RECORD MORE THAN 3.7GW UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR INSTALLED IN US IN '14. 10% over '13. Total now 10.6Gw .... India plans to quadruple clean/renewable power to 175Gw by '22 as part of plan to supply every household with power .... China cracking down on steel mill emissions. They cut coal use 2.9%, domestic coal production 2.5% in '14. But their "war" on air pollution might release more CO2: study. And their lead climate negotiator not going to Paris climate talks .... Ukraine says Russia only providing fraction of natgas contracted for. Won't pay Gazprom until regular flow restored. Irony is melting permafrost in Siberia making craters as NG explodes through surface .... Liquidity concerns driving banks to invest in green bonds: Deutsche Bank .... Rockefeller scheme launching initiative to help cities become more resilient to flooding .... Appeals court to hear case on EPA role in bee die-off .... EPA issued refrigerants rule .... Crude train derailed in New Orleans .... US Senate voted 98-1 earlier this year that climate change is real. (I did not know that. Did you know that?) .... Sun has most impact on climate when Earth cooler: study .... Scientists confirmed "critical link" between CO2 emissions, global warming .... EPA may delay ozone standards a year .... Western oil comps working in Kurdistan not getting paid. Baghdad having trouble paying Kurds .... Kurdistan oil can be extracted for ~$12/bl .... Iraq oil exports down to 2Mb/d in Feb from 2.4 in Jan. Mostly because of "bad weather" .... Libya official says production back up to 400Kb/d .... Violent protests at Halliburton site in Algeria over fracking project .... China opening new oil import terminal in Myanmar, building new pipeline to SW China .... China polysilicon imports up 74% 1st 11 months of '14 v. '13 .... Iberdrola buying UIL for $3B to create US utility with over 3M customers. Will control 2nd largest operating wind portfolio in US .... Statkraft buying 70% stake of Chile hydropower comp with 52Mw plant, transmission line, rights to develop 3 more similar hydro plants .... Gamesa net profit doubled in '14 .... BMW S Africa looking to power plant with wind, solar .... Areva to supply 4 reactors for $22B EDF nuke project in Turkey .... Enel building 28Mw more wind power in Brazil. Online by yearend .... Tidal Lagoon planning 2.8Gw tidal power project to power every home in Wales. 90 turbines. May be online by '22 .... Solar Power (SOPW) to build ~25Mw wind power in UK with RE. No more than 5Mw each farm. Online, sold by 3Q .... Japan comp to build 5Mw geothermal plant in Oita. Online early '17 .... Solar Frontier selling 2Mw plant to Mitsubishi unit .... UK Green Investment Bank investing $46M in 10Mw, 60M Pound commercial/industrial waste-to-power project near London. Online early '17 .... China comp to build 19.5Mw biomass plant .... Neoen to build 30Mw solar plant in Mexico .... Ford mobile ap to allow remote EV charging .... Brazil arrested "king of deforestation" .... Vast aquifer in Kenya discovered in '13 too salty to drink. (Too salty for ag?)