$1.5-2T INVESTMENT NEEDED BY '30 to bring US power grid up to speed. (Even rymes.) 1st-ever DOE Quadrennial Energy Review. $2.6-3.5B/yr needed to replace old NG pipelines. Almost half built in '50's, '60's. Some in '40's or before. SPR modernization another $2B. Absence of policy or probs from policy the probs .... Congress passed bill for energy efficiency for buildings, water heaters. Obama should sign this week. (Yay. Gridlock breaking. Hoowee.) .... 9 US western states running out of water .... Farm subsidies of at least $486B /yr dwarf $8.7B committed to avoiding deforestation in tropic countries .... McDonald's committed to stop deforestation linked to its products .... US still importing slave-caught fish .... Illegal wildlife trafficking still big on eBay .... Curbing school bus emissions improves childrens' health: study .... Yale to impose carbon tax on itself .... S Korea plans $1.66B investment in clean/renewable power this year .... Top experts calling for zero-carbon world by '50 .... Hundreds of China's cities not meeting air quality standards despite new coal use regs .... Toshiba set to release emissions-free hydrogen generator .... Oil/gas comps leaking/flaring enough NG to be world's 7th largest emitting nation: report .... Baker Hughes increasing job cuts to 10.5K .... Yingli to develop 50Mw solar plant in China. Online by June .... GE, Green Power, 4 banks investing in 42Mw Japan solar project. Online in Jan. Kyocera panels. GE plans to continue investing over $1B/yr in clean power .... Eskom 100Mw wind farm fully online in S Africa. World Bank, Africa Development Bank, others helping finance .... Solar City (SCTY) to expand rooftop solar with $1B fund. Finance led by Credit Suisse. 300Mw next 2 yrs with it .... S Power (Utah) got $168M finance to support 144Mw of solar cap .... Pattern Energy (PEGI) to buy 43Mw of 100Mw Kansas wind project. All online by '18 .... Oil/gas comp agreed to $73M settlement over Colo emissions lawsuit .... Exxon agreed to $5M settlement over ruptured Arkansas oil pipeline. (Looks like the bigger you are the less you have to pay. Huh.) .... Contamination found in water wells near Duke coal ash ponds .... Idling cars at US/Mex border causing dangerous asthma in local towns .... NYC wants to slash waste 90% by '30. Recycing program overhaul, eliminate plastic bags .... Japan court rejected suit to halt nuke reactor restart .... Nordic countries banding together v. Russia Arctic push .... Onward and upward, pards.