GLOBAL CLEAN ENERGY INVESTMENT DOWN 22% FROM 4Q15 TO $53B IN 1Q16 FROM CHINA SLOWDOWN: BLOOMBERG

12% less than 1Q15. China invested $11.8B in 1Q16, down 37% yoy, down 50% from 4Q15. US investment up 7% in 1Q16 to $9.7B. Europe investment up 70% 1Q16 yoy to $17B with several offshore wind projects.

Global solar PV manufacturing expansion plans over 22Gw in 1Q16: PV Tech. 49Gw in last 2 quarters. Module assembly expansion announcements ~12Gw in 1Q16, ~ same as 4Q15. Leaders - China, India, S Korea, Malaysia, Vietnam.

US Senate passed energy reform legislation. Conference talks with House next step.

San Francisco 100% rooftop solar legislation. (More details somewhere, to be sure.)

Put a price on America's nature to protect it: World Bank.

NY agreement between utilities, solar developers on new solar net metering plan.

Iran banned imports of incandescent light bulbs. Also, no more production of incandescent bulbs over 40w in country.

CREE unveiled new line of LED streetlights.

Solar projects - 35Mw total - cancelled in south, central Russia. Ruble deval made them too costly.

BYD (BYDDF) entering US EV market with electric buses.

New EV planned for Brazil.

Energy Recovery (ERII) $11M deal to build natgas processing plant in Mideast.

Germany asking Belgium to shut down 2 nuke reactors.

Vestas (VWDRY) to test 4-rotor wind tower with Tech U of Denmark.

NREL researching capture of waste heat with nanotubes.

10Mwh energy storage project in India. Panasonic/AES.

Russia won $50B ruling in decade-old Yukos suit.

Turks to invest in 480Mw combined-cycle natgas power plant project in Iran.

Vattenfall selling its German coal ops.

Coal stockpiles at US power plants highest in at least 25 yrs: EIA.

Nestle axed GMO ingredients, additives in some US ice creams.

1/2 of Great Barrier Reef coral dead or dying: report.

Bluefin tuna population down 97%: study.

Criminal charges filed in Flint water crisis.

Cameroon torched huge pile of ivory. (I'll ask again: why not sell the ivory to raise funds to stop elephant poaching?)