ISIS BATTLING FOR KOBANI TO MAINTAIN OIL BLACKMARKET TRAIL. (Apparently, US airstrikes didn't take out all ISIS oil assets.) .... At least 10 ISIS fighters apprehended at Tex-Mex border: congressman. Homeland Security denies .... Virus paralyzing US children came from Central Am (with all those child refugees let in, presumably) ... Iran hailing "constructive" talks with UN nuke agency .... EC OK'd Canada oil sands imports. "Not dirty." Oil sands generate ~25% more carbon than crude .... Sanctions forcing Shell to discontinue work with Gazprom Neft to extract Siberia shale oil .... Warm weather mushroom boom to blame in reindeer's elevated radioactivity levels. (Will it affect Santa's Christmas deliveries? Is he going nuke?) .... Record West Nile virus outbreak in Cal linked to drought, heat .... Many US national wildlife refuges lack plans for dealing with global warming climate change .... EPA sent ozone review to White House .... Global comps set up website for young folks to talk about global warming climate change .... US rail lines moving 1Mb/d of oil. Backing up deliveries of everything else. Rails to spend ~$26B this year for upgrades, new hires .... Drought creates ideal wine producing conditions in N. Cal .... 2nd Cheneire US LNG export project got enviro OK from FERC .... Japan spent near $30B on solar in past 12 months, installed as much as is in Spain .... US oil production 8.8Mb/d last week: EIA .... World Bank est. China GDP growth 7.2% in '15 .... Up to $1/gal added to St. Louis E85 price by oil industry to discourage use of biofuels: ethanol group .... Petronas threatens to scrap LNG export terminal project on Canada west coast over new BC tax regime .... IEA reversed stance on rebound effects of energy efficiency. Previous est. of 9% now up to 60%. May require 13% more clean power by '35 to meet higher global power demand, climate targets. Rebound effects when energy efficiency improves power performance or lowers costs or both .... US retail el prices up 3.2% over '13. Avg. 12.3 cents/Kwh. Best time to lock-in fixed prices - spring or fall .... Boston comp bought 1.9Mw 28-year-old hydropower plant, grounds for $1.3M .... Pepco RFP for 360Mw wholesale power supplies for D.C. .... Avnet turned on 1Mw solar rooftop, parking canopies system in Tempe, AZ. To save $5.8M over 25 yrs .... Europe natgas power plant development at 10-yr low: Platts .... Canadian Solar (CSIQ) supplied 10Mw in 3Q to NJ comp .... Gamesa to supply 18Mw of 2Mw turbines to Turkey comp .... Suzlon plans new turbine manufacturing plants in India. Looks to develop 2Gw wind power in India. Also plans up to $50M investment for 400Mw/yr turbine plant in Brazil by '16 .... EIG to invest $125M in Greenko (India) to help develop wind, hydropower projects in India .... Brazil eliminated some taxes for wind power components to boost local demand .... United Wind (US) drawing investors with wind leasing model. UW develops 10-50Kw projects .... China unveiled ambitious wind, solar targets with new 5-year plan .... Terra Form bought 25Mw Hudson Solar operating portfolio .... E.ON 120Mw wind project rejected by local council .... Alstom to link 201Mw of Voltalia's Brazil wind farms in 14M Euro deal .... Venezuela must pay Exxon $1.6B for nationalization: World Bank tribunal.