Earth to cross 1*C temp increase from historical avg this year.
100M more people in world could sink into poverty by '30 from climate change impacts: World Bank.
Small investment in tropical forests might store billions of tons more of CO2: study.
Hundreds of elephants slaughtered in Congo.
TXU Energy in TX offering free nighttime el, partly from abundant wind power.
EPA expanding on-road emissions tests for all diesel makes, models.
Bloomberg PAC ad campaign v. 4 state AGs opposing clean power rules.
It takes ~12 oil trains/day to move amount of oil Keystone XL would have.
Youth, enviros suing LA over oil wells.
Building Energy (Italy) to build CHP biomass plant in Serbia. 4.8Mw el, 20Mw thermal for $29M. Woodchip fuel.
Sun Edison (SUNE) completed 942Kw solar plant in NH for wastewater plant, other govt bldgs in town. Canadian Solar (CSIQ) panels. $2.6M cost.
China admitted burning 17% more coal in recent years than reported. ~600M tons more in '12 - near 75% that burned in US.
$34B of banks' $276B of loans to oil/gas comps now non-performing.
Bakken oil selling for $30/bl at wellhead. Comps losing $11-38/bl.
River water levels in Switzerland lowest in decade. Fuel supplies stuck in Netherlands, Belgium.
Chevron unit started production from offshore oil/gas field shared by Congo, Angola.
US oil rig count down by 6 last week. Down to ~1/3 of same time last year.
Noble Energy brought 2 new Gulf of Mexico deepwater fields onstream. 45Kb/d peak.
US drivers overpaying ~$1B in '15 for gasoline. (Guess who got that $1B.)
Showa Shell completed 49Mw biomass power plant in Japan. Wood pellets, palm kernel shells fuelstock.
US judge rejected 200Mw NV wind farm. (Since when do judges decide on wind farms?)
Peabody Coal to disclose risks to assets from climate change.
Drought relief in some parts of Cal from recent rains. New stormwater capture tech in LA.
EPA clean power plan could cost economy $300B: fossil fuel industry report.
1st wind farm proposed offshore Cal.
Private sector in US pays 35% more than fed jobs.
2 trains derailed in Wisc spilling ethanol, crude oil.
VW offering diesel car owners up to $1K each.
DOT $28M grant to MD to study maglev train.
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