CHINA SAYS 1/2 OF NEW VEHICLES TO HAVE ZERO EMISSIONS BY '21

Scotland wind farm operators made 217M Pounds over last 5 years by switching off their turbines for grid balance. Costs passed onto households, of course.

International agreement signed to reduce risk of terror attacks on nuke power plants.

UK cleantech investment up 55% in 1Q.

California utility-scale solar passed wind power 1st time ever.

Mountain Pine Beetle outbreak subsiding in US West.

5 S Pacific islands lost to rising ocean.

Record number sea otters stranded in Alaska.

Sky Solar (SKYS) unit bought 22Mw of solar farms in US for $57M in stock, cash.

JA Solar (JASO) started production at new 1.5Gw/yr panel factory in China.

Total to buy French batt maker for $1.1B.

Comp planning $300M investment for 100Mw hydro project in Philippines.

Lyft to use autonomous Chevy Bolts.

Next BMW i8 to get range, power boost: report.

200-mile range Hyundai SUV EV in the works: report.

Adani (India) OK'd to build 3Gw/yr solar module factory.

Trump says he'll reopen US coal mines. (What, now he likes to lose money?)

Groundwater contamination from fracking changes over time: study.

Some 1Mb/d Alberta Canada oil sands production offline from fire.

Oil products glut in Asia from China refineries.

Iraq oil exports record 3.36Mb/d in April.

Libya oil storage filling up, 120Kb/d of production may halt next week.

Iran oil exports back near pre-sanction levels.

US oil rig count down 4 last week. Natgas rig count down 1. International rig count down 21% on year.

US natgas production from fracking now ~2/3 of total: EIA.

Rosneft made 1st LNG delivery ever to Egypt.

10K peoples' march against coal in Philippines.