STUFF ... Next 15 yrs critical for affordable climate change actions: UN scientific panel. World needs to triple its energy from clean energy (including nukes), fossil fuel carbon capture/storage to avoid dangerous levels of global warming. Cost est. .06% of annual global growth if done now. Avg. $147B/yr more needed. Spending on energy efficiency for transport, bldgs, industry needs to increase $336B/yr ... GHGs emissions growth avg. 2.2%/yr '00-'10, up from 1.3% preceding 3 decades ... Global CO2 emissions could peak by '20 if China achieves coal power reduction goals ... CNPC oil pipe leak to blame for water contamination affecting over 2.4M folks in China ... World agri GHG emissions increasing: UN ... Fish living in CO2-saturated waters lose ability to sense predators: study. (Is that happening to us too with CO2-saturated air?) ... TIme running out to protect UK coastline: report ... OH making biggest link yet between quakes, fracking ... Statoil to develop big N Sea NG find ... Japan new energy policy pushing coal as long-term power source. Fossil power now ~90% power gen there ... Cherbourg to attract Eur400M offshore wind investment ... Innoveox - French clean tech comp - Eur16M IPO on NYSE ... JASO increased 1Q shipment guidance to over 620Mw ... Trina slashed 1Q shipment guidance over EU price threshold uncertainty. 540-570Mw from 670-700 ... E.ON quit Desertec Initiative (exporting N Africa solar, wind to Europe) ... Total US petrol product exports up 28% yoy. Now at ~3.6Mb/d ... IEA forecast '14 global oil demand 1.3Mb/d higher than '13, 100K less than last month forecast ... World oil production down 1.2Mb/d in March from Feb. 550K less from Iraq, Saudis, Libya. Up 1.1M, though, yoy. 2Mb/d increase from non-OPEC offset 1Mb/d drop by OPEC ... US NG storage up 4BCF last week. Less than 1/2 normal. Near 3TCF needs to be stored by Nov ... Sunni insurgents in Iraq closed 8 of 10 gates on major irrigation dam on Euphrates last week. Seized the dam in Feb. Wanted to flood land around Fallujah to keep Baghdad army away. Ag, power plants affected downstream. Realizing they would flood parts of Fallujah they control, they opened 5 gates. Army to recapture dam soon ... Iraq's north oil pipe closed over 40 days now. Insurgents massacred repair crew after last bombing. Additional crews came in with army but forced away ... Libya's major refinery, oil export terminal shutdown on weekend by dissidents ... East Ukraine has most of country's industrial, mineral wealth. Kiev said militants must disperse today ... Iraq hopes to finish this yr oil pipeline to raise exports to Turkey to over 1Mb/d ... Nigeria oil exports seen falling under 1.6Mb/d next month. Exports to N Am down 91% from peak ... Statoil wants to cut CO2 emissions from oil sands ops 25% by '20, 40% by '25 ... US crude proved resources up 4.5B bls in '12 to 33B bls: EIA. (Could supply US ~5 yrs by my math.) Largest increase since '70 when 10B Alaska crude added. Highest level since '76. 4th increase in row ... US NG proved reserves (including NGLs) down 7% in '12 to 323TCF, revised down in response to lower prices. (12 yrs of US demand by my math. What do we do in 12 yrs?) ... NG over 50% of new US power gen added in '13. Solar 22%. Coal 11%. Wind near 8%. 9% other ... EIA increased forecasted '14 WTI price to $95.60, under $90 in '15. Lowered forecast for '14 US crude output to 8.37Mb/d. Still up 13% from '13 ... NuStar Energy opened 3rd petrol dock in Corpus Christi. Port shipped out 350Kb/d in Nov, up from under 10K Jan '12 ... N Slope AK production est. to avg. 342Kb/d in '22. Not enough to keep pipe open. Est. 521Kb/d now ... New AK fracking rules. Water well testing before, during, after within 1/2 mile of wells ... GDF Suez 25-yr contract to buy NG from BP, partners in Azerbaijan. Prices not tied to oil ... Combined global production of ethanol, biodiesel down .4% in '12 v. '11. 1st decline since '00 ... EPA FY14-18 Plan released. To ensure everyone has clean water, clean air. To reduce GHG emissions with efficiency improvements in homes, bldgs, appliances ... Cargill to source palm oil responsibly ... US ethanol production at 13.77B gal/yr rate ... China to ban high sulfur coal imports ... Nigeria plans 1st nuke plant ... Residential German el prices near 3x higher than US: Inst for Energy Research. Up to 800K Germans had power cut off for inability to pay. High subsidies for clean energy. Renewable energy levy cost households $9.6B in '13. Cost to integrate clean energy into grid stands at $33B ... Ashland, OR offering $100 incentive for install of EV charge station in homes under construction ... League of Conservation Voters, NRDC starting "Leading Green" to raise campaign funds for climate change policy ... Yingli to sell at least 300Mw of solar plants in China to United Photovoltaics. Yingli to build, op. Completion in 2 yrs ... Samsung, Pattern Energy 270Mw wind farm in Ontario online. Siemens 2.3Mw turbines ... New DOE standard for overhead lamps ... Apple bought OR hydropower plant ... Mich debuted program to double recycling ... OR looks at selling forest to fund public schools ... UK poll: wind power more liked than fracking ... Happy trails, pards. Bill Gates for POTUS.