WORLD MAY NEED $280-500B/YR TO COPE WITH GLOBAL WARMING BY '50: UN

Banks, insurance comps, pensions, funds with $60T of assets to support $1T investment in solar.

China's largest coal comp MOU with Solar Reserve to build 1Gw concentrated solar plant after inspecting plant outside Vegas.

China wind powergen set to triple by '30 to 495Gw: Global Data.

India air pollution - in case we forget - kills .5M people/yr.

Dane solar scheme shut down after 4.5Gw of applications from 1 individual.

UK Energy bill got Parliament OK.

S Africa to launch program for up to 700Mw new solar power.

California blackouts could occur any day: utility official.

CO2 rise could speed up bees' decline.

Brazil extending soy moratorium indefinitely to protect Amazon.

Japan now has more EV charging stations than gasoline stations.

Germany powergen was 90% clean/renewable last Sunday afternoon.

Phase 2 start on Zambia solar project. 200Mw.

1Mw solar plant inaugurated in Solomons. Masdar build. Finance from $50M UAE-Pacific Partnership. Will provide 7% of Solomon's power needs.

Acciona vowing 2B Euro clean/ren investment to '20.

Gamesa offering 2Mw off-grid solution with wind, solar, diesel, batts.

BYD/Uber pilot project in NYC.

USDA, DOE $10M for biofuel production, feedstock research.

New oil/gas discoveries at 60-yr low. 2.8B bls found in '15.

18 bankruptcies of oil/gas comps in March/April. $8.9B. 69 o/g comps bankrupt since early '15.

Libya oil production reported under 212Kb/d. May be no exports coming.

"Definitive link" between fracking waste disposal and water quality: USGS.

Study links private water wells to bladder cancer in New England.

DOD spending bill would allow dirtier fuels.

Alberta Canada to restart ~1Mb/d of oil production after fire.

EIA revised crude price forecast up $6/bl.

Powerline project from Tajikistan to Pakistan to start 2-yr buildout. $1.2B for 750 kilometers.