N KOREA LOCKDOWN. POSSIBLE COUP. Jung-un reportedly fractured both ankles from wearing high heels. (Yea, even if not true, I had to report it. TOo funny.) .... ISIS fighters in Raqqa losing hearts and minds. But ISIS surrounding Kobani. Kurds warning of massacre, pleading for airstrikes on tanks. (Hello Barrack. Um. Airstrikes on ISIS tanks please. Over. Come in.) .... Hit extremists with "iron hand": top Saud cleric .... Shi'ites joining Sunnis to defend Iraq towns .... Hong Kong protesters called off talks with govt after clashes .... Climate change could alter human male-female ratio: study. (Hopefully, more female considering China 1 child policy and all.) .... TX oil comp tied to illicit deals in Syria. (Buying ISIS black market oil?) .... 2,325 billionaires in world. ~12M millionaires. (What to say? Good going. Please do good with it.) .... 4 new carcinogens found. (Don't eat. Don't drink. Don't breathe. If you want to stay completely healthy.) .... Utah hospital treating patient with "ebola-like" symptoms .... 7-Mile Beach in Jamaica vanishing from rising sea. (Or maybe that was just high tide.) .... EPA stepped away from long-promised refinery rule .... Green group backing 1st GOP House candidate. 1st ever Republican. (That's special. Who is it?) .... California taking extreme measures to ensure annual salmon spawn amid drought. (I can still get wild-caught salmon. They say so on the packaging.) .... S Cal bracing for triple-digit temps again. (Well, hope wind doesn't rise up and someone starts another fire.) .... Humans sap energy that cheetahs need for hunting: study. (My guess: water.) .... Bullfrogs moving down Yellowstone River. Authorities scrambling for containment strategies. (Jeremiah was a bullfrog said a song.) .... Ebola slowing Exxon work in W Africa. (5 new cases/hour in Sierra Leone.) .... Cancer risk from air pollution down in Los Angeles area. (OK. This alone says people - even our kids and grandkids - get cancer from air pollution.) .... Toxic algae dissipating along OR river .... Brazil oil corruption scandal hitting President's party days before election .... US coal plant with carbon capture/storage project delayed again with cost overruns .... London converting red telly booths to "solarbox" charging stations .... Nigeria's crude sales to US have dried up .... Kersey, Colo to turn on 143Kw solar plant to power water treatment plant. With 3rd party finance, town to save 16% over grid .... NY awarded near $100M for 214Mw of solar projects .... Utah NAACP calling for "just" energy policies in state .... Com Ed customers with smart meters can sign up for project that gives credits on bills for reducing power use during peak demand .... AES Philippines Power putting in 40Mw batt storage to enable clean power grid integration .... Blackbird unit got approved for 100Mw wave power project in Kenya. 10Mw 1st phase. Production cost 2 cents/Kw to be sold for 8 cents .... One Roof Energy getting $16.7M finance for 175 more rooftop solar systems. $6.9M @ 9.25% .... Vestas terminated 254Mw deal with CPFL Renovaveis .... Scientists fusing solar with battery into 1 device to cut costs. Runs on light, air. (Sure gotta love that!) .... Oregon court tossed Wyoming appeal for coal export terminal .... Fire shut down Alaska offshore drilling platform, pipeline .... $1B more cost expected for SC nuke plant buildout .... Lamborghini hydrid to debut .... Onward and upward, pards. Onward and upward. Love ya. Happy weekend trails.