HOTTEST EVER MAY GLOBALLY. 39th consecutive May warmer than 20th century avg. 351st consecutive month global temp hotter than 20th C. avg ... Moscow secretly working with groups opposing fracking to maintain Europe's dependence on Russia energy exports: Secretary-General of NATO ... Natgas fields globally may be leaking enough methane to make the fuel as polluting as coal for global warming over next few decades ... Sharp developing solar cell that can reach 60% efficiency. Solves problem of waste heat. Too thin to soak up much light. Works on single light wavelength. In theory increases cell's volt output over 2x. Gallium-arsenic, stack array ... DOE announced final energy efficiency standards for furnace fans ... Mediterranean region struggling with heat, sea acidification, jellyfish blooms ... Concentrated solar power could serve as competitive base-load source in some countries: report ... Gore pushing Australia emissions trading system ... 72% of Australians want to keep or expand clean/renewable energy target of 20% by '20 ... Britain's kelp forests could be destroyed within century by global warming climate change ... Climate change bad for Alberta frogs, helps coyotes, crows ... Minimum 20Gw new power gen capacity must be added to Russia grid next 2-4 years to meet increasing demand ... Colorado city voted down fracking ban ... Shale gas now 1/2 of all US production ... World GDP up 27.7% '05-'13: IMF est. ... Neonicotinoid pesticides key in decline of bees: scientists. Threat to nature same as once posed by DDT ... Branson: "we're killing the world" ... Europe hitting E5, E10 blend walls ... Steal less, invest more, run a fair game and by all means sell the NG pipeline system that Moscow uses to keep Ukraine in line: overriding sentiments at Ukrainian Energy Forum. Pipeline system worth $20-$30B ... Eni got contract for another offshore exploration block with Petro Vietnam. Eni already ops 3 other offshore exploration blocks there ... AES selling 45% stake in power plant, development projects in Philippines to Thai comp for $453M ... US can't afford to abandon coal: Institute for Energy Research ... El Salvador awarded 94Mw of solar contracts. 3 projects online in '16. $101-123/Mwh. Contracts worth ~$300M ... Pattern Energy Group (PEGI) increasing stake in 115Mw Chile wind project to 70%. $45.3M for 38.5% stake, assume $87M debt ... Canadian Solar (CSIQ), Samsung unit to build 140Mw solar plant in Ontario. Online 2H15. CSIQ should generate ~$280M revs from project ... Mitsubishi unit, 2 partners to build 52.5Mw solar plant in Jordan. Online in '16 ... Capture Solar raised $107M for India 75Mw solar park to supply businesses suffering from rising coal power costs. Online March '15. Will charge ~10 cents/Kwh. Coal power prices up avg. 40% since '10 ... Demand for Indian clean/ren energy credits rose to 3-month high this month after utilities were slapped with fines for not pursuing clean/ren power targets ... PCB levels declining in Lake Michigan coho, chinook ... Tepco pledging to restart reactors ... Welspun to invest $1.83B in 1.75Gw wind, solar pipeline ... KKR-Acciona Yield Co to deploy up to 1.25Gw clean power next 3 yrs ... Italy adopted decree to cut solar FIT for nominal capacity over 200Kw 8-20% from '15 ... Next Step Living - Boston energy efficiency comp - raised $25M in funding round ... Chile targeting 1.2Gw clean/ren power by '18 ... Merkel resisting EU clamp-down on clean/ren subsidies.