RUSSIA NEEDS $100 OIL TO BALANCE GOVT BUDGET. Iran $133. Libya (if they even have a govt) $185. (Venezuela may default.) .... Russia money suspected behind fracking protests .... EPA's proposed clean power plan can save power industry up to $2-4B by '20, $6-9B by '30: NRDC .... Ground level ozone linked to asthma, heart disease .... $9.6B/yr cost for EPA enforcement to prevent tens of thousands of premature deaths, heart attacks, asthma attacks from air pollution. (Let alone water pollution.) .... Brazil announced decline in deforestation rate .... Midwest grid operator asking EPA to remove clean power plan's interim compliance targets .... IL Supreme Court to hear Future Gen appeal .... Natgas, coal to replace hydropower in latest Brazil power auction. Drought cutting hydropower contribution to power mix .... ISIL destroyed oil pipeline supplying Iraq's Baiji refinery after they got chased out from seige. Refinery out of op .... China imported 340Kb/d oil from Iran in Oct, up 36% v. '13 .... Marathon new oil/gas discovery in Kurd Iraq. Total has 35% interest, Kurd govt 20% .... Netherlands researchers converting sawdust into gasoline building blocks .... Chile mining sector energy demand to double by '25 .... FL regulators OK'd utilities to slash energy efficiency goals, end solar rebates after '15 .... Dan River coal ash spill damage could top $300M: study .... 3Mw biomass cogen power plant commissioned at Merck plant in India. Cashew, coconut shells feedstock .... Renault/Nissan sold 200,000th EV .... Conergy to build 41Mw solar in Philippines. 2 plants. Online June .... Brazil comp to build 2 LNG-fired power plants - over 2.4Gw total - for ~$2.3B. Online in '19. Each plant to use up to 3M metric tons LNG/yr. Brazil using 5M metric tons this year .... France to phase out diesel.