GOVERNMENTS' CARBON EMISSIONS CUT PLEDGES COULD REIN IN GLOBAL WARMING BY UP TO 1*C BY 2100: CLIMATE ACTION TRACKER. But still 2.7*C rise. Temps now already 1.8*C warmer than pre-industrial age. Climate Interactive Group projects 3.5*C rise with current pledges .... Climate action now avoids over $300T of global damage/costs in future: study .... Global concentrated PV solar installed cap to increase from 282Mw in '14 to 1.3Gw by '20: Global Data .... SkyPower 150Mw solar deal in India. Also to build $440M of solar in Djibouti .... Mexico auctioned 5 oil/gas blocks. Awarded 3. Better than last auction .... Toxic algae in near 2/3 of Ohio R. last 5 weks. Challenging water utilities .... EPA finalized 2 rules to protect poorest of population from toxic substances .... China expects to miss '15 target for offshore wind projects .... Fed judge ruled BLM lacks authority to regulate fracking on public lands. (It's BLM-managed land, what the hell?) .... NextEra Energy to invest $100M in energy storage systems over next year to back up its solar, wind plants .... Sumitomo to build 50Mw wood biomass plant in Japan .... SoftBank unit to build 14Mw solar plant in Japan.