6.5M DEATHS/YEAR GLOBALLY LINKED TO AIR POLLUTION IN IEA STUDY

The cost of modern living, A? Doesn't have to be, though. Clean power and clean transportation are doable. Just seems like who cares. Until you are the one dying from air pollution before your natural years are done.

China has 20% of world population, 7% of world water resources. Most of that considered undrinkable by Western standards. 80% of rural water supply unsafe to drink or bathe in. 16% of Yellow River water safe to use. 80% of China's water in their south. 1/2 of population, 2/3 of farmland in their north. 100 of their major cities face severe water shortages. A few have already run dry.

EIB to unblock Euro10B for clean power, clean transportation projects.

Equis to invest $1B in India clean/renewable power market.

Several comps planning 600Mw clean/ren power projects in Africa.

Georgia Power to tender over 1Gw of clean/ren power projects.

USTDA grants for 70Mw hybrid biomass/wind projects.

Sun Edison sold 7Mw of rootop solar assets in India.

Stellar Solar offering residential solar for $2.99/w in California.

Fossil fuels industry ramping up anti-divestment strategy.

Trans Canada challenging US with $15B NAFTA case over KXL kill.

Real cost of oil production doubled since '90's. (Duh. So has mostly prices of everything because of oil prices.) Most US drilling now needs $60/bl+ for profit.

New energy deals over weekend between Russia, China.

Venezuela oil production could drop 500Kb/d soon: Barclays.

US oil rig count down 7 last week. Natgas count up 4, up 1 in previous week.

Recent earthquakes caused giant European natgas field to cut production.

Oil refinery explosion in Turkmenistan.

Colombia to auction 20 oil/gas blocks.

Gazprom expects profits to triple soon.

Oil pipeline spill in Peru Amazon.

Perdue to overhaul chicken raising standards.