3 GW OF SOLAR TENDERS COMING IN FRANCE

Median price of US installed solar down 5-12% in '15: Berkeley Labs.

Australia team reached record 97% thermal solar efficiency.

China solar demand waning.

Clean/renewable 17% of US powergen in 1H16. (Not including nuke power.) 13.7% in '15. 1H16 non-hydro 9.2%. Powergen down 2.5% v.1H15. Coal powgen down 20%, natgas up 7.6% in 1H16.

Senators intro'd bill to make power storage eligible for investment tax credit.

Climate change to double hay fever in Europe: study.

"No good" to reject climate change: US coal comp official.

Climate change began in 1830s: PAGES2K.

California bill target to reduce GHG emissions 40% from '90 levels by '30. Current law: '90 levels by '20.

L.A. to soon store 5B gallons of stormwater.

Tesla (TSLA) got US OK to buy Solar City (SCTY).

'17 Ford Focus EV getting 33.5Kwh batt. ~100-mile range.

$160M German finance for Uruguay wind farm.

Ban on fossil fuel extraction from public lands, waters could cost US govt $11B in revs, hundreds of thousands of jobs: US Chamber. ($11B not very much with $4T/yr budget; US has been adding hundreds of thousands of jobs each month.)

Top 4 oil majors burning through $80B/yr.

Fed econ adaptation dollars flowing into coal country.

W Virginia regulators halted mountaintop coal project.

Fracking linked to migraines, nasal, sinus symptoms: study.

Only 3 bidders in BOEM's 1st online lease sale for offshore oil/gas.

Iran to attend OPEC talks next month on oil output freeze.

China oil majors burning through their oil reserves.

N Sea oil comps caught in tax avoidance scheme.

25B bl discovery in E Canada. Also 20TCF natgas.

35 major fires burning up west US.

Hopi Nation pressing EPA over arsenic in water.

St Louis schools replacing faucets over lead fears.