UNDERGROUND HEAT TURNING YELLOWSTONE road into "oatmeal". (We should hope - pray - that volcano doesn't blow. Seriously.) ... Changing wind patterns off Antarctica may worsen sea level rise: study ... Soot from wildfires discovered with 90% greater warming potential: study ... Fed appeals court upheld EPA on mountaintop coal mining curb ... Over 1/2 of people worldwide now live in cities ... Exxon to invest over $1B to expand diesel production at Belgium refinery. Over 1/2 new cars registered in Europe in '13 diesel powered. (~3% in US.) ... Cal to award $26M for microgrid-, grid-connected EV projects ... OPEC projecting US-driven global oil demand growth. Cutting its forecast of demand for its oil by 300Kb/d in '15 because of increasing supply in US, Canada ... Proposed underground pipeline would move Bakken crude to Illinois ... Russia's June clean power auction for '15 through '18 496Mw solar, 415Mw hydro, 1.65Mw wind. 57 aps submitted. 53 for solar, 3 for hydro, 1 for wind. All solar allotted, 51Mw wind, 20Mw hydro. Last year's auction 1.1Gw wind, 710Mw solar for '14-'17. This year, wind developers had to commit to at least 1/2 equipment made in Russia ... 800* heat from solar mirrors at concentrated solar plant in NV desert frying birds in mid-air. Birds also ramming mirrors to their deaths ... Hanergy Solar (China) to build 1Gw solar in Japan through '15. 3B yen initial investment ... China, US signed 8 pacts aimed at reducing GHG emissions. 4 for tech exchange on use, storage of carbon. 4 for smart grid power supply ... Local China govts urged to make geothermal power plans ... Suniva supplying 700Kw solar power for Guantanamo Navy base ... Zimbabwe expediting $300M for SinoHydro expansion of hydro plant ... SSE Renewables chose GE 2.85Mw turbines for 94Mw Scotland wind project ... First Wind unit bought Westerly Wind's 2nd TX wind project. Up to 400Mw potential ... EU pollution permit prices to rise 28% by yearend to $10.21/metric ton of carbon. EU cut permit supply. Prices up 18% in 1H14. Hit low of 2.46 euros in '13 ... UK power regulator approved SSE's $2B transmission link to England from Scotland. Online in '18. Will enable connection of 1.2Gw of new clean power gen ... Ceres Power (UK fuel cell maker) to raise $34M from stock sales to accel tech development ... Brazil's Furnas selling 49% stake in wind project for $23M ... Iberdrola to build 50Mw wind farm in Honduras for $84.4M. Gamesa 2Mw turbines ... Feds, MD launched study of marine mammals in offshore wind development area ... Groups settled Colo haze prob. Coal plant to install emissions controls ... KY coal industry group suing TVA over power plant closure ... Montenegro to invest 4.1B euros in power sector through '30. Over 3B by '21 ... Suncor Energy, SK Group, Ecolab committing funds to 150M euro Emerald Clean Tech Fund III ... Greenskies (CT) secured $82M from Rabobank for 28Mw US solar portfolio ... Canada comp bought 24.7% stake in Invenergy Wind ... US Ex-Im Bank OK'd $64.5M loan for Uruguay wind farm ... UK clean/renewable power gen est. 37.5 to 77.8Gw by '30: Natl Grid ... Brazil pushing back A-5, reserve energy auctions several weeks to late Sept, Oct ... Globeleq turned on 138Mw S Africa wind park ... World Bank lending $350M to Turk comp for clean/ren power integration project.