OVER HALF OF INVESTMENT IN NEW POWER GEN GLOBALLY NOW IN CLEAN/RENEWABLE .... $260B/yr investment in clean/ren globally last 5 yrs .... Green bond issues for low-carb projects over $36B in '14, more than triple '13 .... PV solar prices down over 80% since '08 .... PV solar grid parity in 80% of countries in next 2 yrs. Already less than grid in 42 of 50 largest US cities .... Industrial aps of energy efficiency can deliver 100% payback in 5 yrs .... Latest wind turbines produce 15x more power than in '90 .... Energy storage expected to drop to $100/Kwh next 5 yrs from $250 now .... Warmest winter in Oregon, Wash since Dust Bowl. Record low snowpack .... Unusually mild winter in Lapland .... China needs CO2 cap to meet emissions pledges: official .... Tentative agreement to end US refinery strike .... If climate damages figured into US fuel pump prices, gasoline would be $6.25/gal, diesel $7.72. (And then there's govt subsidies for fossil industry.) .... Alaska Railroad wants to ship LNG to Fairbanks area. (Yea, that should go well.) .... Lawmakers in over a dozen states trying to ensure they get final say on states' response to EPA clean power plan .... Canada jumped ahead of US with rules for oil trains .... India plans to develop 20 hydropower projects totaling near 11Gw .... Bakken oil production down in Jan. (Usually is in dead of winter.) .... LA allowing free gardens on city land between sidewalks, streets. Was $400 permit .... Miss Power fired up gasifiers at new power plant. Lignite coal to syngas to power turbines. Online 1H16. "Like sticking lighter out moving car window, keeping it lit." Designed to capture 65% of CO2 emissions .... Arlington TX to save $14M with LED street lighting .... Enel connected 61Mw wind power to Chile grid. Enel '14 net profit down 32% .... 49Mw wind project started in Pakistan with Hydro China .... 10Mw hydropower plant online in S Africa .... Enel's Spain unit, Nissan to tap EVs for home/grid power/storage. To bring systems to market .... Dow Chem to buy 200Mw of TX wind farm power. Online 1Q16 .... About 900Mw wind installs expected in US this year .... IADB OK'd $100M finance for biofuel, sustainable ag projects in Brazil .... Turk comp to build Croatia's 1st geothermal power plant. 10Mw for $33M online in '17 .... Vattenfall 1.66B Euro of new bonds to refinance .... Xcel Energy bought 140Mw solar power from Next Era Energy .... Adani plans $3.1B clean power park .... Overhaul of EU sustainable rules could boost econ $318B .... Sauds get 65% of power from oil. (And solar is cheaper than $10 oil in that part of world.) Kuwait 71% from oil. Yemen near 100% .... Northeast US power regulators want stricter ozone standards .... DOE shifted research focus from cellulosic ethanol to drop-in biofuels .... Porsche may compete with Tesla (TSLA) with EVs .... Australia banned import-export of lion parts .... Dutch confirmed 1st wolf sighting in 100 yrs.