CHINA SCRAPPED RARE EARTH EXPORT CONTROLS AFTER LOSING WTO APPEAL .... California cap-and-trade program expanded to gasoline, diesel .... Gov Brown wants to cut gasoline use by cars, trucks by up to 50%. Also push clean/renewable power mandate to 50%. Also double energy efficiency in existing buildings. Also breaking ground tomorrow on $68B hi-speed rail line .... Dallas to Houston bullet train project proposed possible routes .... Commerce Dept found degree of illegal dumping of Chinese solar '12-'13 less than previous est. Penalties may be halved in spring .... Tropical forests appear to take in more CO2 as emissions rise: study .... Asset managers pushing for more climate risk data .... Researchers using climate models to improve cholera forecast .... Scientists linked small Ohio earthquakes to fracking .... Utilities lost bid to change solar contracts in N Carolina .... Tesla (TSLA) making 500K cars/yr by '20: Panasonic CEO .... Boston using ap for riders of biodiesel shuttles .... Deal for 150K tons of cassava from Cambodia for China ethanol .... China finished world's largest plant to use coalmine methane to power 30Mw generator. Uses nearly all of methane emissions. China coal mining emits over 10BCM methane/yr .... China Sunpower (CSUN) to supply 30Mw of panels for India project this month .... Canadian Solar (CSIQ) completed sale of 2 10Mw plants in Ontario to RET. 3rd 10Mw project online 1Q .... CSIQ also sold 10Mw Ontario farm to BluEarth (BBLU) for $56M. 3rd of 4 plants BBLU buying from CSIQ .... BBLU plans to buy $1B of operating assets by '17 .... Gujarat India planning 750Mw solar park .... Russian, German, Turkey consortium to build 200Mw/yr solar module factory in Russia .... Brazil development bank financing ~3/4 of $9.6M solar panel factory. 1Mw solar farm to power factory .... Vestas got 73Mw wind turbine order from Greece .... GDF Suez picked for PPA for 100Mw concentrated solar plant in S Africa .... Jinko Solar got $90M loan from China development bank .... NRG Yield bought 285Mw wind power assets from parent .... Ballard (BLDP) terminated Azure Hydrogen (China) licenses. Breach of contract, nonpay of $4.5M cited. (Remember American Superconductor (AMSC) and theft of tech?) .... BLM oil/gas leasing, permitting remained at historic lows in '14 .... US coal mining deaths at all-time low .... US customers buying bigger cars since oil fall .... Pakistan eliminated solar taxes.