CO2 IN ATMOS REACHED RECORD 396 PPM IN '13: UN's WMO. Up 2.9 PPM over '12, largest year increase since '84. CO2 stays in oceans longer than the hundreds of years in air. Current rate of ocean acidification appears unprecedented. Methane in air up .27% in '13 to 1,824 PPB. NOx levels up .25% to 325 PPB ... Arctic sea-ice melt similar to '13 rates ... DOE spending $8B for new microgrid projects ... Solar costs down $.41M/Mw in 1H14. Onshore wind down $.02M/Mw ... Voters skeptical of mandates, favor tax breaks for clean/renewable power, fuel: poll ... Mysterious sea star die-off along US west coast ... Global warming, climate change threatens hundreds of N Am bird species ... Arizona in state of emergency from floods ... Fracking wastewater well ops suspended in Ohio after quake ... Ghana to double crude production by '17. $20B investment next 10 years to develop offshore resources ... 8-9B BOE oil/gas reserves left in N Sea. Potential up to 21B with new discoveries, better tech ... Israel to supply Natl El Power of Jordan with 1.6 TCF of natgas over 15 years ... IMF approved $553M credit to Yemen to help stabilize econ. Militant attacks continue on oil facilities ... Shell made new natgas discovery in Utica Shale in PA ... ~38% of world's shale oil/gas buried under water-stressed regions. (Fracking takes enormous amounts of water.) ... If all world's theoretically recoverable shale gas could be developed, NG supply would expand 47%: World Resources Institute ... Dominion, Duke, 2 other comps JV to build/own 1.5 BCF/d pipeline from Utica, Marcellus to N Carolina ... Brazil launched 1st ethanol-propelled rocket (with liquid ox) ... If US population actually followed USDA dietary guidelines, ate 2K calories/day, GHG emissions would rise 11%: study. 8% of US GHG emissions came from food production in '10 ... Fluor completed 540Mw combined-cycle NG power plant in TX. Replaces 420Mw 40-year-old plant. 30-40% less GHG emissions ... Enviros suing Feds for Keystone XL review documents ... Strange noise shuttered NJ nuke reactor ... India's state of Telangana to hold 500Mw solar auction ... Hitachi Chem began selling wavelength conversion particles that increase solar cell efficiency 2.2% ... Canadian Solar (CSIQ) partnering with Sichuan Development to launch solar investment fund in China. $800M expected to be raised ... Hanwha Solar (HSOL) to supply another 50Mw to Inner Mongolia comp ... LDK Solar started restructuring ... Eilat-Eilot issued 50Mw solar tender in Israel ... EDF Canada sold 12.5% stake in 300Mw wind farm. 10% stake net profit $500K-$1M/year depending on power gen ... John Laing bought 16Mw UK wind project from Infinergy ... Gamesa raised $304M with new shares to expand emerging market wind power ... First Wind OK'd for 206Mw Bingham wind project ... ABB $800M order for subsea power link for offshore wind project.