SENATE DEFEATED KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE GO-AHEAD BY 1 VOTE .... "Fast-growing nations have role in curbing global warming climate change": Malaysia PM .... Senegal, other Africa countries planting "Great Green Wall" to hold back Sahara. 15 kilometers-thick wall of trees, bushes, etc. from West to East Africa .... To meet new climate targets, China coal use must fall after '20: think tank .... Sunfire (Germany) machine converts water, CO2 into synthetic petrol fuels. Fischer-Tropsch process with solid oxide electrolizer cells that convert el to steam. Ox removed to produce hydrogen that reduces CO2 to CO. H+CO yields fuels .... Fuel Cell Energy (FCEL) operating world's 1st "in-generation" plant in Cal that converts sewage into el for industrial facility, H for transportation fuel .... EPA raising enviro justice, emissions concerns with Corpus Christi LNG project .... Sierra Club challenging Alaska LNG project .... Pipeline now moving natgas from Eagle Ford to Mexico .... Cal Energy Commission $5.4M biofuel grants, $2.3M of contracts .... Brit wind farms generating more power than grid can handle. National Grid paid over $67M 1st 10 months of '14 for wind farms to shut down turbines. Over 30% more than all of '13. Most farms in Scotland. Lines to ship power south not ready yet .... FRIT completed 5.2Mw solar install for Long I. shopping center .... 1st solar plant by Qatar General El, Water to start ops before '16. 15Mw. Comp plans 200Mw solar by '20 .... Over 70 US utilities to increase investment by $50M/yr next 5 yrs to add more EVs to their fleets. PG&E also unveiled 1st hybrid bucket truck .... Jinko Solar closed remainder of $225M equity investment .... $181M solar fund launched in Japan .... Madhya Pradesh to take bids for 750Mw of solar in March .... KKR unveiled 1st project from 200M Pound clean power lending program .... UK solar power forecasted to be cheaper than natgas by '18 .... Trade Wind got OK for 136Mw Okla wind project .... Drillers on US public lands got $380M of royalty breaks '06-'13: report .... 79 hacker attacks on US energy facilities in '14 .... Spain detaining Greenpeace ship .... San Diego OK'd plan to recycle wastewater .... Anti-bacterial soap agent linked to liver tumors in mice: study .... UK govt must address air pollution: EU court .... France to send 6 more fighter jets to fight ISIS.