US SUPREME COURT struck down part of EPA CO2 rule permitting process ... N Korea army mobilizing to combat drought ...In last 2 yrs, almost as much solar power added around world as had been added since solar cell invented. 38Gw installed in '13. World total now close to 140Gw. Germany 1st with 36Gw. China 2nd at 18.3Gw ... Globe broke May high temperature record ... Minnesota wettest first half of year on record. Global warming already transforming Minnesota's forests: USFS report ... JA Solar (JASO) started mass production of new solar cell. 20.4% efficiency ... Cutting pollution saves lives, improves health. But global warming could undermine health gains: research ... Michigan's largest utility plans to cut coal fleet by 1/3 ... NY, RI passed climate change bills to protect them from extreme weather ... Fiji accusing global community of deserting Pacific nations on climate change. (Paradise may be lost.) ... Canada insurance industry adapting to more frequent, more severe storms ... India likely to scrap US, Asia solar dumping tariffs ... Clean/renewable power provided 88% of new US power gen capacity in May. Wind 203Mw from 2 farms. Solar 156Mw, 5 farms. 5Mw biomass. .2Mw hydro. 2 new NG plants for 49Mw. 1st 5 months '14 clean/ren 54% of new powgen cap added. 907Mw solar, 678Mw wind, 73Mw bio, 32Mw geothermal, 8 Mw hydro. 1,437Mw NG, 1Mw oil. Since Jan. '12, clean/ren 48% of new US powgen cap, NG 38%, coal 13% ... French state bank setting aside 5B Euros for green projects. 1/2 for energy efficiency in buildings, 2B for clean transport, 500M for clean/ren powgen ... Oak Ridge Lab to house 2 new Energy Frontier Research Centers. Among 32 projects getting $100M from DOE ... UK Carbon Capture Center awarding 2.57M Pounds to 14 new carbon capture, sequestration projects ... Russia cut off talks with Ukraine over NG debt ... Energy Investors Funds bought additional 50% stake in Newark Energy Center from Hess using $590M loans from bank, GE, Mitsubishi ... Study linked pesticides to autism, developmental delays ... Arctic well targeted by Greenpeace came up dry ... Oil storage tank spill released 7,500 gal into Colorado River ... Amtrak, California agency ended agreement on high speed rail development ... Long-term study links declining GHG emissions to lower death rates ... More leaks found at Hawaii fuel storage site ... San Fran Bay area agencies agreed to consider GHG impacts on transportation plan ... Oregon to use drone to scout forest fires ... Coal terminal construction stopped near Great Barrier Reef ... EDP maintaining strong US wind project pipeline ... Floating turbines to be developed abroad, imported to Europe: Carbon Trust ... Ascent Solar Tech (ASTI) to invest $128M in China solar factory ... Canadian Solar (CSIQ) in talks to buy Solar Semiconductor (India). 195Mw annual module production. Owned by Analog Devices (US) ... JA Solar (JASO) targeting 350Mw in '15 for new solar cell production. 170Mw by end of '14 ... Alstom board OK'd GE bid for energy biz. Near $17B ... Kyocera target 1.4Gw module production for FY14/15, up from 1.2 previous year ... Argentina reduced export taxes for biodiesel to 9.35% from 11.07% ... Ontario to add 3.5Gw wind, solar, hydro, biomass by Nov '15 ... China Longyuan Power Group raised $321M debt. 5.1% interest rate.