CHINA UPDATED ITS 5-YEAR GREEN PLAN

Alberta, Canada switching to clean/renewable power, phasing out coal power.

World Bank issued $500M green bond.

Greece to use allowances to build coal power plants.

US Fed carbon tax "only way forward": Hansen.

Delhi, India closed schools because of dangerous smog.

Salt Lake drying up at alarming rate. Down near 40%.

Baton Rouge back to meeting ozone limits after 8 years.

400% surcharge for water use in Alabama because of extreme drought.

Giant snowballs blanketed Siberia beach.

2-headed sharks becoming more common. (Fukushima fallout in Pacific?)

Solar City (SCTY) sees big growth in Pittsburgh area.

Carbon capture/sequestration power plant project delayed again. But world's 1st steel plant CCS project started up.

US EV sales up 26% this year through October.

Daimler bringing Mercedes energy storage to US.

Nissan's European facility in England installed vehicle-to-grid tech.

N Sea oil production surging.

Natgas the way to defeat OPEC: Pickens.

Aramco stopped oil shipments to Egypt indefinitely.

Brazil oil/gas production hit record high 3.3Mboe/d in Sept.