ARCTIC HEATING UP TWICE AS MUCH AS ANYWHERE ELSE ON PLANET: NOAA. (Heat rises?) .... Cal droughts caused by absence of very large storms: research .... Cameron says Brits "fed up" with onshore wind, wants subsidies dropped .... Fine airborne pollution particles linked to autism: study .... New Indonesia govt sinking foreign vessels in illegal fishing fight .... Cameroon army killed 116 Boko Haram. Boko kidnapped 185 more in Nigeria .... Water, organic material, methane found on Mars .... "Impossible" for Sauds to reduce oil output: minister .... Clearing rain forests distorts wind, water, climate change beyond carbon change: study .... Kurds launching Sinjar offensive v. IS after air strikes .... Assad running out of soldiers .... Washington gov unveiled carbon cap initiative .... Long Island utility nixed offshore wind in bid process .... Evacuations after Ohio fracked well leak .... Japan toughening rules for clean/ren power development. Producers have to make start dates, pay for access within month of contract signing. Also utilities can stop intake of clean power for 30 days/yr without paying suppliers .... Solar plus batt storage market to reach $1B in US by '18: SEIA .... Buffett comp testing smart grid tech for home energy mgmt in UK .... $1T worth of oil production projects threatened by low oil prices: Goldman Sachs. Could lower oil supply by up to 7.5Mb/d in next decade .... Expecting major downward revision of China '13 GDP number .... Raizon, Iogen started cellulosic ethanol production in Brazil. $100M sugarcane plant expansion. 40M liters/yr .... US Senate passed tax extenders through '14. Expire Jan 1 .... E85 sales up 12% 3Q in Iowa. 3.3M gallons .... China expected to lift ban on GMOs .... Dominion Virginia Power's new 1.33Gw NG power plant turned on. $1.1B. Construction started early '12. Another 1.3Gw NG plant due online in '16 .... Enel Green Power got $100M loan from Brazil bank toward over 260Mw new wind power in Brazil .... GE to supply 2 flex-fuel, combined-cycle turbines for Calpine 760Mw plant in PA. PJM grid connection .... Pakistan to offer investors higher returns on power sector investments. Small increase in power charges .... Green Africa Power got $40M aid from Norway for Africa clean/renewable power projects .... Clean/renewable power gen up 24% 3Q v. 3Q13 in UK. 17.8% power share. Solar up 79%. Offshore wind up 14%. Onshore wind up 7.7% .... Germany, India financial agreement for Green Energy Corridor .... Chevron halted drilling plans for Beaufort Sea .... NHL offsetting their carbon output this current season .... EPA proposing new standards for brick, ceramics industries .... TX regulators cut air pollution standards for chem plants since '07.