AUSTRALIA LARGE-SCALE SOLAR COSTS FELL FURTHER IN LATEST BIDDING: ARENA

Italy OK'd Euro9B clean/renewable power subsidies.

India backtracking on clean/ren power targets.

Royal Bank of Canada advocating carbon price.

Algae blooms showing up on snow packs, glaciers. Heat up snow more, quickening melt.

Charcoal market for grilling responsible for murders, political unrest, chopping up of prime forests in Caribbean.

Sun Edison CEO resigned.

IFC bought 16.7% stake in Turk clean/ren power developer for $100M.

Solar Impulse made it across Atlantic.

$1/day EV charging in Australia.

VW to pay $10B for its diesel cheat in US.

Thailand to trial B20 in trucks, B10 for military, govt.

Maine governor exec order against higher ethanol blends.

Bashneft (Russia) up for sale - again.

Attack on Shell facility in Nigeria.

US expanded its oil storage capacity by 34M bls - 6% - Sept '15 to March '16: EIA.

California pipeline rupture sent 700 bls oil toward Pacific. Concerns over impact on land.

Halliburton, Transocean to pay $1.24B to settle BP Gulf of Mex spill.

Potash price surge could raise global food prices.

A crow knocked out power for 15K in Los Angeles.

Filtered Flint water safe to drink: EPA.