KURDS SEIZED ISIS ARMS, BUILDINGS .... Russia forcing nationalization on Crimea biz .... France lawmakers approved clean/renewables target of 32% of power gen by '30. Also to reduce carbon emissions 40% from '90 levels, cut fossil fuel use 30% .... El Nino warning from Australia. Tropical Pacific sizzling .... El Nino to hit Horn of Africa .... EPA won't tighten GHG rulemakings to meet Obama's new climate commitments: McCarthy .... Canada pledged contribution to climate adaptation fund .... Polar bear population down near 1/2 in last decade: study .... India may double use of their coal by '19 from 565M tons in '13. Poor quality coal, roughly 2x as polluting as Western coal. Delhi's air already 3x more toxic than Beijing's. Calif teaming with India on step toward cleaner air .... Scientists proposing artificial clouds to shade Earth from dangerous warmth: study .... NRC rules ill-suited for nuke plant decommissioning: NRC head .... TX grid operator says EPA power plant plan raises reliability questions .... Researchers invented batt that can self-charge from low-level heat .... Canadian Solar (CSIQ) to supply 5.1Mw for 4 Solar America Energy projects in Georgia .... Solar Power (SOPW) to develop, own 168Mw of projects in China. All online by end of '15. Also buying 22Mw project in Japan .... Sun Edison (SUNE) buying First Wind for $2.4B .... Halifax 1st Canada city to use hydropower within pressurized water line. 32Kw. $443K cost .... Novozymes, university developed artificial enzyme almost 2x as effective as those used now to create cellulosic ethanol .... EMBRAPA says Brazil can increase its bioenergy production 6x without touching rainforest .... U of Houston chemists made molecule that spontaneously assembles into spongy substance to soak up huge quantities of many airborne pollutants. But useless against CO2 .... Enel Green Power got $104M bank loan for 100Mw $196M wind project .... Turkey central bank says natgas, el price hikes to add .4% to inflation .... Idaho Power applying for 11 solar projects for 281Mw .... Blue Earth (BBLU) to buy 6 solar, wind projects in Mexico. 273Mw .... Duke Energy readying to remove coal ash from 4 NC sites .... Google to buy power from 62Mw wind project in Netherlands for data center .... Clean/renewable power beats coal in Turkey's $400B plan .... NTT unit to build 15Mw solar in Japan. Online Oct '16 .... Tawagawa to build 5.5Mw solar in Japan. Online March '16 .... Jinko Solar closed on $225M loan for downstream solar biz .... JA Solar (JASO) $25M profit 3Q14 .... Abu Dhabi Fund cut clean power loan interest rates to 1-2% .... Virus caused mass sea star deaths .... Spanish Navy ship rammed Greenpeace ship .... Japan to resume Antarctic whale hunt with reduced quota .... Boehner opted for "Obamacare" v. Medicare when he turned 65 .... New Indonesia prez raised fuel prices 30%.