AS ISIS GAINED GROUND IN KOBANI, SYRIA, TURK ARMY WATCHED a few hundred meters away. They want no-fly zone in N Syria before committing ground troops .... Latest: Erdogan calling for ground ops against ISIS .... US sanctions on Russia much more far-reaching than thought: KPMG. Russia finance minister: Russia can't afford military spending plan. IMF: Russia GDP to grow just .2% this year, '15 forecast halved to .5% over standoff continuing .... Conflicting ocean studies renewing science argument over global warming "pause" .... More Republicans claim they're "agnostic" on climate policy, science .... MIT competition used crowdsourcing to find climate change solutions .... Ocean energy set to become commercial by '30 in Europe: experts .... Estimates of methane releases from melting Arctic may be too low: study .... California would survive 7-decade drought: computer simulation .... Fish species take many generations to adapt to CO2 increases: report .... Sri Lanka establishing $100M climate resilience plan .... Costs for new S Carolina nuke reactor to grow another $1B .... IRENA: biomass could account for up to 60% of global renewable energy mix by '30, up to 20% of world's el needs. 40% of biomass would come from ag residues, waste. Energy crops, forest products the rest .... Freuderberg-NUK to release report on biodiesel impacts on engine seals .... Zimbabwe looking to license more ethanol producers to supply 20% mandate. 1 supplier currently licensed by govt .... Japan launched av biofuel initiative for '20 Olympics .... Indonesia B20 trial ends in Nov with 40K kilometers tested .... Exxon CEO: US oil export ban no longer necessary .... Oil discovered offshore Senegal by Cairn, Conoco, partners .... Up to 20% of solar power lost when electrons move to storage batt. OH State researchers invented hybrid solar batt. Captures solar energy, stores virtually all energy it collects. Oxygen, light enable multiple chem reactions needed to charge batt. Reduces costs up to 1/4. Lithium peroxide yields lith ions, ox yields lith metal for batt storage. Titanium gauze, titanium dioxide rods for solar panel mesh. Awarded $100K DOE prize this year. Lead researcher started KAir Energy Systems to develop tech .... "60 Minutes" looking into Duke Energy coal ash ponds .... Bolivia plans to start program this year to develop nuke power .... Capital Dynamics bought 1st 150Mw phase of 300Mw TX wind project. To connect to ERCOT grid. Acciona 3Mw turbines .... Gamesa to supply 68Mw of turbines for Brazil wind project .... Invenergy raised $75M in debt offer .... Brazil state-run power comp OK'd to borrow $84M from KfW (Germany) to add 48Mw to 168Mw wind farm. Total expansion cost $118M. Part of KfW's 100M Euro finance plan. Brazil to have over 7Gw wind power by yearend .... NV Energy to add 300Mw clean power to Nevada portfolio via tenders .... Samsung may cease solar ops .... IFC to lend $59M to Green Infra toward 182Mw wind cap .... Iberdrola chose J P Morgan to sell 2B Euros worth of clean power assets .... Neste Oil switching R&D focus to expand biofuel feedstocks .... Maryland ozone plan requires reductions from coal plants.