UKRAINE STOPPED BUYING power from Crimea. Almost 300Mw solar, 70Mw wind, 118Mw fossil. Cancelled all PPAs. Crimean solar FITs were 10x local wholesale power prices ... Pro-Russian Ukraine separatists seized coal mines demanding explosives ... CNPC (China) execs caught in corruption probe ... China opened 1st enviro court ... Extreme US, UK last winter linked to global warming. Severe snowstorms, polar vortex in US, wettest UK winter in almost 250 yrs. Oxford U research. Rising sea temps in tropical W Pacific exacerbated last year's typhoon season, Australia's heat waves ... Despite heavy rains, runoff, Chesapeake Bay estuaries' health held steady last year: report ... Calif drought at least makes for cleaner beach water ... Est. possible 4.4B bls oil in shale rock south of London. Not certain any can be economically recovered. Clay mixed in the shale ... Total (France) in JV with Lukoil to develop shale deposit in W Siberia. Possibly largest shale deposit on Earth. (But, sanctions might hold development back.) ... Ecuador issued permit for oil drilling in Amazon reserve ... Carbon loss from tropical forests "underestimated": study ... Hydropower now accounts for under 50% of US clean/renewable power for 1st time ... Green spaces could keep city temps level until '50: study ... ADM seeking Fed permission to install 2nd carbon capture well at IL ethanol plant ... MIT, Stanford researchers found new way to convert below-212*F waste heat into power. 1/3 all power use in US ends up as low-grade heat ... Tennessee can reduce its GHG emissions up to 22% below '11 levels in 6 yrs without changing power delivery systems ... Petitioners to ask Missouri governor to halt coal ash landfill construction in flood plains. (Ameren's plan.) ... OH House panel cancelled vote on RFS moratorium ... Capstone Infrastructure (Canada) getting $92M finance to develop Quebec 24Mw wind farm, expand credit facility ... Southern, Turner to buy First Solar (FSLR) 50Mw NM solar plant to be turned on this week ... Near 5,600 new clean/renewable power, clean transportation jobs created in US in 1Q. 12K in 1Q13 ... Fed appeals court threw out FERC demand-response order. Would provide incentives for power users to consume less. (Go figure.) ... BLM got $2.9M from southwest ND oil/gas lease auction ... Utah oil spill contained, likely didn't reach river ... India regulators calling for anti-dumping duties on US solar products up to .81 cents/w ... Deutsche Bank refused to finance coal export project near Great Barrier Reef ... Demand for climate bonds doubled in '13: EIB ... Sindicatum to co-invest up to $500M in Philippine-based clean/renewable power ... GCL-Poly wafer supply deal with Risen Energy.