AG LOSSES FROM DROUGHT IN US SET TO INCREASE 23% THIS YEAR .... EPA to set new limits on aircraft emissions .... Fed judges upheld EPA finding that carbon injected underground a solid waste subject to regs .... Corals may fare better in a warming world than previously thought: new model .... US exports of petrol products up 200% since '04 .... Petrobras issued 100-yr bonds .... Japan, China top funders of coal: study .... BYD (BYDDF) plans to raise up to $2.4B in private placement .... '14 worst year on record for conventional oil/gas discoveries. 78 finds with est reserves of 13.3B BOE. 7 finds so far in '15 with commercial potential .... China April crude imports up 8.6% yoy to record 7.4Mb/d. 4.54M from OPEC .... Iran to abolish motorists' allowance for subsidized fuel, set a price .... Venezuela, Rosneft agreed on $14B investment in Venezuela oil/gas sector .... US oil rig count down 13 last week .... March TX crude production down 2% from Feb. 2.31Mb/d. Issued drilling permits down 56% yoy in April .... Marcellus NG production set to remain flat next few yrs, then slowly decline: EIA .... Total 780M smart meters installed in world by '20: ABI. China now rolling them out. 210M installed as of '14 .... Gamesa order for 239Mw Scotland wind project .... Senvion order from RWE Innogy for 35Mw wind farm in UK .... ABN AMRO issued Eur500M green bond .... Chevron paying $1M fine for fatal PA NG explosion .... NG pipeline rupture in Arkansas R near Little Rock.