The US EPA and DOE released their updated list of most fuel efficient cars on the market in 2014. The all electric Chevy Spark, Honda Fit and Fiat 500e top the list. [Clean Technica]

Geopolitical tension in the Middle East has been ratcheting up, first with last month’s Iranian embassy bombing in Beirut and now with the killing of a senior Hezbollah commander also in Beirut both being blamed on Saudi Arabian intelligence. [BBC News and the Wall Street Journal]

Noble Energy finds more gas offshore Israel. “Analysis of drilling data and wireline logs suggests resources in the range 640-770 bcf (18-22 bcm). Reservoir sands were of high quality, Noble added, with potential for per-well productivity of 250 MMcf/d (7 MMcm/d) of gas.” [Offshore]