NORWAY SEEING RECORD HEAT. Arkansas, Indiana July temps hit record lows ... Altered water flow in Missouri River related to global warming climate change: report ... Solomon Island township relocating because of global warming climate change ... Global warming climate change to leave native fish species high, dry in AZ: study ... Data show air pollution worse this year than last in many China cities ... Over 1,500 square miles of US coastal wetlands lost '96-'11: NOAA ... Canada rail comp dropped plans to ship oil from Arctic seaport in Manitoba ... Oregon agency denied permit for coal export terminal ... US wind power installs below China, Germany, India ... World facing 1st global solar panel shortage since '06 ... Rosneft, Statoil began joint drilling in Barents Sea ... 5-8K gal of diesel fuel spilled into Ohio River from Duke power plant near Cincinnati ... 12-day-old acid spill from Mexico copper mine sent 10M gal of toxic wastewater into 2 rivers ... 1st studies of Fukushima nuke disaster on wildlife found genetic damage, population declines, disrupted mechanisms that help organisms repair after radiation exposure ... Finland to cover 12M Euro - 30% - of cost of 10M liter/yr sawdust-to-ethanol plant ... N Carolina ethanol blend law upheld. Designed to expand blending opportunities ... DVO built its 1st next-gen anaerobic digester in California. Will get 55K gal of solid, liquid waste from nearby dairy of 2K head. Part of 55M gal/yr ethanol co-gen plant ... Market cap for European utilities down 50% in last 6 yrs ... Adams County in Colorado to be 1st US county to power its bldgs with privately developed community solar by Sun Share ... Mexico approved 220Mw of solar projects. 7 projects ... Sunpower (SPWR) starting rooftop solar leasing program in Melbourne ... Isagen (Colombia) plans wind, geothermal plants as part of 3Gw project pipeline ... 3 wind projects in Brazil - 79Mw total - OK'd to offer bonds. Last week Brazil OK'd tax-free bonds for ethanol makers ... Tractebel to buy 600Mw wind project in Brazil for up to $24M. In initial development phase ... United Photovoltaics to buy stake in 40Mw Inner Mongolia solar plant ... Siemens selected by Cal agency to electrify pilot section of road for el, hybrid trucks near Ports of LA, Long Beach. Starts next July ... New Jersey created US' 1st Energy Resilience Bank with Sandy disaster relief funds to help finance distributed power projects ... USDA offering $2M to help improve Lake Erie water quality.