ISIS SEIZED 21 SYRIAN TOWNS IN 24 HOURS. Kurds issued call to arms to Turk Kurds with Kurd town under siege ... China slowly, quietly seizing disputed territories along India border ... Ruckelshaus challenging policymakers to act swiftly on "quiet crisis" of global warming climate change ... Antarctic sea ice up 3rd year in row. Nearing record high. (Doesn't portend global cooling or new ice age.) ... Algae "red tide" in northeast Gulf of Mex killing sea turtles, fish ... US Ag Dept approved commercial planting of GMO'd corn, soy to resist 2,4-D. Critics say could lead to more damage to environment, other crops, maybe humans. EPA still must approve new 2,4-D formulation ... Japan wants to resume whale hunting in Antarctic next year despite UN court ruling ... Swiss Re projects repeat of 1821 hurricane that hit NYC could cause over $100B damage now ... US Dept of HUD $1B competition between communities for best ideas to reduce future disaster damage ... Sea level rise could cost Australia over $200B: study ... DiCaprio named UN ambassador of peace for climate change ... Global warming climate change to add billions to US wildfire fighting costs: report ... Natural disasters displaced more folks than did wars in '13: report ... States in MISO (Midwest US) grid could save billions by complying with EPA proposed power plant emissions rule: grid operator ... Appeals court ruled unpredictability of wind deems wind farms unfit for favorable power pricing. Specifically Exelon's TX panhandle farms ... Burlington, VT now gets 100% of its electric from clean/renewable sources ... Emcore (EMKR) selling its space PV solar biz to Veritas Capital for $150M ... Biggest Libya oil field production halted after rocket attack ... Court rejected FERC request to rehear demand-response ruling ... NY's power reliability could be in trouble by '19: grid operator ... Powder R. Basin oil production up 2x in last 5 years ... REC Solar to install 2.65Mw solar at 3 Hawaii airports, started construction on 12Mw project on Kauai ... Brazil to auction bids Dec 15 to build 8Gw hydropower project. Part of 12Gw plan ... US crude production up 248Kb/d last week, most from reopening Alaska pipeline ... US natgas inventories 14% below normal for time of year. (May need imports if this winter like last.) ... Green Mountain Power to use sunflower seeds to make biodiesel, livestock feed. Fuel will be used for GMP's vehicle fleet, building heat. (Dang it, food is for eating. I eat sunflower seeds. And they're getting harder to find in stores darn it.) ... Montney Basin in W Canada holds est. 2,200TCF NG, ~29B bls NGLs, over 135B bls oil. Encana spending over 25% of '14 capex to develop Montney. Shell, others also there. Could cover Canada NG use almost 150 yrs ... Innovative Solar Systems got 15 year PPA from Duke for 48Mw project in N Carolina. Online late '15 ... LBNL: median installed price of solar systems in 1H14 down 5-12% v. '13. Solar industry adding $15B/yr to US econ ... Top enviro groups: US won't meet '20 GHG reduction target without targeting methane leaks. Urging DOI, EPA to step up. Tech available to cut meth emissions 50% over next 5 yrs ... Vivent Solar - 2nd rooftop solar comp behind Solar City - seeks up to $426M in IPO (NYSE) ... Atlantis Resources raised $83M to build 6Mw tidal power plant in Scotland ... Brazil OK'd Iberdrola, partner to start 2 wind farms in 30 days. 30Mw each ... IFC lending $96M to Turkey comp for clean/renewable power projects ... NextEnergy Solar Fund raised 31.5M Pounds from Macquarie for acquisitions ... Asia Pacific region to be 60% of global PV solar demand in 2H14 ... NOAA directed Army Corps to move coral before dredging Miami port ... Dominion accused of polluting Potomac R. with coal ash ... Finland OK'd new nuke reactor. Greens quit ruling coalition. (I think Greens should rethink that. Nuke is 24/7 clean power. And if you leave the coalition you lose power to argue your points within govt.)