ANTARCTIC MELTING MAY RAISE SEA LEVELS FASTER THAN THOUGHT: German researchers. Up to 14.6 inches this century if world GHG output continues to grow. UN: Antarctic melt contributed avg. 10% of sea rise '93-'10 ... 2/3 of global glacial melt caused by human activity: scientists ... Tibet's glaciers at warmest peak in last 2K years: China scientists ... Rosneft has asked Moscow for over $40B of help amid sanctions ... Exxon, Total ended oil search in S Sudan as war rages on ... Blackstone paying $1.2B for Shell's 50% stake in Haynesville Shale development in Louisiana. 107K acres ... Americans wary of higher utility spending for infrastructure upgrades: poll ... US '14 corn crop est. over 14B bushels. 172M bushels over '13 record. Est. over 5B to be used to make ethanol, co-products ... TEPCO running out of space at Fukushima to store water contaminated with radioactive materials ... Shunfeng Solar getting up to $3.3B 2-year credit agreement from China bank ... Triodos Renewables Fund bought stake in Belgium 20Mw solar projects portfolio from Silvius Sun. Rooftop solar on industrial, ag buildings ... Welspun (India) plans to invest $2.5B next 3 years in clean power. Most for solar projects ... Eurus Energy (Japan) bought 50% stake in 2 Italian wind projects. Total capacity 31Mw ... Atlantic (Brazil) OK'd to build 2 wind farms - 60Mw total - in Brazil ... Chile awarded 70 concessions for solar projects, 6 for wind projects. Developers plan $7B of investment ... Recom bringing solar module factory online in Italy ... Tractabel Energia plans to buy 600Mw wind project in Brazil ... Greenbriar bought 100Mw solar plant in Puerto Rico ... Hanergy bought Alta Devices (US solar developer) ... US appeals court upheld FERC regional grid planning rule ... EPA finalized power plant cooling water rule ... Ohio rolling out loans for cities, farmers to prevent algae growth in Lake Erie ... Queensland approved railway to coal port by Great Barrier Reef ... Miners rescued from flooded coal mine in China.