HUMANS RISK CAUSING IRREVERSIBLE, WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO EARTH, CLIMATE unless faster action to limit GHG emissions: leaked UN draft. Global warming already impacting all continents, oceans ... Obama may go for climate accord instead of treaty to bypass Senate ... Clean, renewable power gen 14.3% of US total powgen in 1H14, up 2.7% over last year. Nuclear not included. So, it's actually ~34%. Wind now 5%, up 9% on year. Solar more than doubled year over year. Also doesn't include distributed, off-grid power gen ... Tanker with Kurd crude reportedly unloaded in Israel ... India asking Pepsi (!) to help make school lunches healthier. (Are they serious?!) ... S Africa seeks to improve process for clean power deals ... Blue Castle MOU with Westinghouse to build 2 reactors in Utah. Est. cost $10B. Online est. '24 ... El Paso El seeks proposals for Ft Bliss, power station solar projects. Due Oct 20. 20Mw at Ft Bliss, 3-5Mw at power station ... NRC final rule made on continued storage of nuke waste. From end of reactors' licensed terms to ultimate disposal ... One Roof Energy unit raised $58M to install over 2K residential solar systems in at least 4 US states ... Brazil will allow higher prices for thermal power developers in next auction. $87/Mwh. Higher than clean power. Over 6Gw registered ... Brazil OK'd bond sales for 2 wind projects - 29.7Mw, 27.3Mw ... REC Solar USA got order for 85Mw of panels for utility-scale US projects ... GCL New Energy buying 95% of 100Mw China solar project ... Hareon Solar to build 2.5Gw solar in Turkey ... Shamba Tech secured 113K Pounds for sub-Saharan Africa solar systems ... Uzbekistan to bring 1st 100Mw of solar online by '16 ... Bright Capital, Solar Management to build 90Mw of solar in Russia ... Geothermal power near 12Gw worldwide. Upper 6 miles of Earth crust holds 50K x energy in world's oil/gas reserves. But test drilling can take up to 15% of total capital with uncertain results. US, Philippines, Indonesia over 1/2 of total installed geo. Cal 80% of US ... Global meat production up to record 308.5M tons in '13. ~70% of planet's ag land used to pasture animals. 10% more to grow grains for livestock.