WORLD HAS CROSSED 4 OF 9 "NO-GO" BOUNDARIES. Too much CO2 in atmos. Too rapid loss of species. Too much nitrogen (fertilizer) in rivers, oceans. Too much deforestation .... Food diversity under siege from global warming climate change: UN .... Cost cutting systems starting to flood oil patch .... Boston's methane emissions 2-3x higher than previously thought: study .... Beijing closing down 300 comps over pollution .... Drought forcing Brazil to turn to fossil fuels from hydropower .... DOI released enviro assessment for planned 300K-acre lease for N Carolina offshore wind power .... Cal's emissions reduction target feasible through '30 with existing policies: fed scientists .... Growing cities could set plans to cut energy use 25%: study .... Wet winter relieving, but not ending Arizona drought .... Inhofe calling for revamp of CAFE standards .... Decline of wading birds in Everglades .... Chevron safety lapses, poor maintenance linked to refinery fire .... Washington Post upping enviro, energy coverage .... DOE pledged $55M to spur development of "cutting-edge" cars .... BMW, VW to develop US EV charging networks .... Harvard bought water rights in drought-stricken wine country .... Court gave coal comp OK to mine Ohio wetlands .... Biologists marveling, fretting over fluorescent blue seashore off Hong Kong .... Bulgaria customs nabbed 2M endangered baby eels at airport .... Feds in November warned comp with Yellowstone River oil spill .... New rules for ship emissions revving up market for lighter fuels .... Clean energy investments in India up 13% in '14 to $7.9B. Est. over $10B in '15. India 1 of world's lowest clean energy costs markets .... Clean/renewables 27% of German power mix in '14. Better than lignite coal. El use fell 3.8%. Wholesale power prices hit record low E33/Mwh, down from E38 in '13 .... Cost of powergen from clean/renewable sources has reached parity with or dropped below fossil fuels for biomass, hydro, geothermal, onshore wind. PV solar leading cost decline .... Benaire Island (off Venezuela) dumped diesel powergen for 100% clean/ren. Peak demand 11Mw. '04 fire destroyed diesel power plant .... China cut energy intensity (amount of energy needed to increase GDP) 4.8% in '14. 3.7% drop in '13. Target 16% drop from '10 by '15 .... Big Euro fossil energy comps now have majorities on wind, solar lobby group boards .... Lucid Energy producing el inside Portland Oregon city water pipes .... Oil prices to force Russia to cut '15 budget 10-15% .... Total to cut costs but not jobs .... Critical infrastructure protection standard for physical security measures from NERC OK'd by FERC. Effective Jan 26 .... EDF nuke power plant given 10-year operating reprieve .... Albania to invest over $50M in power grid in '15 .... Siemens got order for 48Mw of turbines from Kansas wind project. Up to $85M investment. Online in fall. 2.3Mw turbines .... Helio Sage Energy, Southern unit to develop 120Mw solar in N west Florida. 3 projects on USAF, USN bases. Online 4Q16 .... Suzlon selling German unit for E1B .... '14 small-scale solar installs up 3.2% in Australia .... Honda natgas Civic sales down 65% in '14 .... Almost 3M gallons of saltwater leaked into N Dakota creek from pipeline .... S Florida pelicans killed in serial throat slashings .... Scot researchers: changing shape of light can slow it down .... Invention from U of Arizona slows water evaporation, generates energy.