WHITE HOUSE PLEDGED $110M TO DROUGHT-STRICKEN WEST. Oregon conditions worsening .... Warming poses major threat to army ants, key food supply for other animals: study .... Hawaii legislature declared global warming an "urgent" threat, ordered sea level rise report .... Calif extending cuts to historic water rights .... Cal moving to set pesticide spray limits near schools .... WHAT?! Dept: bloodsucking fish fell from sky in Alaska .... LA says no to buying power from Mojave solar project on enviro concerns .... Colombia guerrillas blamed for power outage .... First Solar (FSLR) record 18.6% thin-film efficiency .... Iran deal to increase crude sales to China to 1Mb/d from 440K now .... Iran reportedly sending cash, arms to Afghan Taliban .... Yemen rebs continue to expand their territory. UN peace talks open today. 80% of pop in desperate need of aid. Coalition blockade keeping out food, fuel .... China consumer inflation down to 1.2% in May .... Russia NG production down 4.3% in '14: BP. EU production down 9.8% .... Germany, France together stand to lose E160B on direct loans to Greece .... Pemex discovered largest oil/gas field in 5 yrs in shallow Gulf of Mex. Reserves up to 350M BOE, could produce 200Kb/d .... Shell leaving Ukraine shale gas exploration .... VT gov signed energy bill to grow jobs, reduce fossil fuel use, cut energy bills, combat global warming climate change .... Comp to build 42Mw run-of-river hydropower in Ghana for $164M .... Jordan to build $112M solar plant .... NTR seeks E100M equity finance for 170Mw onshore wind assets .... Nigeria OK'd 124Mw of solar projects .... China Ex-Im Bank loan for 50Mw solar project in Kenya .... Google may buy stake in $700M Kenya wind project .... NG pipe rupture in TX .... EPA OK'd 2 oil/gas Arctic drilling permits.