NO BIG RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL FROM UKRAINE BORDER: NATO .... N, S Korea military talks .... US Army didn't disclose soldiers' exposure to sarin, nerve gas in Iraq war. (And that's why we can't trust govt.) .... Houston subpoenas demand pastors turn over coming sermons about homosexuality .... Pennsylvania 10-year-old killed 90-year-old woman .... US calling for major reform in intl drug laws .... Singapore fisher caught creature with 100 arms .... 2 jumbo squids attacked Greenpeace sub. (50 shades of Jules Verne.) .... 7.3 quake off El Salvador .... CDC made faster test for entirovirus strain .... O yea, energy: new batt said to recharge in minutes, last 20 years .... US backing New Zealand plan to overhaul Kyoto pact .... GAO finding US agencies stumbling in efforts to cope with acidic oceans .... Higher CO2 levels may help stabilize some grasslands in dry years: study .... Concrete's life span shortened by global warming climate change: study .... Onshore wind is cheapest power source when counting health, enviro costs: analysis .... US clean/renewable power cap expected to double by '21 (excluding hydropower): Bloomberg .... New China program requiring local govts to buy large volumes of EV taxis, buses .... 187 comps around world - including BMW, Centrica, Samsung, Unilever, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Berkshire, Amazon, Comcast - demonstrating superior approach to global warming climate change mitigation: CDP .... Whole Foods unveiled sustainability rankings for produce .... Brazil reduced its deforestation rates ~80% over last decade. But reactions to policies by food industries driving new deforestation risks: reports .... Scientists invented lith-ion batt that gives early warn on electrode fires .... US residential rooftop solar demand could approach 1Gw/yr next 2 yrs: NPD Solarbuzz .... S Cal Ed using 600K lith-ion batt storage - enough for 2K Chev Volts - at Tehachapi substation in $54M, 2-yr test project (1/2 paid by DOE) to store wind power. Stores up to 32Mwh. EV batt prices down ~50% since '10 to ~$500/Kwh. Musk predicting $100/Kwh in 10 yrs .... Aviation biofuels reduce GHG emissions at least 50%: NASA .... Sun Ed announced "zero white space" solar tech. Increases module output up to 15%, decreases total system cost up to 8%. Utilizes area between cells, elims bus bar shadowing losses, reduces el losses. High volume manufacturing starts 2H15 .... Smart censors to control lights can save 50-70% power use: Velocity RDT (UK). HVAC next .... Etrion (Switzerland) started building 34Mw solar projects in Japan with Hitachi unit. 24.7Mw online by end of '16, 9.3Mw online by end of '15 .... GE to supply turbines for 750Mw combined cycle natgas power plant in Kurd Iraq .... Canadian Solar (CSIQ) to supply 146Mw solar for 2 73Mw projects in Honduras. March completions. Solar Power (SOPW), Honduran comp developing .... Broadwind (BWEN) got $11M wind tower order from US comp. '15 deliveries .... Sharp, Orix turned on 8Mw solar plant in Japan .... India plans auction of 1Gw solar - each project capped at 50Mw - in Andhra Pradesh. Plan to shift responsibility for clean power from states to central govt which expects to install 15Gw clean power by '19. 3Gw by '17, 5Gw more by '18, 7Gw more by '19 .... Areva contract to build biomass power plant for Brazil utility. Woody biomass feedstock. Online '17.