'16 3RD YEAR IN ROW OF HOTTEST GLOBAL TEMPS ON RECORD

Climate change "indisputable": Zinke.

Temps in US' Northeast rising fastest in US: Amherst study.

US energy R&D lags behind other countries: DOE.

China willing to take lead in climate change challenge.

China installed 34.2Gw new PV solar in '16: NEA.

China cancelled 103 coal power plants planned or under construction - 120Gw.

Obama admin $500M to climate fund.

NY Green Bank closed on 13 transactions in '16 to spur thousands of clean energy projects.

Poland, Italy working to halve EU '30 GHG emissions targets.

Solar employs more workers than coal, oil and gas combined: DOE.

Big oil, big auto touting hydrogen as next clean fuel choice. Daimler, Toyota, BMW to lead $10B investment.

BLM to lease 56M tons of Utah coal @ ~41 cents/ton.

Wyoming Republicans intro'd law to outlaw clean/renewable power. (Home of the dinosaurs.)

DOI plans 122K-acre offshore N Carolina wind power lease. NC lawmakers asking Trump to restrict it.

Wind turbine market to peak out at $81B in '19 before falling in '20: Global Data.

Biofuels industry ~9% of energy jobs in US: DOE.

China to boost ethanol import duties to 30% to absorb millions of tons of spoiled corn.

Argentina, Bolivia natgas exploration deal.

Exxon doubling its Permian holdings for $6.6B.

Noble Energy also boosting its Permian investment.

Indonesia's Pertamina to invest $54B in upstream assets by '25.

Nigeria oil pipeline set on fire.

International insurance comps found way around US sanctions on Iran oil cargoes.

Bridger-Teton oil/gas drilling ban.