ILLNESSES COULD SOAR WITH HIGHER AVG. TEMPS: studies ... US, China stand ready to make serious new commitments to tackle global warming climate change: leaders ... Almost every one of world's top carbon emitting countries would reap econ gains by imposing hefty carbon tax if they use the revenues to reduce income taxes: IMF, U of Bolgna study. Brit Columbia example - 17% less fuel use, econ doing as well as rest of Canada ... 40 comps pledged to help cut tropical deforestation by half by '20, stop it entirely by '30 ... Food industry announced plan to cut HFC emissions, massive climate footprint ... Bank of America $10B initiative to speed up investment in clean power ... 3-yr initiative in US to partner farmers, ranchers, foresters with tech, research orgs to help adapt to drought, unusual seasons, other consequences of global warming climate change ... 5 insurance trade groups promoting stronger building decisions to help counter sharp rise in losses from extreme weather ... New cost-benefit framework needed to assess value of distributed power: report ... Central Appalachia coal production slowing. Cheaper Colombian imports increasing ... Ft Collins Colo fighting for fracking ban with appeal ... 4 energy comps proposing $8B project to supply LA from $4B, 2.1Gw Wyoming wind farm via $2.6B power line from WY to Utah, existing power line from Utah to LA. $1.5B power storage facility in Utah using compressed air ... Japan utility to suspend grid access for new clean/renewable power projects. Reviewing how much more intermittent clean power it's capable of handling ... Brazil reversed approval of concession auction for over 8Gw hydropower project ... Argonne Lab developed new technique for generating pure hydrogen without CO2 byproduct using light, graphene ... Vermont released their zero emissions vehicle action plan. Working with 7 other states for 3.3M ZEVs on road by '25 ... EU OK'd new nuke power plant for Britain ... Canadian Solar (CSIQ) completed 1.2Mw solar plant in Japan. Kyushu El Power 20-yr PPA at $.37/Kwh. CSIQ to start 42.4Mw more in 2H14 ... Helio Sage sold 40Mw solar project to Duke Energy. First Solar (FSLR) modules ... Platina Energy bought 54Mw wind farm in Ireland from Quinn Insurance ... Solar City (SCTY) seeking $500M in 4th solar panel-backed bond offer in under a year ... Shanghai Aerospace opened accounts for 109Mw of solar project funds ... Masdar buying 35% stake in Dudgeon offshore wind project ... US made record 3.5M gal cellulosic ethanol in Aug ... Investigators probing link between Nevada fires, smart meters ... Duke Energy created $10M coal ash cleanup fund for Carolinas' waterways ... Volcano blowing in Sumatra.