ISIS BACK TO TERRORIZING YAZIDIS. Took 2 towns .... Russia warning US of "prolonged" cold relations. (O, wah. Grow up, Vlad.) .... New Russia-Ukraine natgas contract expected to be signed Tuesday. IMF might loan Ukraine $3.1B to pay Gazprom debt .... Moscow signed some 40 economic agreements with Beijing last week .... EPA public comment period closed for power plant emissions proposal. (My peeps and I would just like to say ...) .... EPA issued final rule for ending US production of ozone-depleting chems by '20 .... BLM to accept bids next month on ~25M tons of coal buried under W. Va .... US new leader of Intl Arctic Council .... US should focus on carbon soot, methane emissions at Arctic Council: study .... Southern US birds flying north. Expert fears "competitive interactions" .... Carmakers, utility research group unveiled new EV charging software .... Calif drought likely to continue through winter: experts .... Pacific Islanders blockading world's largest coal harbor. Calling for more climate action .... Peru's glaciers shrinking. Peru govt blames global warming climate change inaction .... Alaska moved to reclaim part of ANWR from fed govt .... UK Green Bank set to draw offshore wind investors to $1.6B fund by end of 1Q15. UK has 3.6Gw offshore wind now, more than rest of world combined. Bank has 3.8B Pounds seed capital. Invested $1.4B so far .... US crude exports could trigger lower gasoline prices: GAO. (They didn't say where.) .... Coho Salmon returning to Idaho river after almost 2 decades' "extinction" .... White rhino died. 6 still alive .... Months-long cleanup ahead for La. oil spill .... China trial logging ban in northern province .... India air index to flag unhealthy pollution levels .... China seems to be taking advantage of lower oil prices to bolster strategic reserves .... 4% of shale oil production needs prices above $80/bl to break even: EIA .... Norwegians building new oil pipeline from Iraq Kurdistan to Turkey. Completion expected by yearend .... Oil expert: over 1/2 world's biggest oil projects require $120/bl oil to make profit .... Missing Link Tech (TX) awarded 4 patents for algae biomass tech. Deep water growth, harvesting, oils extraction, biocrude extraction .... Ethanol comps supporting Brazil presidential opposition candidate .... Kyrgyzstan looking to alt fuels ahead of looming winter fuel shortages .... US utilities facing fuel shortage problems this winter. Rail trying to move oil, grain, everything else at same time. (My brother says trains sitting idle because of labor shortage. Workers don't want to be on call over weekends or all the time. $25/hr. New rules may allow 1 engineer/train so they could raise wages.) .... Oak Ridge Lab developing lighter, stronger, more efficient power inverter for EVs. Silicon carbide semiconductors .... EIB 85M Euro loan for expanding wind power in Lower Austria .... ACME Solar (India) $134M of loans from IFC, ADB for 200Mw of projects '14-'16 .... L.A. sued by 2 comps after rejection of solar plan .... US added 419Mw wind power 3Q14. 1st 9 months surpassed all of '13: 19 projects added 1.25Gw. 105 projects totaling over 13.6Gw under development in 21 states. 62.3Gw wind power now in US .... 48.6Mw Uruguay wind project to get $42M IADB loan. Vestas turbines .... China wind power service market seen surging to $3B/yr by '20. Up 6x from now. $16B '15-'22 with wind powgen doubling to 250Gw. By '20, 187Gw to be out of warranty .... Prudential may invest up to 100M Pounds in 1B Pound, 320Mw UK tidal power project .... Clean energy project finance commitments up 17% 3Q14 .... Sweden natl pension fund 2 exited 91M Euros of fossil fuel investment.