US SENATE COMMITTEE VOTED TO EXTEND CLEAN/REN ENERGY PRODUCTION TAX CREDITS THROUGH END OF '16 .... Displacement of folks from natural disasters 60% more likely now than in '70's: report .... Scientists predict '15 could be hottest in global records .... Global warming not science fiction: Schwarzeneggar .... China breathed cleaner air in early '15 .... NYC, San Fran mayors announced new GHG-lowering initiatives at Vatican .... NYC got right to host 1st climate change museum .... Solar Energy Finance Assoc launched .... 5 volcanoes erupted in Indonesia .... Europe to US: your love of AC (air conditioning or AC power?) is "stupid" .... Americans waste 30-40% of food grown: USDA. ~122B lbs/yr, ~$161B. 50M Americans go without sufficient food. 12M eat less than needed nutritionally .... Judge rejected Alaska's bid to explore ANWR .... Avoid armadillos to avoid leprosy: FL officials .... NV Energy signed contract to provide $.0384/w power from First Solar's 100Mw Nevada project .... Exxon est. 700M bls offshore Guyana .... Duke bought 20Mw solar project in NC from Ecoplexus. Online by yearend .... Sun Ed (SUNE) bought Mark Group in England to sell to homes, biz .... Welspun commissioned 52Mw solar park in India .... Myanmar court sentenced 153 Chinese to life in prison for illegal logging. (Ouch.) .... Gun-firing drone built by US teen. (Here we go.)