shape. Sun-shading "leaves". Semi-mobile curtains allow light without heat. Radiant cooling replaces AC. Geothermal power. Skidmore, Owings, Merrill ... Windlab targeting sub-Sahara wind. High investor appetite ... Atlantis sees 600Mw tidal E development pipe offshore Shanghai ... EC called time on clean E FITs with new state guidelines ... Poland plans to limit cost of clean E subsidies. (Looks like following Germany. Well, there was that '39 wakeup.) ... UK launched Renewable Heat Initiative. 7-yr tariff for air-source heat pumps, etc. ... An independent Scotland can't afford clean E subsidies it's already getting from being in UK: UK Dept of E, CC ... China's Ming Yang Wind Power profit fell 29% to $43M in '13 ... Shunfeng completed Wuxi Suntech acq ... Happy trailers pards. Onward and upward. Bill Gates for president. Or whom?