AUGUST, SUMMER, YEAR-TO-DATE ALL SMASHED GLOBAL HEAT RECORDS: NOAA. 6 of 8 months broke records .... Exxon knew about global warming in '78 .... World's 2 largest GHG emitter nations must lead at Paris: Biden .... NREL, China research institute signed clean power MOU .... Investment in clean/renewable power in Canada up 88% in '14 to $8.3B. Most for solar, hydropower .... 8.3 quake off Chile, 4.0 quake at Big Bear Calif .... Czechoslovakia in drought .... Forest fires raging in Ecuador. Asking region for help .... Tax credits driving solar boom in VT. Clean power jobs there up 9.8% since '13 .... USDA, EPA target 50% cut of food waste by '30 .... Sweden aims to be fossil fuels free with new investment program .... Estrogen exposure driving female frog boom in US suburbs .... Fracking under 1% of industrial water use: study. 250B gals used over past decade (last 7 yrs, really) .... Rise in coal consumption in China .... Shell bid to extend Arctic drilling season denied .... Too little money to increase Iraq oil production in '16: Baghdad .... 3.1M barrel draw of US oil stockpiles in latest report .... Eagle Ford production off 17% from March peak .... Brazil ethanol production to reach 44B liters/yr by '24. 29B now .... Nordex turned on 75Mw wind farm in France .... Ukraine withdrew from nuke power construction deal with Russia .... Kenya plans 200Mw solar park with $425M investment .... DOI to lease NC waters for offshore wind .... Pure Energy lithium supply deal with Tesla (TSLA).