WARMER AIR CAUSED COLLAPSE OF HUGE ICE SHELF off Antarctica: scientists ... Global warming climate change fueling Rocky Mountain tree recession: study ... Organic coffee threatened by global warming-stoked fungus ... EPA proposing 14 areas not complying with particulate emissions limits ... Despite heavier regulation, pesticides persist in US waterways: study ... Up to 65% of illegal deforestation in world linked to commercial ag ... Extreme solar flare could disrupt power supplies, communications this weekend ... US Coast Guard can't deal with "heavy oil" spill in Great Lakes: official ... Anti-logging activist murdered in Peru ... U of Manchester scientists discovered bacteria that eats nuke waste ... Japan OK'd 2 reactors on Kyushu to restart ... 2 more LNG export projects got US OK ... BP, Shell CEOs came out against Scotland independence ... 1366 Tech says they can produce silicon wafers for solar cells for 10% less than competitors. Single step process. Plans larger factory in '16. $150M DOE loan guarantee in '11. Want to get to 25Gw/yr, 25% of market, by '20 ... Siemens 10Mw tidal energy project in Wales suspended. UK withdrew 10M Pound grant in June ... US regulators, utilities urge EPA to strike '20 emissions target ... Rifle attack on PG&E substation in Cal wasn't terrorism: FBI ... Libya National Oil Comp says Libya oil production now up to 800Kb/d. Ongoing chaos in cities, govt ... Sauds cut oil production 400Kb/d in August. Drop in exports to Asia ... EIA expects US crude production to rise 1Mb/d in '15 to 9.53M. August production 8.6Mb/d. Est. WTI to avg. over $94 in '15, Brent ~$103. Forecast world liquid fuels consumption to rise 38% by '40 ... Liquid Light raised $15M. Advances toward pilot plant to make plastic from CO2. CO2 + electrocatalytic process + hydrogen + hydrogenation. H from propane, leaves propylene to sell. Could make plastic for up to 10% of present costs from ethylene ... Buffalo Lake reopened 18M gal/yr ethanol plant in MN. Idled in '10 ... Scandinavian foresters investiing $3B to add products from wood fiber, power generation ... U Cal Berkeley 3D imaging plant cell walls to unlock cellulosic ethanol potential ... Indonesia palm oil investment over $2.7B last 3 years. Sustainability concerns lowering demand ... BP may owe recreational Gulf of Mex fishers $585M ... Gamesa new China customer - Everbright - ordered 48Mw of 2Mw wind turbines. '15 delivery. Possible 48Mw more ... Bluesphere (BLSP) MOU with ESC (Israel) for 5Mw biogas project in Israel. Food waste feedstock ... Nevada auto dealers OK'd Tesla (TSLA) direct sales ... Jinko Solar connected 100Mw China solar plant to grid. Built over fish pond ... GE wind turbines outperforming expectations 6.3% at MN Honda plant. Supplies 10% of plant's power needs ... PNE Wind (Germany) to raise up to $104M to buy ~150Mw of wind farms in Germany. Selling shares, convertible bonds ... Longyuan OK'd for 2 wind projects in China. 60Mw, 110Mw ... ReneSola to supply 10Mw for India solar project. Juwi India to build ... Japan cancelled 1.8Gw of solar projects (647) to investigate if development moving ahead as planned. 351 more projects (2.7Gw) also to be investigated. (Dang. That's a lot of solar under investigation.) ... Brazil expanded tax creds to ethanol exporters. (Election coming up.) ... Rays Power plans 50Mw solar in India ... Neste Oil to build 60M Euro biopropane facility at Rotterdam refinery ... China CNR signed $563M wind turbine supply deals.