$7.7T NEEDED FOR ASIA TRANSITION TO CLEAN POWER, ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Florida voters OK'd removing taxes on clean/renewable power projects for commercial property.

NY using century-old law to squeeze comps on climate policies.

Drought worsening in Somalia.

Barcelona to convert up to 60% of its streets to green spaces. "Superblocks."

Robot sailboats gathering data on fish, oceans, et al.

Texas officials found 50 cases of groundwater contamination in '15.

Tesla batts to last at least 10 years: Tesla CTO.

Zen Energy (ZNNMF) launched solar, batt storage packages.

DOE proposing rule for natgas furnace efficiency.

Judge OK'd Feds to kill salmon-eating cormorants.

Largest living primate - gorilla - now critically endangered.

Utah, utility suing EPA over haze plan.

Oklahoma ordered shutdown of oil/gas wells after latest quake.

China reported its strategic oil reserves 234M bls @ midyear, up 43M yoy. Little space left: J P Morgan.

Russia depleting its oil reserves to cover budget shortfalls.

91% chance Venezuela will default on its bonds within 5 years.

US Labor Day weekend gasoline prices 12-year low.

12K Petrobras employees signed up to get fired.

Iraq, Kurds OK'd 50-50 oil revenue sharing deal, to fight ISIS together in Mosul.