ITALY, BULGARIA GOING NO GMOs .... 2/3 of EU cropland, population ditching GMO crops .... Food comps urging govts to act on climate .... El Nino-related crop failures threatening millions of folks: Oxfam .... Fish, larvae moving as climate changes: NOAA .... US Supreme Court to hear moose hunter's hovercraft ban in national parks challenge. (Really?! The Supreme Court has nothing better to judge?! What the hecky hooey is this issue about?)

GIANT GEYSER ERUPTION SURPRISE IN YELLOWSTONE. (SURPRISE THIS - IF YELLOWSTONE VOLCANO BLOWS, KISS OUR PRESENT LIFE VAYA CON DIOS. CAN WE RELIEVE THE DANG MAGMA BUILDUP WITH GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS THERE? Like NOW? OR IS IT TOTALLY IN OUR LORD'S HANDS? Oy. Or not a prob?)

INDIA PLEDGED TO CUT GHG EMISSIONS 33-35% FROM '05 LEVELS, GET TO 40% CLEAN POWER BY '30. Their econ projected to grow ~7x in same time period. They ask for "tech transfers", aid from UN Green Climate Fund .... New EPA smog rule lowers ground ozone limit to 70 PPB from 75 set in '08. Weakest level recommended by scientists. (Another capitulation to fossil industry. Daddy oil bucks.) .... Collective nations' emissions cut pledges will reduce global warming to 6.3*F by 2100 v. 8.1* without: Climate Interactive. Nations pledged in '10 to limit warming to 3.6* .... Chaw on that, pards. Happy weekend. Onward and upward. More to come.

FRIDAY OPEN .... Market down 133/33/17. WTI under $45, Brent under $48 .... 142K new jobs Sept, wages down .... US factory orders down 1.7% Aug .... Taliban shot down US transport plane: Taliban .... (stock #s in %) ASPW up 93. WEST up 13 more ..... BLSP down 16. MYRG down 9, new low. OESX down 3, new low. ACPW down 2, new low. GLBL down 1, new low.

THURSDAY CLOSE .... Market flat/mixed. (TDA not even reporting Naz volume lately on top. But it's been picking up as I check previous days on bottom.) WTI ~$45, Brent ~$48. US natgas $2.47 .... Iran troops to join Syria war. NATO says Russia airstrikes in Syria "troubling". Russia has sent over 50 aircraft to Syria. And marines, paratroopers, special forces, helicopters, etc. Their airstrikes hit CIA-trained rebs. Sauds demanding Russia stop Syria airstrikes. Iraq says OK for Russia airstrikes on ISIS in Iraq .... Abbas: Palestinians no longer bound by pacts with Israel .... US auto sales up fastest in decade on SUVs, cheap cred, low gas .... $30 oil would stop US stripper wells .... (stock #s in %) WEST up 76. (Finally some response.) LYSDY up 19 with volume. ACFN up 15. BWEN up 13 with news. RNWEF up 12 with volume. VSPC up 11 with volume. EVSI up 11. RGSE up 10. TERP up 7. ASYS, NANO flat, new lows ..... CCGI down 13 with super volume. XSNX, ABAT down 11 with volume. ENZR down 11, new low. ASTI down 11. OPTT down 10, new low with volume. AWSL down 10. AMTX down 9. LMRMF down 8, new low with news. NTCXF down 7. ACPW down 5, new low with volume. GLBL down 5, new low. LEDS down 4, new low with volume. CLNT down 2, new low with volume.

GOVERNMENTS' CARBON EMISSIONS CUT PLEDGES COULD REIN IN GLOBAL WARMING BY UP TO 1*C BY 2100: CLIMATE ACTION TRACKER. But still 2.7*C rise. Temps now already 1.8*C warmer than pre-industrial age. Climate Interactive Group projects 3.5*C rise with current pledges .... Climate action now avoids over $300T of global damage/costs in future: study .... Global concentrated PV solar installed cap to increase from 282Mw in '14 to 1.3Gw by '20: Global Data .... SkyPower 150Mw solar deal in India. Also to build $440M of solar in Djibouti .... Mexico auctioned 5 oil/gas blocks. Awarded 3. Better than last auction .... Toxic algae in near 2/3 of Ohio R. last 5 weks. Challenging water utilities .... EPA finalized 2 rules to protect poorest of population from toxic substances .... China expects to miss '15 target for offshore wind projects .... Fed judge ruled BLM lacks authority to regulate fracking on public lands. (It's BLM-managed land, what the hell?) .... NextEra Energy to invest $100M in energy storage systems over next year to back up its solar, wind plants .... Sumitomo to build 50Mw wood biomass plant in Japan .... SoftBank unit to build 14Mw solar plant in Japan.

THURSDAY OPEN .... Market down 103/18/3. WTI over $46, Brent over $49 .... US manufacturing down .... China factory gauge stabilized .... Afghan forces retook city from Taliban. Taliban denies .... (stock #s in %) LYSDY up 19. CABN up 12. RNWEF up 12 with volume. TERP up 8 .... BFRE down 13. QTMM down 12. VSPC down 11 with news. AWSL, SEDG down 10. CLNT down 7, new low. SENY down 4, new low. TSLA down 3 with news. ACPW down 1, new low.