FED APPEALS COURT DENIED INITIAL BID TO BLOCK CLEAN POWER PLAN .... US on track for record solar installs this year, up to 7.7Gw. 1.4Gw installed in 2Q, up 8.7% on year. Residential installs up 70%. 40% of 16.7Gw of utility solar projects in development beat coal, natgas on price. Total US solar capacity now over 20Gw .... Calif Dems removing part of climate bill that would cut petrol use 50% by '30 .... NAM ad blames China for US ozone levels .... US sagebrush restoration helping songbirds: study .... Seals messengers of mercury contamination: study .... France to close oldest nuke power plant .... Suburban waste may turn frogs female: study .... 18th typhoon this year to hit Japan .... 5 African nations moving to curb illegal timber trade .... Australia $246M boost for solar .... Bangladesh land reclamation plan to fight rising sea .... US national labs pilot programs to get clean tech ideas to market by working with regional tech comps .... TX utility proposes fee hike on rooftop solar .... Canadian Solar (CSIQ) module supply contract with Vivent Solar (VSLR) .... Sun Edison (SUNE) net losses more than 5x deeper in 2Q .... India to start offering offshore wind blocks for development .... Guangdong China to speed development of nuke, NG, wind, solar power. $23B investment '15-'17. Nuke, NG to get most .... Public finance for geothermal power must increase 7-10x in developing countries: report .... Zawahiri declared war on IS. (Um, wonder why US hasn't found Zawahiri?) .... US oil production expected to fall to 8.6Mb/d by next August: EIA. Peaked at 9.6M in April .... Global oil production to remain unchanged at 96.5Mb/d this year. 97.3M expected in '16 with more from Iran (assuming nuke deal approved). EIA says WTI to avg ~$53, Brent ~$58 in '16 .... Kurds in Turkey say they will stop bombing pipelines .... Emera (Canada) to buy Teco Energy (Florida) for $6.5B .... UK rejected 4 onshore wind power plans in Wales. 300Mw .... Enel Green Power finished 50Mw wind project in Uruguay .... Investment in public, low-emission transportation, bldg efficiency, waste management in cities could save $17T ('15 $s) by '50: research. Also would cut GHG emissions equivalent to India's present annual level - 3.7 Gigatons .... Cities emit 70% of global GHG emissions .... TSK Group $385M solar deal in Kuwait .... France to subsidize clean/renewable power projects abroad .... Jinko Solar $1.6B new credit line .... Israel updated clean/ren power plan.