US PLEDGED 26-28% GHG EMISSIONS CUT BY '25 FROM '05 LEVELS. (Republicans to try to block anyway they can. Don't you just love that?) China, India, many others to miss today's informal deadline to submit pledges. US has already cut more carbon emissions than any other country .... Russia pledged at least 1/4 GHG emissions cut from '90 levels by '30 .... Global clean/renewable power investment up 17% in '14 to near record: UN .... 100Gw new clean/renewable power built in '14 .... Automakers surpassed US light-duty GHG emission standards by wide margin 2nd year in row. 1.4MPG better than standards in '13, fleet record avg 24.1MPG, .5 over '12. 30MPG Vs up 3x v. '08. SUV fuel econ increasing fastest of any type .... Wettest March in century in India .... Deadly Chile rains linked to global warming climate change: WMO official .... France mandating "green" roofs for all new bldgs in commercial areas. At least 50% cover with solar or plants .... Blue crabs migrating to north of Cape Cod with warmer ocean .... Bighorn sheep returning to Cal natl parks .... USDA $332M to protect environmentally sensitive lands .... China moving to prevent new solar production capacity .... Terra Form (TERP) bought 168Mw of solar plants from Sun Edison (SUNE) in 1Q15 for ~$110M .... Canadian Solar (CSIQ) completed buy of Recurrent from Sharp .... Space X to buy $90M of Solar City (SCTY) bonds .... $38M of grants to fund "down payment" to communities hit by coal downturn .... HECO approved backlog of rooftop solar on Maui, Big I. 331 on Maui, 336 on Big I. Also 90% of 2,479 aps pending on Oahu to be cleared by May .... EnerNOC (ENOC), Sunpower (SPWR) strategic agreement to allow SPWR customers to verify impact of solar investment, drive optimum power savings .... Yingli started on 50Mw solar plant in China. Online 4Q .... Thailand wants to be EV manufacturing hub.