GLOBAL WARMING CLIMATE CHANGE MAKES STORMS LIKE RECENTLY IN LOUISIANA AT LEAST 40% MORE LIKELY: NOAA

Strength of typhoons up 12% in last 40 years.

Costa Rica grid ran just on clean/renewable power 150 days so far this year.

Cuba wants 24% clean/ren powergen by '30.

France to launch 1.35Gw of rooftop solar tenders.

EU power consumption already below '20 targets.

Global coal plant pipeline slowed in 1H16.

EPA released final version of cross-state air pollution rule.

US deployed 41Mw power storage capacity in 2Q: GTM Research.

UK OK'd 900Mw offshore wind project.

TVA nuke plant shutdown with transformer fire.

Massachusetts nuke plant shut down for 2nd time in 3 weeks.

FBI indicted China General Nuclear Power for trying to illegally buy nuke tech secrets from US consultants.

GEVO deal to supply biojetfuel to Lufthansa for 5 years.

G20 balked on ending fossil fuel subsidies.

Possible 3B bl oil discovery in W Texas: Apache. Plus 75TCF natgas.

New natgas discovery in Egypt. Est. 500BCF.

Uganda expects to be pumping 230Kb/d by '20.

Angola breakeven ~$50/bl. Nigeria over $80. Gabon, Cameroon, Equitorial Guinea $70-80.

Norway oil fund now excluding finance for Duke Power on enviro concerns.

Shell started production on ultra-deep Gulf of Mex project.

Statoil offering severance packs for all employees.

US-led coalition destroying more ISIS oil assets in Syria.

Coal use at US educational institutions down 64% '08-'15. Now 700K tons/yr. 20 institutions no longer use any coal.

Most humpback whale species now off endangered species list. Also giant pandas.

19% of seafood mislabeled: Oceana.

NY mandated lead tests in schools.