ISIS ATTEMPTING TO SEIZE PORT OF LATAKIA to continue marketing their oil. (I know. US/coalition airstrikes were assumed to have blown up ISIS oil production.) .... Russia test-fired ICBM from sub. (Yes, we know you have ICBMs on subs, Vlad. Chill, man.) .... Ukraine to halt subsidies to reb-held areas .... Denton, TX fracking ban passed. 2 Cal counties passed fracking ban, 1 didn't. 1 of 4 fracking bans passed in Ohio .... Fracking, other new oil/gas extraction techs not only poison ground, surface water, but also air with 8 harmful chems including benzene: Environmental Health .... Spending on wastewater treatment for fracking may triple by '20: Bluefield Research. $138M this year. Also expected to double amount of water treated, reused .... N. American Electric Reliability Corp urging EPA to delay 1st deadline for power plant emissions. Need replacement power in place before shutting down coal plants. 1st proposed deadline in '20 .... GMO labeling initiatives lost in Colo, Ore .... Smog reducing grain yields in India: study .... Climate change driven migration increasing disease risk in Ethiopia .... Jersey City planning $2B sea wall .... Calif $750B water bond approved .... Pure canola biodiesel emissions worse than fossil diesel on human lungs: Science Network .... FERC approved PA to NY natgas pipeline .... LNG export terminal proposed in Nova Scotia .... Victoria U. divesting fossil fuels comps .... Scientists discovered new way to break down woody waste from biofuels processes .... Alstom E57M contract to equip 600Mw pumped storage power plant in China .... 1st unit of 467Mw natgas combined-cycle plant went online in China .... Fuel Cell Energy (FCEL) sold 8.4Mw to S. Korea partner .... Vestas 50Mw order from China comp. 2Mw turbines .... Abengoa $393M order to build 215Mw biomass plant in Belgium. Wood chip, ag residue feedstock .... Ormat to build $22.3M heat-to-energy system at natgas compressor station in Utah .... Pattern Energy (PEGI) to co-develop 300Mw wind project in Canada .... 1st spent fuel rods removed from Fukushima.