ISIS WITHIN 8 MILES OF BAGHDAD AIRPORT (ABU GHRAIB), armed with MANPAD missiles .... Daily ISIS bombings in Baghdad .... Iran trying to convince Turkey to save Kobani from ISIS .... Al Qaeda affiliate freed priest, Christians in Syria .... US Navy took control of new missile defense base in Romania .... Koreas trading heavy machine gun fire at border .... Prepare for climate change -- or else: FEMA .... Low-carbon energy transition could save global econ est. $1.8T over next 20 yrs: Climate Policy Initiative .... Transitioning away from coal can achieve 80% of needed emissions reductions for just 12% of asset value at risk .... Ocean acidification to cost global econ $1T by 2100 (if things don't change) .... Arctic losing 300% more ice than Antarctic gaining .... EPA to approve "Agent Orange" (bee-killing) herbicide .... Satellites revealed massive methane leaks in US 4 Corners region .... Fish will move away from tropics if CO2 emissions continue to rise: study .... US econ could gain from decarbonization, but pace key: reports .... Fragmentation in Brazil's Amazon could boost carbon emissions, kill more trees: study .... Indonesia to build $263M sea wall to protect Jakarta .... Crucial path for polar bears' hunting, breeding melted 4 yrs ago .... IMF sees '14 global growth of 3.3%, '15 growth of 3.8%. Down from July forecasts. IMF always optimistic .... Near 70% of voters in oil/gas Western US states support BLM rule that would "significantly" reduce venting, flaring of natgas from drilling sites on public land .... Cal revised proposed fracking rules .... Mid American Energy to invest $280M more in Iowa wind power projects. 1 new site, 1 site expansion. 67 turbines. Blades to be made by Siemens in Iowa .... EIA sees slightly higher biofuels production in '15. Ethanol 933Kb/d, biodiesel 84Kb/d .... EC raided biofuel producers in 2 countries over alleged price fixing .... German biodiesel exports up 18% on year through July. 283M gal .... Lukoil started new Siberia oil field development 5 months early. Difficult fundraising, though .... Clean power could power all of Oregon: report .... $30M energy conservation project at U of Arkansas to save near $2.4M/yr. Completion mid-'15. To cut campus utility costs ~50%. Funded through 18-yr bond. To build on-campus power plant, centralize HVAC, upgrade control systems .... LDK Solar to supply 60.5Mw for China project .... Trina Solar selling 10.6Mw UK solar plant to Foresight. Trina building 50Mw more solar in UK .... Scotland OK'd up to 2.3Gw offshore wind. 4 projects. 450Mw by Mainstream for $2.4B expected online in '18. Seagreen to build 2 farms for up to 1Gw. Inch Cape to build 784Mw .... Solar Power (SOPW) to build 20Mw solar farm in Inner Mongolia. Online 4Q .... Renewable Energy Gen (UK) sold 2 UK wind farms - 18Mw - to Blackrock for $58M .... KfW sold $1.5B of green bonds to US investors .... EPM (Colombia) to build 600Mw clean power in Chile .... Musk unveiled Tesla "D" - souped-up "S" .... China imposed tariffs on coal imports .... US turned 16 planes ($486M) for Afghan Air Force into $32K of scrap. (Really.)