STUFF ... World on pace for 4.8*C temp rise over preindustrial base by 2100: UN science panel ... Global GHG emissions up 10B tons CO2 equivalent '00-'10. 1/2 all human CO2 emissions 1750-2010 in last 40 yrs ... Putin billing Ukraine $38B for unpaid NG sales, removal of discount for Crimea seaport ... JASO 1Q shipments to beat earlier est. To exceed 620Mw ... BMW lifted i3 EV production 43% on higher demand ... German power utilities burning more coal (lignite), weaning off nukes (clean power). (How stupid is that?) ... Corn belt moving north to Canada. Growing seasons ~2 weeks longer over past 50 yrs. Mean annual temps est. to climb 3*C by '50. Record 405K acres Canada corn in '13 ... Total going ahead with ultra deepwater development off Angola. 30% stake. Exxon, Sinopec, others in consortium. '17 start. $16B est. cost down from $20B earlier. Eventual production 230Kb/d. 6 fields. Heavy and light oil. 6K feet deep water. Seafloor pipes. 2 retired supertankers to store oil. 59 wells. Angola oil production ~1.8Mb/d in '13 ... Over $5.7B already invested in developing advanced biofuels. Est. $95B plus needed next 10 yrs to scale up commercial production to meet US targets in '07 law ... New study found significant methane leaks from some fracking wells still in drilling process ... Cal Senate leader unveiled carbon cap-and-trade spending plan, pivoted away from carbon tax ... Georgia (US) adding so much solar to grid this year it could rank in top 5 states by yearend ... "Should have invested in clean energy earlier": RWE CEO. Germany forcing nuke plant closures by '22. RWE turning to lignite, most GHG emiss of all fossil fuel. Coal now 52% of RWE's powgen. Up from 45% in '11. Overall German powgen 45% coal in '13. RWE clean powgen 6.4% in '13 ... Prices utilities have to pay for coal up ~7%/y since '04 ... Ethanol imports in IL having heavy impact on profit margins for midwest ethanol plants ... Brazil to boost ethanol blend to 27.5% from 25%. Hopes to reduce Petrobras fuel imports, losses ... UK announced rules for small-scale biodiesel producers ... Addax Bioenergy to start production at 85M liters/y ethanol plant in Sierra Leone. Also powgen ... Turkey to privatize most of its coal fields ... Over 1,500 households in Jordan installed solar hot water under govt initiative started in late '13. Est. 2,500 by yearend. Intallment payment option. Jordan has 330 sunny days/yr avg. They import over 95% of energy use. Want to get to 40% domestic by '20 ... Desalination plant to provide 1/3 Beijing's water by '19. $1.1B for plant, ~$1.5B for pipes ... Siemens contract for 900MW grid connect for N Sea offshore wind ... Shunfeng PV to raise $297M with 5-yr convertible bond at 4% ... Tenaska Solar dropped Soitec CPV tech for 150Mw Cal plant. Going with conventional PV ... Google bought solar-powered drone maker to deliver wireless internet access where needed ... LM Wind - Dane wind turbine blade maker - '13 net loss Eur80M v. Eur 36M in '12. '13 sales down to Eur488M v. Eur 687M ... Dubai launched 100Mw solar tender worth $272M for 2nd phase of 1Gw plant ... Near 1/2 of US TSLA owners registered in Cal ... Cal has 2.9B bls proved crude reserves. Imports over 60% of crude for refineries from overseas. 54% from 3 OPEC countries ... Fed judges upheld EPA mercury, toxics standards ... 1 bacteria strain in oceans can have big impact on global carbon cycle ... Weather-fueled shortage of gefilte for Passover ... Judge upheld Powder River Basin leases despite climate concerns ... NJ reactor shut down again ... Asia's toxic air strengthens N Hemisphere storms ... $1.3M to clean PCB-tainted sewers in Charlotte, NC ... Uranium miners dying after work in Namibia ... Slayings of environmentalists increasing globally ... Cleanup started in SWest OH nature preserve after oil spill.