SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED OCEANS' worth of water locked up in Earth mantle in "ringwoodite". Plate tectonics move water between Earth surface, mantle reservoirs. (Is this a joke? Reminded me of Genesis 1:6-7.) ... Longest heatwave on record in N India. Riots ... Spike in tritium in groundwater near Indian Point nuke plant in March, April. NRC regs violated. Could fine $130K/d. NRC weighing relicensing. NY gov wants it shut down ... World Cup to add est. 2.72M tons CO2 to atmos. Most from flights' seat-miles to/from Cup ... China filling their strategic petrol reserve. Driving oil prices. Will hold 680M bls by '20. 141M end of '13. Adding over 600Kb/d this year so far. (219M bl/y.) ... Tesla (TSLA) open-sourcing its patents to help spur sector, climate change solution ... 40 yrs ago industrial drain pipes contributed 85% to US water pollution. Now 85% from stormwater, farm runoff. Tacoma finding high tech way to trace water pollution back to sources ... DOE opened Office of Clean Coal, Carbon Management ... Deal struck on Cal cap-and-trade funds. To go for high-speed rail, public transit, transportation, affordable housing ... Energy efficiency most politically viable tactic to curb GHG emissions: EPA chief ... New NASA satellite to measure CO2 emissions, where they go ... NY agencies unveiling EV charge stations ... Rwanda unveiled GHG monitor system ... Mass. ordered grid overhaul a la NY ... Policy uncertainty holding back US end-use investment for NG use: report. (I guess it's LNG policy uncertainty. Or could be the financial bottomless losses pit for shale producers, resource longevity uncertainty) ... API launched oil/gas jobs website ... Armstrong Asset Management teamed with Blue Circle for wind, solar finance in Mekong region. Up to $40M plus equity stake in Blue. Over 600Mw clean power in eval, negotiation ... Researchers from Argonne Lab, 3 universities slammed Environment Working Group lifecycle analysis of corn ethanol that said emissions way more than thought ... Malaysia B5 rollout delayed 2 months. Prices, infra ... Global biodiesel production to hit record 29.1M tons this year. Up 2M. Growth slowing ... Batts may replace some peak oil, diesel (planned NG?) power plants sooner than thought. Looking for under $300/Kwh cost ... Hyundai offering free refueling for US buyers of their HFCVs ... RI Assembly passed expansion of clean power program ... Wanxiang, NEC formed JV for grid power storage in China ... Ming Yang to erect 6Mw Super Compact Drive wind turbine offshore Norway in test patch ... Tenaska (Neb) closed $450M finance for 150Mw Cal solar project. First Solar (FSLR) set to start building this year. Online '16 ... CBD Energy (Australia) plans solar expansion along US east coast after buying Green Earth Developers (NC) next week. CBD now trades on Naz, raised $6M. Has Westinghouse Solar (WEST) rooftop tech license. ~1% of USA homes have rooftop sol. 15% in Australia ... India govt panel wants tax on fuel sales to fund refinery upgrades for cleaner fuels. To collect up to $10B over 7 yrs. Their vehicle fleet can't install exhaust scrubbers until refineries deliver cleaner fuel ... Indosolar (India) got 60Mw order from Azure Power. Indo will start up 200Mw/yr of solar cell production, complete install of 250Mw more in production cap by yearend ... Solar Energy Corp of India plans 100Mw auction of solar thermal. 2 50Mw CSP projects ... Finance biggest hurdle for India wind power: developer. Borrowing costs 13%. Wants govt green bonds to lower cost up to 25% ... Sempro's Mexico unit got $270M loan for 155Mw 1st phase wind project in Baja. Online 1H15. 1st cross-border wind project ... Appeals court rejected enviros' challenge to EPA cross-state air quality guidance ... Fragmented woodlands more susceptible to disease: study ... African poaching down, ivory seizures up: report ... Beached whale had same disease that's likely killing dolphins ... Grocers suing VT over GMO labeling law ... China comps ignoring emissions reporting rules ... EU deal on food-based biofuels cap ... Peru to loosen enviro rules to bolster power development ... "Almost impossible" to finance wind power in Argentina ... Sun Edison (SUNE) signed up to 11.8Gw order over 3 years for PV systems trackers with NEXTracker ... Bluefield Solar Income Fund agreed to 50M Pound 3-yr revolving acquisition debt facility with RBS for future solar power purchases ... Chinese solar panel makers deny violating EU trade settlement ... Low Carbon (UK) upped stake in Tunisia developer of 2Gw solar project ... Pattern Energy brought 115Mw Chile wind farm online ... OPIC approved $516M finance for 3 clean power projects ... Abengoa Yield to raise $720M in IPO ... And onward and upward, pards. Geeze leweeze. Made another Father's Day weekend. Happy trailers.