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From Islamic State oil smuggling to Ukraine gas talks to climate change, Recharge delivers global energy's big ideas to your inbox each Saturday.听.

Kobane:听听have curbed the terrorist group's ability to finance its operations.听听of those products aross its border (though the US wishes Ankara would do more). But if IS permanently seizes Kobane, it will gain a foothold on Turkey's border,听.

Alternative energy:听听as the country prepares for a winter without Russian gas. There's hope the EU, Russia, and Ukraine can close a temporary deal to open the spigot. Even if they do,听听says US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz.

Nobel: LEDs are already dramatically cutting lighting energy use in homes and businesses听across developed nations. But the real impact of听this Nobel-winning technology听comes in bringing brighter, cleaner light to 1.4 billion people听who lack electricity worldwide. Some efficiency gains will be offset by increased electricity use, but, still,听solar LEDs beat kerosene lamps on every measure.

In the pipeline

• Monday, Oct. 13: LONDON 鈥撎�. Some 600 million sub-Saharan Africans lack electricity, but oil, gas, and renewable production is expected to spread rapidly across the continent. Visit the Monitor's听Energy Voices听on Monday for coverage of the release.
• Tuesday, Oct. 14 to Friday, Oct. 17: BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS 鈥撎�. Germany, France, and others have made significant pledges.听Peru's foreign minister听said in a speech Friday that听
• Thursday, Oct. 16: WASHINGTON 鈥� Laurence Tubiana, France's special representative for the Paris 2015 Climate Conference, and Todd Stern, the chief US climate negotiator, discuss听. France is launching听听to drum up support for international consensus听ahead of next year's talks in Paris.

Drill deeper

[The New York Times Magazine]
In 2013, oil companies in Louisiana were sued for failing to restore the coastline after drilling. If the lawsuit is successful, damages paid by oil companies would finance a multibillion-dollar plan to save the sinking coast. But the clock is ticking: Lousiana loses a Manhattan-sized chunk of land to the Gulf of Mexico every 18 months.

听摆Vox]
"We found that a lot of our customers wanted to own panels instead of just leasing," SolarCity CEO Lyndon Rive tells Vox. "There's an important emotional attachment to owning. And then the other benefit is that, when you sell your home, you can include the system into the price of your home, because it's your system."

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[Bloomberg]
Is there a new Keystone XL in town? The $10.7 billion Energy East pipeline would carry Alberta oil sands from Canada's heartland to its Atlantic coast, covering twice as much ground as Keystone XL and carrying a third more oil. By sidestepping the US, the pipeline would also bypass the political drama that has delayed Keystone approval for years.

Energy sources

• : "Kenya鈥檚 role as a regional hub for East African crude oil and petroleum products may be more significant than its potential position as an oil and gas producer."
• : "After the Commission's intervention, the UK measures in favour of Hinkley Point nuclear power station have been significantly modified, limiting any distortions of competition in the Single Market. These modifications will also achieve significant savings for UK taxpayers."
• : "Incandescent light bulbs lit the 20th century; the 21st century will be lit by LED lamps."

From Islamic State oil smuggling to Ukraine gas talks to climate change, Recharge delivers global energy's big ideas to your inbox each Saturday.听.