AUSTRALIA RATIFIED PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT

Growing link between global warming, extreme weather: WMO '11-'15 analysis.

Plastic debris in oceans carries smell similar to seabirds' food sources.

Wild fires spreading across S Appalachia.

China's largest freshwater lake drying up fast.

China lowered its solar installs goal from 150Gw to 110Gw by '20: 60Gw distributed gen, 45Gw ground-mounted panels, 5Gw concentrated solar. By end of this year, est. 78Gw PV solar (15Gw distributed gen).

Spain's 2nd power auction coming up.

US' coal output in '16 est. lowest since '78.

Vietnam cancelled plans for its 1st nuke power plant.

Illinois lawsuit v. VW, Germany investigating the comp.

Vespa working on electric scooter.

Ferrari to build hybrids by '19.

Hyperloop deal to eval potential in UAE.

First Energy to exit competitive power market.

BP investing $30M in Fulcrum Bioenergy which makes biofuel from garbage.

Vivent Solar (VSLR) slight quarterly improvement.

Vattenfall got right to build largest yet - 600Mw - Nordic offshore wind farm in Baltic.

EIA revised up est. of US oil production in '16, '17.

Conoco to sell its natgas assets for $8B.

UK warship to guard oil shipping off Yemen.