CHINA ORDERING POWER COMPS TO ACCEPT CLEAN POWER, TACKLE GRID CONSTRAINTS

Historic drought in southern Africa getting worse.

Worst coral bleaching event on record on Great Barrier Reef. From warmer ocean.

Clean energy employs 2.5M folks in US.

US wind power helped US avoid $7.3B of health costs in '15 by displacing GHGs.

Oregon city switching 1/3 of its fleet to 100% biodiesel from fossil diesel despite 12 cents/gal more expensive.

Botswana to be power self-sufficient by '19.

Iran, Pakistan to sign MOU for 3Gw power line.

Singapore wants to be world's 1st "smart" city.

ADB teaming with Japan to invest $1.5B in Indian clean/ren power.

Comps MOU for NE Asia power grid.

Japan OK'd frozen wall of soil to prevent water from entering Fukushima nuke plant.

FTC suing VW over "dieselgate".

41 comps joined EPA effort to slash methane emissions.

USAF opened clean/ren power office.

Quakes from fracking on rise in Canada.

Abengoa (ABGB) filed Chap 15 bankruptcy in US.

~3Mb/d oil will come from new projects this year globally. 3.3M will be lost from established fields. Decline will be 1.2M bls next year.

US probably will consume record gasoline this year, beating '07.

Estimated 3 of 4 jobs in world dependent on water: UN.