$1.2T/YR GLOBAL INVESTMENT IN GHG REDUCTIONS needed to keep global temp rise below 2*C: study. (Already up 1*C since start of industrial revolution.) ... Indonesia palm oil plantations persistent threat to water quality: study ... Rising ocean level threatens insurance for S east FL real estate ... CG Chem to build EV battery plant in China ... Top EU court upheld national energy subsidy law ... Climate-resistant plants may be less nutritious: scientists ... Qatar Solar Energy deal for solar-grade silicon from Kazatomprom (Kazakhstan). "Extremely competitive fixed cost" for 10 yrs. QSE to expand solar PV manufacturing capacity to 2.5Gw from 300Mw now ... 1st commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Iowa now operating. 35M gal/yr cap ethanol plant now making additional 2M gal/yr cellulosic eth. Farmer-owned plant ... 6% biodiesel blend mandate in effect in Brazil started July 1. Biodiesel production to reach 3.1M metric tons in '14, up from 2.56M in '13. Argentina production to rise to 2.45M tons this year from 2M last year ... Enbridge, Enterprise Products completed 512-mile loop of oil pipeline system from Cushing, OK to TX coast. Commissioning to continue through 3Q14 ... Lawrence Berkeley Lab, U of Hawaii researchers found 1st step that changes natgas into soot. Could lead to more efficient fuels, more efficient use of fossil fuels ... Westinghouse to buy Italy producer of components for nuclear, oil, gas industries ... EDF unit got 20-year PPA with Great Plains Energy for 150Mw wind project in Kansas. Vestas 2 Mw turbines. Online by '16 ... RES Americas OK'd to build 200Mw wind project in MN. Vestas 2Mw turbines. Online Oct '15 ... Sun Edison (SUNE) closed purchase of AES' stake in Silver Ridge 336Mw US solar portfolio for $178.6M cash. SUNE plans to buy remaining 50% stake from Riverstone Holdings in '16 ... Renewable Power (India) raised $140 more from Goldman Sachs, Global Environmental Fund, Asia Development Bank. Will help Renewable double its clean energy portfolio to 1Gw by '15 ... Orix (Japan) may build coal, wood biomass plants in Japan. 110Mw each. Up to $491M cost ... Iran solar investment to increase to $60M this year. $12M in '13. (How pitiful is that? O, that's right, they want nuke plants. About 2 weeks left to make a deal.) ... Brit Columbia OK'd enviro assessment report for Pattern Energy (PEGI) 187Mw wind project ... Alinta Energy (Australia) to develop 50Mw concentrated solar power plant with energy storage in Australia ... UK spent 300M Pounds on independent clean/renewable power gen in '13. 843 projects ... Juwi (Germany) to restructure, cut 400 jobs ... DOE offering $4B of loan guarantees for clean/ren power gen, energy efficiency projects ... California emergency action to stop water grabs ... Drought relief lately for midwest soy, corn crops. (Along with the floods.) ... Safety concerns stopped Wisc plan to pit bacteria against zebra mussels ... TVA mulling replacing Memphis coal plant with NG ... NJ wants court to block seismic ocean research. (I assume research for oil/gas exploration.) ... Sunni militants captured Syria's largest oil field ... Vending machines in Australia take empty bottles, vend payback.