TOP IEA OFFICIAL CALLING FOR GLOBAL PEAK OF GHG EMISSIONS BY '20 .... Seattle's hottest June on record .... Drought insurance plan for African countries to expand .... Beetles killing millions of drought-afflicted Cal trees .... 75% of China cities aren't meeting air quality standards .... DOE to launch $20M program to link small clean energy comps with national labs .... Alaska started cleaning up debris from Japan tsunami ('11) .... DOE suspended Recovery Act funding for Cal carbon capture project at coal power plant .... US oil production peaked in April at 9.7Mb/d: EIA. Down 50Kb/d in May. Est. avg 9.5Mb/d in '15, 9.3M in '16 .... EIA est. US NG production up 4.3BCF/d in '15, up 5.7%. Est. up 1.6BCF/d in '16. NG storage 35% above this time '14, just above 5-yr avg .... Rosneft buying 49% of India refinery, plans to increase crude oil exports to Asia to 40% of total by '19 from 33% now .... Jamaica started construction on 20Mw solar plant. $61M. Will replace use of 3M gal of oil/yr .... 21Mw solar plant started ops in Japan. Toshiba panels .... Iraq oil production hit 4.1Mb/d in June. Basra heavy crude, though, in trouble of finding market .... Libya unity govt agreement brokered by UN last week. Country reportedly producing 430Kb/d now .... Sauds issued 1st sovereign bonds since '07. Also to loan Russia $10B .... Millions of Yemenis facing famine .... Visa, Master Cards to be replaced by Russian credit card in Russia .... Atlas, partners developing 80Mw solar project in Malawi .... Kuwait, Abu Dhabi funds backing $300M wind, solar expansion plans in Jordan .... Maharashtra set 21Gw clean/ren power target .... Pipeline spilled 4.2K gal crude in IL .... 54 stingrays suffocated at Chicago zoo.