RECORD GLOBAL HIGH TEMP FOR JUNE, 1H15: US SCIENTISTS .... Global clean energy M&A activity lowest 1H level since '10 .... Record Pacific Ocean heat strengthening El Nino .... Colorado almost drought free for 1st time in 6 yrs .... Drought damaging winter wheat crop in MT, OR, WA, ID .... Natural, weather-related disasters displaced 19M worldwide in '14. China, India, Philippines worst hit .... Nigerian govt workers in SE not paid for 5 mo. Treasury "virtually empty": Buhari .... Buhari fired all top military officers over Boko Haram failure .... Venezuela diluting its heavy crude with Nigerian oil .... Silt in US waterways, ports could limit US LNG exports if not dredged: DOE official .... Cheaper to import LNG than build infra, drill wells to meet peak demand in Argentina .... Tech-recoverable Utica resources more than thought: WV University. 782TCF, 1.9B bls. USGS '12 est. 38TCF, 940M bls .... Hewlett-Packard to power TX data centers with 112Mw of wind power from SUNE (Sun Ed) farm being expanded .... Vermont new law makes any facility that makes 52 or more tons of food waste/year within 20 miles of composting facility must take it to compost, not landfill .... Fed Ex to buy renewable jet fuel .... OPEC production up 283Kb/d in June to 31.4M. May production revised up 120K .... W Europe curtailing nuke power, E Europe wants more .... Risen Energy (China) MOU for 100Mw solar in India .... Kyrgyzstan cancelled coop agreement with US .... ISIS bombs in Turkey .... UK to revive N Sea oil/gas development.