AIR POLLUTION IMPACT ON PREGNANCY IMPACTS KIDS LATER IN LIFE: STUDY. (Please study.) .... 70 Catholic groups urging world leaders to address global warming climate change before Paris talks .... US Episcopal Church head: Denying global warming climate change is immoral .... Theory being postulated that oil price plunge stimulated China, keeping them out of econ implosion that would have caused global recession .... Beijing coal power plant shut down. 400MW .... Obama admin proposing coal royalties reform on Fed land. Peabody, Arch most at risk .... Clean/renewable power record 22% UK power mix 4Q14. 2nd coal plant converted to wood burn. 17.9% 4Q13 .... Marijuana cultivation posing seriious threat to N Cal rivers, aquatic species: state study .... Georgetown, TX to have state's 1st city-owned utility to run on 100% clean/ren power .... Oklahoma officials doubling number of wells under scrutiny for signs they could be causing quakes .... Fracking moratorium passed both sides of Maryland statehouse .... Media bias also driving oil prices up or down .... EPA issued '14, '15 cellulosic ethanol waiver cred prices .... German biodiesel exports up 5% in '14 to 507M gal. Imports also up to 172M .... Japan researchers to commercialize biobutanol from spoiled tangerines. ~150 tons/yr go to waste, incinerated .... Alexandria, VA mayor fighting Norfolk Southern plans to lengthen ethanol trains through city .... Bagasse could meet 1/2 Swaziland power demand. (My ex next neighbor went to Swaziland for the Peace Corp last year.) .... US biodiesel imports down 36% in '14 to 333M gal: EIA. ($1/gal blend cred expired end of '13.) .... Plan to drill under Ohio R. for oil/gas moving ahead in W VA .... Yingli wider than expected 4Q loss .... Sun Ed (SUNE) 2.5Mw deal with Long Beach .... Petrobras major offshore discovery .... China rail freight falling 16%/yr, went negative mid '14. (Um, oil prices.) Measures mostly intl trade .... China oil demand topping out since late '12 .... China private sector debt has reached point of diminishing returns. (Where hasn't it in world?) .... Airlines still using up higher priced fuel they bought before oil slump. Seat prices may come down up the road. But don't count on it .... Japan unveiled anti-tsunami wall project. And says TEPCO wasted over 1/3 of $1.6B to clean up Fuku. They still haven't found reactors' nuke fuel. Muon detectors deployed. (Global nuke industry under the gun.) .... Among costliest waste was $270M for Areva machine to remove radioactive cesium from water leaking from the 3 wrecked reactors. Replaced by US, Japan machines .... Seawater salt removal machines cost $150M. Several comps. Best lasted 6 weeks. And 2 more debacles .... Ultrasolar (US), NanoEnergy (Japan) alliance for "Quantum Boost". 177Mw initial order .... 60Mw more wind online in Brazil. Voltalia farms. 108, 93Mw projects scheduled for '15, '16 .... Vestas 122Mw order from Sweden. Delivery start 1Q16, online 2Q .... Also Vestas 40Mw for Maine .... Buffet going with Heinz/Kraft. O Warren. Bad foods. Sugar. Sugar. krap. Eye of the needle, Warren. Love you, man. But we want healthy food .... Solar Edge (SEDG) IPO. $126M. Israeli PV solar inverters .... SSE sold 16Mw onshore wind project in Scotland to GE. 1.6Mw turbines .... Some comp awarded up to 50Mw solar project in Philippines .... Judge tossed out global warming lawsuit v. Mass .... Money for pipeline safety used to raise exec pay: official. (Specifics obviously missing.) .... Baltimore axed deal for waste-burn power plant. (We used to call them incinerators and who cared where the ashes, airborne toxics went.) .... US auto industry beating emissions targets: EPA .... EPA urged to regulate cleaning solvents (that get into rivers, etc.) .... N Cal Native Nations want fishing rights protected during drought .... People (companies) less likely to recycle crumpled paper: study. (Where the hell do we take our crumpled paper to BE recycled?!) .... Cal set to spend $1.1B on drought alleviation .... Kazakh chief of world's largest uranium producer died at 44. (Just saying. Uranium exposure not good for health.) .... Onward and upward, pards.