NASA MISSIONS LAUNCHED TO TRACK GHGs

Warmer ocean waters driving Antarctica ice melt: study.

Green bonds up $7B in 2Q. $35B in 1H.

Greensburg, Kansas - once destroyed by tornado - now 100% powered by wind.

602Mw aps for 500Mw of rooftop solar in India tender.

"15 years from now every car on roads will be electric": Branson. (What about trucks?)

US EPA Clean Power Plan called "un-American" by Ohio congressman Johnson. Really.

Earthquake off Daytona. Fig that.

1st net loss of forested lands in Iowa in 40 years: USGS.

Marshes drained by Suddam Hussein named world heritage site.

Solar City (SCTYQ) raised $345M in tax equity since June, increased debt $110M to $760M. (Hay, money's cheap.)

DOE $15M for algae tech research to drop costs for biofuels.

Ballard to build fuel cell factory in China. (Stock up over 40% today. Play the market.)

NY governor backing 90Mw offshore wind power site.

Shenergy 1st install for 100Mw offshore Shanghai wind project.

Duke Energy $1.5M for 30% more public EV charging in N Carolina.

India plans 148Mw solar power at airports.

S Africa utility got $1.3B loan from ADB for more clean/renewable power grid.

Southern Comp syngas from coal power plant started up in Mississippi. Stores majority of CO2 emissions.

Fed appeals court rejected enviro challenge to LNG project in Chesapeake.

Dinosaurs choked to death on fossil fuels: study.

CNOOC to idle Alberta oil sands unit.

Iraq started LNG exports with natgas flaring waste. And Baghdad maybe OK'd Kurd separate oil policy to get $5.3B IMF loan.

US oil rig count up  last week. Natgas rigs up 1.

1st African passenger flights started with 30% biofuel. S Africa Airways. Using nicotine-free tobacco plants.

100Kb/d oil offline in Libya from labor strikes. 2 oil shipments delayed.

Petrobras OK'd by Brazil to halt production on 16 oil platforms.

Ecuador oil reserves up'd to 4B bls.