TOTAL AMOUNT OF CARBON STORED IN ALL LIVING BIOMASS above ground up globally ~4B tons since '03 .... Washington State to spray neonicotinoid pesticides onto seawater to save oysters. (G, what could go wrong?) .... US CO2 emissions from power gen still ~10% below '05 levels. But leveling off. (Conversion to natgas from coal may be over?) .... Climate adaptation could cut flood damage costs 96%, reduce global fatalities 69%: study .... 3.5K birds died at Mojave concentrated solar plant in 1st year: study. "Minimal impact" on regional bird populations .... New USDA rule ties conservation to crop insurance: report .... Fed court threw out challenges to new vehicle emissions standards .... Cal cut 3K water rights. Farmers took brunt .... USGS ID's 17 regions with significant levels of "induced seismicity", mostly from oil/gas drilling. 2 worst in Okla .... Largest D.C. fed solar project started at USDA facility. Solar World (SRWRF) panels .... Short-term grid transmission planning shortchanges consumers: study .... Tesla (TSLA) signing up WalMart, Cargill, others for power storage .... Oil frackers turning boiling hot waste water into geothermal power. For every barrel of oil from wells, another 7 of hot water .... Expert says US shale industry has only "begun to scratch the surface" of vast, cheap reserves .... US crude production fell at least 135Kb/d in Jan v. Dec: EIA .... Oil prices limiting Iraq output growth .... Paki Parliament going with Yingli (NYSE:YGE) for 1Mw solar .... Russian ship leaking oil after sinking off Canaries.