CLIMATE CHANGE DOESN'T CAUSE EXTREME WINTERS: STUDY. (We'll see.) .... Mexico pledged 25% GHG emissions cut .... Cruz compares climate skeptics to Galileo .... Santorum: Obama has "quasi-religious" reasons for fossil fuel stance .... Salmon returns in Columbia R. highest ever since counting began in '38. And sea lion party at Columbia mouth .... Goats romped through Seattle chasing children .... Japan to miss UN climate action plan deadline next week. Only EU, Switzerland, Norway submitted plans so far .... Contaminated water still growing at Fukushima .... Ohio regulators telling lawmakers to butt out on Clean Power Plan .... Judges upheld EPA Haze Plan v. cement comp .... China regulators fined, halted production at 2 refineries for air permit violations .... Monsanto fined for improper reporting of pollutants in Idaho .... Duke to appeal $25M fine from N Carolina for contaminating groundwater. State looking into possible pollution at other plants .... Canada oil production has peaked .... US oil rig count down smallest amount in 15 weeks .... As shale runs out, Arctic drilling needed: DOE panel .... NY launched lab to study clean/renewable power, advanced grid .... Solar City to hire 300 in Cal to expand sales .... UK, Scotland $6.3M to study 570Mw carbon capture/storage, coal gasification project in Scotland. Britain currently supporting 2 CCS projects .... TRIG clean power fund (UK) boosting new share offer to $152M .... 4 banks to loan comp for 14Mw, $42M solar power project in Japan online by yearend .... Solaredge (SEDG) raised $126M in IPO. Solar power inverters .... Abengoa (ABGB), EIG $2B investment in JV .... Facebook solar-powered drones to provide internet access .... Innotech Solar filed bankruptcy. Cited "uncertain" Europe mart .... Acciona to supply Madrid hospitals with clean power .... New fault, wealth of data revealed by '11 Virginia quake .... Data lacking to track antibiotic resistance on farms: FDA official .... Cal legislature sent $1.1B drought package to gov .... NJ legislature sent bill to gov condemning Exxon settlement .... Power outage in Amsterdam. (Someone smoking too much?)