US SOLAR INSTALLS UP 47% 3Q14 OVER 3Q13. 1.354Gw. Over 300Mw residential. 16.1Gw now installed. On pace to install 6.5Gw this year, 36% over '13 .... Atlantic Ocean circulation slowing. Driven by temps, salinity. Vital climate component. U of Exeter study. Continued influx of freshwater from global warming could be enough to slow circulation to a halt. That would bring drastic cooling to N. America, Europe, rising sea levels, prolonged droughts .... US House Republican to intro bill acknowledging climate change .... Europe 10x likelier to get heatwaves: study .... Extreme temp anomalies becoming more common worldwide: study .... NOAA: Calif drought from natural ocean temp changes, not global warming climate change. Scientists pushing back .... Conoco Phillips to cut capital spending 20% in '15, but their production will be up 3% .... BP cutting jobs, selling assets .... Precision Drilling (Canada) cutting capital spending 44% for '15 .... Raymond James est. 30% cut in US oil rig count by mid-'16 .... US Supreme Court denied request from children's group to force govt to do more to address global warming climate change .... US EPA launched online energy efficiency tool to help homeowners .... China launched separate international climate aid fund for developing countries .... 300-500K abandoned oil/gas wells in PA. Some may be leaking methane: study. Lack of monitors .... Carbon tax feasible for Oregon: report .... MISO grid (US midwest) initiative to establish real-time communication between power control rooms, natgas pipeline operators .... Drillship operator guilty of 8 felonies in Shell's failed Arctic exploration bid in '12 .... Oil/gas activity could harm reproduction, child development: study .... ITC heard testimony on China solar dumping .... Natural Chem to invest $105M in NM ecofuels complex. Buying Abengoa's (ABGB) mothballed ethanol plant to produce LNG, CNG, ethanol from sorghum, biodiesel, glycerin from corn oil .... Seneca Bioenergy filed bankruptcy in NY .... Bio Revolution Americas to invest $200M in Bahama pongamia project. 400K gal/d biodiesel. Also TX project .... Expect OPEC production cuts before June: expert .... Plans OK'd to build NG pipeline from Ohio Utica to Gulf .... Naftogaz (Ukraine) paid Gazprom $378M to get NG flowing .... Saud comp's Turkey unit $1B deal to build 950Mw combined-cycle NG power plant in Turkey. EBRD, Saud bank, IFC, Korea banks finance .... Yingli, partners to deploy solar in Thailand. Thai target 3Gw solar by '21 .... Global wind turbine manufacturing capacity now far surpasses demand: Navigant. '14 demand est. under 47Gw. Cap likely to exceed 71Gw .... Romania wants Moldova to partner on nuke plant project .... Boeing, S. Africa to make jetfuel from tobacco .... Comp turning Japan golf course into 15Mw solar farm. Solar Frontier panels .... Duke OK'd to build 3 solar farms in NC. 128Mw total. Online by '16 .... Enviva, John Hancock investing $320M in biomass JV .... NRG Energy $100M share buyback .... Mich appeals court rejected town's wind turbine ban .... Rising stream temps adding to Chesapeake Bay estuary woes: USGS .... DOT rolled out tire efficiency plans .... Iraqis pushing for Mosul offensive v. IS .... Iran's Quds chief spotted in Iraq: sanctions violation.