ISIS BATTLING FOR SYRIA NG FIELD that supplies Syria, Iraq power plants. 700 reportedly killed ... Large Iraq refinery at Baiji still in Baghdad hands, but surrounded by ISIS, no longer operating ... Baghdad threats of lawsuits, retaliation against buyers seem to be keeping Kurd oil exports off market ... New CIA drone base near Erbil. (Can they reach E Ukraine?) ... Germany ready to help Nigeria with clean/renewable power gen ... India uranium exec suggesting people with deformities were "imported" ... China energy plans will exacerbate climate change: Greenpeace ... India plans to auction 1.5Gw solar power capacity. "Solar may supply power as cheaply as coal 5 yrs earlier than expected." (By '17.) ... Study uncovered error in data measuring Antarctic sea ice ... Climate models more accurate when considering natural ocean cycles: study ... Banning power blackouts a prime Pakistan policy goal ... TX, OK would be among biggest econ winners under proposed EPA carbon emissions rule. Yet their governors oppose it vociferously ... Water prices soaring for Cal farmers (drought growing) ... IL court OK'd utility surcharge to pay for Future Gen "clean coal" project ... Maine LNG import project began filing process to export LNG ... US crude production down 27Kb/d last week to 8.56Mb/d: EIA (EIA may be compensating for previous overestimates.) ... USDA, private sector launched $10B fund to boost rural infrastructure projects ... TX regulators slammed EPA database that shows them lagging. (TX just spent $7B on transmission lines to get western wind power to eastern cities. They ain't laggin'.) ... Offshore wind turbine platforms can be rich sources of foods that sustain harbor seals. (Are harbor seals that much concern? Maybe when they overpopulate from extra food.) ... Iberdrola, GE Hitachi deal to reuse existing reprocessed plutonium in UK for power gen. Est could recycle UK's entire plutonium stockpile - over 100 tons - in 25 yrs ... Consumers Energy selected 4 Mich farms to produce power with anaerobic digesters ... GE tech chosen for combined heat/power project in Mexico. 13Mw power ... Arch Coal idling Cumberland River Coal complex in VA, KY ... BWEN (Broadwind) got $34M order for wind towers from US comp. ~2/3 BWEN's '15 output sold ... Sharp pulling out of Italian thin-film solar venture to end overseas solar panel production. Selling 1/3 stake to Enel for basically nothing.