NORWAY, NETHERLANDS, AUSTRIA, INDIA ON VERGE OF BANNING GAS CARS

S Korea to crack down on diesel emissions.

Latin America on track to install 2.2Gw of solar power this year: GTM Research.

Daiwa House to build 30Mw solar for Nippon unit.

Nepal wants investors for 10Gw of hydropower to be completed by '26.

Scot Parliament voted to ban fracking.

Clinton: raise Fed royalties on oil comps.

Venezuela leaving oil tankers stranded offshore. Maduro accusing US of taking over Venezuela oil industry.

Nigeria militants vow to shut down all oil production in country - now ~1.1Mb/d left.

Feds OK'd 350MCF/d LNG terminal near Savannah. Cost over $300M.

5 new oil blocks up for fall auction in Oman.

Rosatom (with GE) may soon supply 10% of US nuke fuel needs. Already controls 20% of US enriched uranium market, near 17% of global nuke fuel market, supplies all of Russia's 76 reactors plus reactors in 14 other countries.

Report corrected: "only" 22% of Great Barrier Reef dead from bleaching (from warmer waters).

"Bionic leaf" makes liquid fuels without using farmland.

Los Alamos cleanup to cost double EPA estimate: New Mexico.

Residents suing Philadelphia utility over lead tests of drinking water.

100K folks in Alabama warned to avoid contaminated taps.