STUFF ... Climate change inaction will devastate much of arable US midwest, ruin livable climate for most Americans, create Dust Bowl conditions in S west, Great Plains: Climate Assessment Report ... New map of world's glaciers holds grave sea level rise warning ... Rising CO2 saps crops' nutritional value: study. "Enormous public health prob." ... Stanford to divest $18B coal assets endowment ... Credit Suisse committing $200M to Clean Power Finance fund for US residential solar ... CSIQ raised 1Q shipment, revs guidance, sees gross margin at low end of range ... Shunfeng PV looking to raise debt, equity to expand ... Siemens got wind turbine service contracts for over 930Mw from PEGI for 10 yrs. Over 400 turbines ... NRG Yield $4M loss 1Q from its clean/ren unit. $4M profit last 1Q ... Skypower (Canada), FAS Energy to develop 3Gw utility-scale solar in Nigeria ... Solar World swung to 1Q profit v. 1Q13 ... SUNE signed 15-yr PPA with Statkraft for 88Mw - 6 plants - UK solar portfolio ... Chicago's EV chargers out of service ... Since Oct, Okla had more earthquakes (from fracking?) than Calif ... Large power transformers grid's weakest link ... OH voters rejected local fracking ban for 3rd time ... Fracking ban aimed at city in heart of Barnett Shale ... Pro-fracking coalition raised $770K to fight Colo ballot initiatives ... US appeals court ruled EPA has "wide latitude" to decide on biofuel blending mandates under RFS. Rejected oil industry claims that requirements set too high, RINS too expensive ... Small scale coconut biodiesel production powering Fiji villages. Cheaper than fossil diesel ... Marcellus Shale production now 14BCF/d. 1.2B in '07. 20B expected by '20 ... Euro oil demand at 20-yr low last year ... China to try to make diamonds from smog. Testing next year in Beijing. (Smog sucking machine, ionic filters, etc.) ... White House asking biz leaders to boycott Intl Econ Forum in St Petersburg (Russia) later this month ... Dominion bought 32Mw of solar in TN. 2 Strata Solar projects. TVA buying the power ... Good Energy Group (UK) bought $849K stake in Wales Tidal Lagoon project. Est cost $1.2B for 320Mw. Expected online in '18 ... EPA employees have been watching porn on the job, selling jewelry from office, raking in paychecks without working: agency watchdogs. (I hope THAT will change!)