CLIMATE CHANGE SET TO TAKE MAJOR TOLL ON ECONOMY, CHILDRENS' HEALTH: EXPERTS .... World Bank suggesting path for countries to reach carbon neutrality this century .... Global sea levels rose faster in recent yrs than previously thought: study .... Regional weather influences West Nile outbreaks: scientists .... Western US drought could devastate US econ: researchers .... MIT using online crowdsourcing to fund climate change solutions .... Hamm: US crude oil export ban plays into "deliberate, calculated takeover of American refining" by foreign countries/comps .... Fed law lacks clear definition of oil condensate (OK to export): Murkowski. She plans to intro bill allowing oil exports. Intro'd 17 bills to modernize US energy policies .... World's 1st solar road in Netherlands producing more power than expected in 1st 6 mo. 270Kwh/sq meters/yr .... WalMart gets its bottled water from Cal. (Huh.) .... McDonald's diet destroyed good gut bacteria of college kid in 10 days. (Huh.) .... Pertamina to invest $200M in palm oil plantations in Indonesia for biodiesel .... Renault, Rave supplied Airbus with 6 100% biodiesel-powered vehicles .... Fed judge ruled last week Obama admin OK'd Colo coal mining projects without public notice, enviro scrutiny .... Southern US utilities in way of making internet greener: report .... Utilities must learn to fight cyber attacks while networks run: NSA chief .... VA AG found legal cover for local fracking bans .... Cal enviro permitting still favors NG v. clean/renewable power .... Global investment in upstream oil production down ~$100B this year, ~20% less than '14. Largest drop ever seen: IEA expert. Biggest drops in US, Canada, Brazil .... India's state utility to spend $189M/yr on tech upgrades to cut power plant emissions. Starting with New Delhi .... Blackouts threatening S Africa econ .... Nigeria running out of domestic fuels .... US oil rig count down to 668 last week, down 58% from Oct peak. NG rigs down 1 to 221. US offshore rigs at 34, down 25 from '14 peak .... US gasoline demand up ~300Kb/d from '14 yoy .... DOE OK'd MD LNG port to export to countries without free trade agreement with US. (Europe? Japan?) .... New refinery in ND started producing diesel .... Cal nuke plant shut down in '76 still to cost $441M more to decommission. PG&E fund $308M short .... Belize may open up oil/gas exploration .... Rocky Mountain Institute intro'd suite of new products to aid comps' clean/ren power buying .... Sonoma County installing US' largest solar array on wastewater treatment ponds .... AES turned on 1.24Gw coal power plant in Vietnam 6 mo early. $1.95B to build, $1.5B debt. 6Gw more coal power in construction .... Cost reason for poor rooftop solar takeup in 2nd round in Thailand .... Thailand military sites to host 50Mw waste-to-energy plants .... Construction start on advanced tech nuke power plant in China. China intellectual property. Airplane crash-proof shell .... Welsh tidal power install going forward .... Precedent-setting Washington State settlement on dairy runoff .... Judge asked to block BLM drilling permit sites near Native American Nations .... Bourbon barrels in short supply with logging slowdown .... FBI broke its own rules with spying on oil sands protesters: documents .... Army Corps plans to shoot birds to save salmon. Judge won't intervene .... Major coal producer went bust again .... Vast majority of e-waste illegally traded or dumped: report .... Sri Lanka vows to protect mangroves .... Bacterial outbreak threatening Italy olive groves .... United PV to buy 210Mw of China solar plants .... sPower bought 26Mw US solar project from Solaire Direct .... ONEnergy, LG Chem power storage distribution deal .... AEG deal for Ukraine forest assets .... ConEd unit bought 140Mw of Cal solar projects from Solar Reserve/GCL .... 800 "reservation" orders for Tesla Powerwall batts .... U of Washington developing fungi-based av biofuel.