GLOBAL CLEAN ENERGY INVESTMENT DOWN 18% in 1H15 v. 1H14: BLOOMBERG. $53B in 2Q15 v. $54B in 1Q15. $74B in 2Q14 .... Australia extended clean/renewable investment ban to small-scale solar. CEFC already banned from wind power investment .... RGGI boosted economies of 9 participating states '12-'14. But cut hundreds of millions of revs for fossil fuel power plant operators .... Natgas now more than coal in US power gen mix .... Fed judges rejected bid to undermine Colo's clean/ren energy standard on constitutional grounds .... Puerto Rico rationing water due to drought .... Drought hitting SE FL. Driest summer so far in Miami since '45 .... Governor signed bill preventing fines for dried-out Calif lawns. (Really, they needed a bill?!) .... 5 utilities emit 25% of US power sector CO2: report .... Another nuke cyberthreat in S Korea .... MIT spiking yeast to boost ethanol production .... Hanwha Solar (HQCL) got 70Mw order from India .... Newlight Tech (Cal) makes plastic from GHGs, air .... RET Capital closed $239M finance for 102Mw wind power.