US RAINS MAY BECOME UP TO 5 TIMES HEAVIER THIS CENTURY DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING CLIMATE CHANGE: RESEARCH

Beijing districts setting population caps to battle smog.

22M pounds of plastic enter Great Lakes ecosystem every year: study.

Mother-of-pearl holds historical ocean temp data.

Africa's largest dam inaugurated.

Norway sovereign fund divesting coal comps.

Quebec, Ontario $750M hydropower agreement.

Russia, Japan signed 23 energy agreements.

Sweden turned down an offshore wind power project.

BLM rule changes to encourage solar, wind development on Fed lands.

AEP Ohio seeks bids on 250Mw wind power, 100Mw solar power.

Fed putting up $40M for 1st open-ocean, grid-connected wave power test facility.

Feds OK'd 2 new Duke Energy nuke reactors.

Next Energy Capital bought Italian solar portfolio.

YPF got finance for 100Mw wind power project.

Sammons Renewable Energy investing $241M in Solar City portfolio.

New Nissan LEAFs going for $11,840 in Colorado, $11,510 in Texas.

Average US ethanol prices lowest this year since '03.

UK researchers found molecular key to breaking down cellulose.

Kurds ready to participate in OPEC production cuts if Iraq requires.