ISIS SITS ON EST. $2B OF ASSETS. They had est. $875M in June, mostly from sacking Mosul. Also now sit on some 40% of Iraq's wheat crop. (Um, that should be already harvested for this year. Could tighten food supply in rest of Iraq.) .... ~$175B spent globally in 1st 3 quarters of '14 on clean/renewable power, up 16% on year .... Brazil drought from deforestation, global warming climate change .... 50 years ago, Lake Chad was 25K sq. kilometers. Now under 2K. Dead Sea from ~1K sq. kilometers to 650 now. Up to 3K small lakes in source region of Yellow River have evaporated in last 2 decades .... Large stretches of Ganges, Nile, Yangtze already biologically dead from water depletion, pollution .... U Cal Irvine, Stanford, Near Zero researchers found in some cases, use of natgas would actually increase emissions for world's power gen sector by up to 5% .... Scientists working on ocean health index found damage that can be reversed .... With greater gas mileage comes harmful carbon particulates: report. (Does that seem logical to you? Could be study by API.) .... Slow Atlantic hurricane season due to El Nino conditions: forecasters .... EPA awarded over $500M of loans, grants for upgrades to sewage treatment plants, drinking water systems damaged by Sandy in NY, NJ .... 1/2 of Japan's utilities moved to restrict more solar power. Power oversupply problems for some regions, stress on country's decentralized grid .... San Diego mayor announced ambitious energy savings plan .... NRG Energy buying Pure Energies to help make online connections with potential home solar users .... Survey found more fracking rules in drilling states, but little consistency .... Virginia energy plan opened door to 3rd party solar .... New methane rules creating biz boom for leak detection, prevention .... 14M acres up for grabs in next Alaska North Slope lease sale .... Chinese mogul's Canadian Bakken oil bet came up dry .... DOE approved 1GW power line to deliver Quebec hydropower, some wind power to NYC. $2B project. 336 miles, mostly underwater .... Sauds dropped their official prices for oil .... Shipment of Alaska crude went to S Korea last week. US exported 420K bls oil last week. (Probably more if counting condensates.) .... EIA: US oil production down 30Kb/d last week to 8.83M. (Basically, an estimate.) .... ARPA-E $30M for energy crop development .... Mass' largest power utility got approval to raise fixed rate for el to near 2x current rate .... Tampa El to install 2Mw solar canopy over airport garage. Online by '16 .... Gamesa to supply 231Mw of turbines for 9 Brazil wind projects. Deliveries in '16 .... Trans Canada buying 30Mw - 3 solar farms - from Canadian Solar (CSIQ) for ~$163M. (Over $5/w. Pretty expensive.) .... Vestas to supply 49Mw of turbines for Uruguay wind project. 1Q15 delivery .... Arab investment bank to increase participation in $200M+ clean/renewable power deals .... DOE $25M to research how to cut concentrated solar costs .... NV Energy aims to add 100Mw more clean power to its NV portfolio .... WV driller pleaded guilty to criminal violations at fracking sites .... US refiners can handle projected rise in US tight oil production: industry .... Little prevents waste in open pits at fracking sites from escaping into air: report.