SHOOTING IN CANADA PARLIAMENT. 2 DEAD .... Ukraine intel seized arms cache, uncovered "Russian" plot to attack Kiev .... Russian military plane violated Estonia airspace. (What the hell, Vlad?) .... Syria shot down 2 of 3 ISIS MiG warplanes said Syria .... China moon mission launches tomorrow .... 2 Liberians in Ebola quarantine in Chicago .... And now for your enjoyment: news of energy, environment, climate, et al .... Geostellar - cost comparison site for solar panels - program to have companies perk employees with home solar systems at rates way less than US avg. cost. To include options for friends, families in US, parts of Canada. Cisco, 3M, Kimberly-Clark, National Geo among comps signed up .... Michigan to ban Tesla direct sales. (G, Detroit is that scared? Or are the politicians that well paid off?) .... Property insurance near oceans around world harder and harder to find. (And you know this site seldom uses the word "and".) Under 1/3 of $116B in '13 worldwide losses from weather-related disasters covered by insurance .... Most insurers with at least $1T in coverage neglect to consider impacts of global warming climate change on their biz. (Well, that's Neanderthal wisdom for ye.) .... World's 3K top public comps causing ~$1.5T/yr enviro damage from GHG emissions: '11 UN report .... Georgia's utility regulators will do whatever they can to fight EPA proposed power plant emissions rule. (Neanderthal DNA check. Mated with Cro-Magnon in 50K B.C. in today's nuze.) .... Oil shale boom areas of N Dakota, Texas leaked ~10% of natgas production to atmos '06-'11 .... Mayor: NYC Sandy rebuild program back on track .... NY Green Bank steering $800M to 7 clean power projects .... Global warming climate change pushing Haiti coffee growers to higher grounds .... NRC chairwoman to step down at yearend .... Appeals court backed EPA on regional haze (ozone) program .... EPA sued over '14 RFS documents .... Ford to rollout all-aluminum truck in Dec .... Fed project to collect data on farm conservation practices .... Low salamander populations linked to mountaintop coal mining: study .... Nevada PUC to probe smart meter fires .... SEIA launched new campaign to extend US solar investment tax credit. Set to be reduced from 30% to 10% in '16 .... Enphase (ENPH) unveiled new energy management system with integrated power storage. Available 3Q15 .... Vestas plans China wind power push with new models, component content .... LDK Solar filed bankruptcy in US court .... Exxon 2-year research with Iowa State to explore fast pyrolysis as a biofuel tech .... Global cellulosic ethanol industry to grow at 53.3% CAGR '13-'18: analysis .... Statoil hit N. Sea (offshore Norway) oil bonanza in abandoned field. 10x more found in well than in '92. 30-80M bls recoverable .... LBNL scientists working on magnesium-ion batts. Double the el charge of lithium-ion. Cheaper, less prone to overheating .... Envision Solar (EVSI) got over $2M in new orders .... Wind power provided record 24% of UK power on Sunday .... GM installing 2.2Mw solar at Lordstown plant. Online by yearend. Will be GM's largest solar plant in W. hemisphere .... IFC to invest $20M in 100Mw wind power project in Kenya .... China Greatwall to spend over $87M on solar projects. Building 60Mw .... Sun Edison (SUNE) to supply 17.7Mw for public agencies at over 30 sites in Cal. All online by end of '15 .... Boeing, Commercial Aircraft (China) started demo plant to convert waste cooking oil into jet fuel. Up to 500M gal/yr may be produced in China .... Energy efficiency globally could remove equivalent of Europe's power use from world grids: IEA .... Solartec (Mexico) to invest $31M in US solar module factory .... NHPC plans 50Mw $65M solar plant in India's Uttar Pradesh .... DOE to spend up to $14M dough to apply landscape design to bioenergy. (Really?!) .... DOD integrating global warming climate change into all ops. Happy Wednesday, pards. Onward and what? Upward.