IS LEADER: "IF THERE HADN'T BEEN AN AMERICAN PRISON IN IRAQ, THERE'D BE NO IS .... Russia selling their gold .... Great Lakes water levels rising .... 270K tons of plastic floating in oceans: study. (For fish to eat and die of.) .... Fish likely to migrate quickly with warming waters: study .... Japan forecasters say El Nino here .... Cost to fit all world's fossil power plants with CCS est. ~$17.6T. (Well, if US hadn't already borrowed it to do WHAT?! ...) .... Solar City (SCTY), Bank of America $400M for roof solar .... Norway pension fund advised to keep fossil fuel stocks as best way to demand greener practices .... BP $1B restructuring .... Senator says documents show EPA, enviros' "collusion" on setting climate policies. NRDC firing back .... Group of senators calling on EPA to strengthen power plant rule for more GHG emissions reductions .... Kerry at UN climate forum today in Peru .... State Dept stressing need for Arctic climate agenda. Republicans oppose .... US ag, forestry sectors could make substantial cuts in GHG emissions: report .... Catholic bishops joint statement on climate action .... Walden Pond to have solar array, EV charge stations .... CBO sees benefits for US consumers from oil/gas exports. (Really?!) .... NRG adding more fast-charge EV stations in Atlanta .... India to spend at least $100B on climate-related projects. But not committing to limit carbon emissions. And didn't say when that $100B would be spent either. World's 3rd largest polluter .... Wind, solar power "not ready for prime time": Exxon analyst. (Well, analyst starts with "anal".) .... Some of MILLIONS of abandoned oil/gas wells just in US still emit methane: study. Potentially large source of unrecorded GHG emissions. Princeton study found avg. 6 pounds/day/well methane emissions. (Um, that looks like maybe 6M or plus pounds/day of methane emissions just from US abandoned wells, folks. WE have to get a handle on this, pards.) .... Germany's GHG emissions rising last 3 years. Govt announced new measures to reverse trend .... Africa Development Bank $580K grants for clean cooking in Nigeria .... U of Florida researchers came up with human waste turned into rocket fuel .... UK launched funding competition for advanced biofuel plants. (Um, how about human waste?) .... Plasma Pulse Tech can replace chems, water used in fracking, enhanced oil recovery. Licensed in US by Propell. Even cheaper than present tech .... Kuwait oil chief: oil won't rise above $64 until at least mid-'15 unless world econ grows or OPEC cuts production .... GE finance unit, Pacifico to build their 2nd solar project in Japan. 42Mw online 3Q16 .... Kentucky Utilities asking for 9.6% rate hike. US residential avg rate 12.43 cents/Kwh. KU's 9 cents. They're investing $3B next 4 yrs to meet EPA rules. They serve 77 KY counties, 5 VA counties .... 3 new solar projects near Vegas getting US fast track. Final approval could be Spring. Total 480Mw from First Solar (FSLR), NV Energy, Invenergy. 3,100 BLM acres ....DSM turned on 6Mw solar array at NJ plant. To supply 30-40% of plant's el use at peak. To save $290K/yr. DSM's glass coating increases panel output 4% .... Enel Green $98M loan from Brazil bank to build over 260Mw of wind power in Brazil .... Abengoa (ABGB) to speed sales to its yieldco to raise up to $200M. Also reducing its yieldco stake .... First Wind selling majority stake in 2 US wind farms/projects to JP Morgan Chase. 255Mw .... Weg (only Brazil wind turbine comp) wants to build solar panel factory .... India approved over 20Gw of solar parks .... Uganda OK'd 1st solar project. 20Mw .... UK to offer 25M Pounds to fund biofuels .... Russia comps to build 100Mw of solar in Pakistan .... Hundreds of cities following Rio's approach to emissions reductions .... Renewable Energy Group (REGI) to buy IC Green Energy (Israel) 69% stake in Petrotec (German biodiesel maker) for $20.9M. Also to pick up $15.4M loan to Petrotec .... Colorado took first steps to address expected water shortage .... APHIS cleared path to allow wasps to combat disease-spreading insects .... Oregon put 92K acres up for sale after logging shortfall .... Vikings testing film to save birds from stadium glass strikes .... DOE updated wind resource maps to reflect advances in turbine tech .... IG probing hack of NOAA that interrupted satt data .... Have a great day out there pards. Happy trails.