BANK OF CHINA ISSUING $3B OF GREEN BONDS

Smart grid, batt power storage, energy efficiency comps raised $433M in 2Q: Mercom.

Green Climate Fund of S Korea OKd $49M loan for 143Mw solar project in Chile. $265M total investment.

Germany, Denmark joint solar tender.

Iraq closed 50Mw solar tender.

US up 5 slots in this year's global energy efficiency rankings. Tied with S Korea at 8th. Germany, Italy, Japan lead.

Canada to impose national carbon price.

Insurers not preparing for global warming climate change risk: report.

Isolated coral reefs as degraded as those near populated areas. Suggests climate change/warming the main killer: study.

Iowa ordered utilities to cash out customer solar credits.

Louisiana ran out of solar tax credits.

China cleaning air with natgas vehicles.

Tesla "master plan": car sharing, el trucks, buses, etc.

Google using AI to cut power usage 15%.

300Mw hydropower coming online this year from Ohio River dams.

Eskom (S Africa) refusing to sign new PPAs for clean/renewable power program.

EON 200Mw wind PPA with US data center firm.

Vattenfall bought 100% of Europe offshore wind deployment center from Aberdeen with additional 300M Pounds. 92.4Mw project online in '18.

LA comp building 1st solar-powered net-zero-carbon apts.

Marcellus sustaining 18BCF/d plateau for near year now. 2BCF/d in '10.

World Bank backing new coal power plant project in Kosovo.

Scientists sucking CO2 from exhaust to make bleach.

WalMart taking 8 toxins off its shelves.

EPA overlooks toxicity of combined chems: enviros.