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Solar power at 27% of US powergen by '50 could deliver $400B of enviro, public health benefits throughout US: LNBL, NREL study.

US Clean Power Plan "can be done": EPRE CEO.

IEA: cost to implement Paris climate accords $9-15T. (That's all. US debt already $19T.)

India 1Gw new wind power tenders; plans to add 6Gw solar.

1st mammal extinction from climate change in Australia.

Zambia solar auction set new low-cost benchmark for Africa. World Bank IFC, US AID, Dutch, Dane govt support. ~6 cents/Kwh. 73Mw.

Vivent Solar (VSLR) seeks $300M for rooftop solar.

Tata Power buying 1.1Gw solar, wind portfolio in India from Welspun for $1.4B. 294MW operating.

7.75Mw Sunpower (SPWR) solar system to power new Toyota HQ.

EDF started build on near 100Mw offshore wind off Britain.

Yingli Solar return to profit.

Delhi India Metro PPA from planned 750Mw solar park.

26K new EVs sold in China in May, up 119% yoy.

TransCan, Sempria $2.1B natgas pipeline build contract Mexico.

NYC $12M to stormproof gas stations.

World oil reserves unchanged in '15: BP.

Russia central bank cutting key rate .5% to 10.5%.

Israel says offshore natgas field may be 20% less than developers say. Oy.

Colorado Marcos Shale holds up to 66TCF, up from 1.6TCF '03 estimate by USGS.

China's potential oil reserves up 64% since '07: China.

Global oil production down .8Mb/d in May: IEA.

EPA banned dumping frack wastewater into sewage plants.