CHINA PASSING USA IN PRICE-ADJUSTED GDP JUST ABOUT RIGHT NOW: IMF. By end of this year, China price-adjusted GDP est. $17.8T, USA $17.4T. (And that, pards, is history.) .... Earth's deep ocean hasn't warmed since '05: NASA .... Canadian soot could be linked to Greenland ice-sheet melt: study .... Canada won't meet its Copenhagen target: enviro audit .... US admin to roll out new climate agenda focused on national resources .... DOE says US winter to be warmer than last, saving natgas customers ~5%, propane customers ~34% .... EPA making available to states updated computer model to measure different types of pollution from transportation .... Avg. US vehicle fuel economy hit record in '13: EPA .... Judge rejected Nebraska challenge of EPA power plant rules .... Gardner rejecting human-caused global warming climate change in Colo senate race. Near same story in other races. Republicans going "agnostic" or antagonistic on human-caused global warming climate change .... Rising temps contributing to coral bleaching in Hawaii: study .... Calif residents finally cutting water use: report .... Trina Solar to raise another $250M .... Solar City (SCTY) to lend money to customers in 8 states to buy rooftop solar systems. Monthly payments based on how much el system produces. Several competitors already doing it. Leases now 66% of roof installs. Loans to grow. Customers can save 10-20% over grid .... EU approved new Britain nuclear plant .... U of Bristol scientists found enzymes don't need water to function. (Could save many bucks for biofuel industry.) .... NSF awarded cycleWood Solutions $741K grant to commercialize "Xylobag". Compostable plastic bag made from biofuel byproduct lignen .... New nuke fuel rod from Lightbridge (LTBR) could increase output from existing nuke plants 10-17%. Proving now its safe, able to replace existing rods. Zirconium, uranium alloy, helical shape .... 110Mw carbon capture coal plant went online in Canada. Still emits ~ same as natgas plant. Captured CO2 used to extract oil from nearby wells. $114B build. Uses lignite (retrofitted coal plant) .... GE unit joined 2 Japan comps for 60% investment stake in 231Mw $1.1B solar project in Japan. $867M loaned by Japan banks. Online 2Q19. GE also debuting new 1Mw inverters .... Palmetto Clean Energy (S Carolina) awarded grants to 2 schools, Columbia zoo for solar projects. Program financed by Duke Energy contribution .... 2.4Mw rooftop solar system completed on Anaheim convention center. $5.7M. Borrego Solar install .... Canadian Solar (CSIQ) got $46M construction loan from Manulife for 10Mw Ontario solar project. Concord Green energy to own. Grid connect 4Q .... Global investment in energy efficiency overtaking wind, solar investment. At least $310B/yr now: IEA. Cumulative energy savings '01-'11 in IEA countries more than energy demand of US, Germany combined in '12 .... Energy efficiency improvements in transportation may cut fuel costs up to $189B/yr by '20. Global transportation spending est. to reach $2.8T in '20 .... To hold global temp rise to 2*C, 40% of emission cuts to come from energy efficiency .... JFE unit finished 10Mw solar plant in Japan .... Bolivia seeks builder for $50M, 20Mw wind farm .... Global debt finance to solar comps on pace to reach most since '10. Almost 1/2 going to developers, installers instead of manufacturers. ~$18.4B borrowed through 3Q, near 3x '13. $6.8B in '12, $36B in '10, $20B in '11. In '10, 92% was in China .... 52Gw est. solar installs this year. Est. 61Gw in '15. 40Gw in '13 .... Bulgaria to get 16M Euros for clean power finance .... UK econ would get 62B Pound boost from 40% cut in energy use: study .... Carnival cruising toward $2.5B fuel savings this year. 24% savings over last 7 years.