ARCTIC SEA ICE ON TRACK TO FALL TO 3RD OR 4TH LOWEST ON RECORD .... Global deforestation rates cut in half since '90: UN. But forest size of S Africa lost .... Global climate aid fund halfway to '20 target .... S New England lobster stocks at lowest levels ever recorded .... General Mills pledged to slash emissions, spend $100M on clean power .... Wind power investment down with power prices in Nordics. Investment in utility-scale wind down 76% '12-'14 to $1.2B .... Unseasonal sandstorm hit Lebanon, Syria .... 1/2 of world's crocodile species facing extinction: scientist .... Lake Erie algae choking off walleye fishing .... Russia ruled out cooperating with OPEC to cut oil production .... EU regulators OK'd GE buy of Alstom unit .... Sun Edison (SUNE) to buy 33% of Dominion's US 425MW solar portfolio for ~$300M. (Several stories on it gave different #s.) Plus partnering on 530Mw in 2 Utah projects. One 265Mw project for $400M. Also SUNE, J. P. Morgan strategic equity partnership. SUNE also installed 8 new systems in India .... Green Mtn Power to use 2 of pending order of 500 Tesla (TSLA) Powerwalls to build solar/power storage plant at Vermont state park. Will take park off grid. 10Kw solar. Cost ~20% less than rebuilding 1/2-mile grid line. Construction start in spring .... Resource-based countries' currencies down up to 25% last 12 months. Manufacturing-based down up to 20% .... RES Americas OK'd to build 150Mw wind power in Michigan (2 projects). Vestas turbines .... Yingli net loss widened 109% .... UK 25M Pounds for biofuels projects .... Exxon Valdez spill linked to defects in salmon, herring: NOAA .... NRC stopped studies of cancer risks near nuke power plants .... 17 miles of Mississippi River reopened after KY oil spill.