CITIZENS AROUND WORLD SUING GOVERNMENTS OVER GHG EMISSIONS

Kansas stopped work on EPA Clean Power Plan compliance.

Cal governor made state water conservation rules permanent. Drought not ending anytime soon.

India drought shut down oil/gas refinery. India also shutting aging coal power plants.

US denied permit for $665M coal terminal in Washington State. Would interfere with Native American fishing rights.

Enbridge buying stakes in 3 DONG wind projects - 1.4Gw - offshore France for $218M.

Enel Green started building 150Mw solar in Minnesota. Online by yearend. 16 sites. $290M. Xcel Energy PPA.

13MW solar, 6Mwh batt storage project in Connecticut by Solar City, partner.

Roadblock removed for 3Gw geothermal power potential in Kenya.

E-Force (Switzerland) developing 18-ton el truck.

Tesla Model 3 to have 50% fewer batt cells than Model S.

Most European automakers unable to meet EU emissions standards.

Over 1M gallons of cellulosic ethanol made in US in 1Q (260b/d). 2.2M gal made in '15.

DOE $90M for advanced biofuels pilot projects, demos.

US March ethanol exports up 42% on China demand. 52-month high.

Berkeley Lab found bacteria that eats switchgrass to make biofuel.

Estimated 16B bls of oil reserves being left undeveloped by '25 from oil/gas capex cutback.

10 oil comps standardizing production equipment to cut costs.

Venezuela oil production down 188Kb/d in 1Q to 2.59M. Halliburton, Schlumberger cut backs on lack of payments.

Alaska's oil production down to 500Kb/d. Now uses 1/4 of pipeline. State facing $4B budget deficit.

LNG, methanol determined best alt fuels for ocean ships: report.

Oil tanker collided with buses in Afghanistan. 73 dead.

Major natgas find in Senegal by Texas comp. 25TCF.

Natgas, condensates find in Angola by US comp.

Iran putting brakes on Iraq Kurd independence.

Most US Arctic oil/gas leases given up.

ITER fusion experiment startup date slipped to '25 from '20.