PRUITT CONFIRMED FOR EPA. (GUARD OUR CLEAN WATER AND AIR. I DOUBT HE'S GOING TO MAKE IT CLEANER.)

DOE removed its online phone directory.

Heat waves, health risks sweeping LatAm cities.

EC gave UK "final warning" over air pollution levels.

EU countries should close all their coal power plants by '30 to meet Paris climate goals: Climate Analytics.

Slowing currents could bolster oceans' capacity to hold carbon: science. (I guess that's good news unless slowing currents is bad news.)

New tech could unlock up to $1.6T of energy savings by '35: McKinsey Global Institute.

750Mw of solar power tendered in India for record low 4.4cents/Kwh tariff. 3 India comps to build. Tariffs to rise over 15 years for overall 4.9cent tariff.

Record solar installs in Australia in '16.

Brit startup Powervault to boost its production of lead-ion, lithium-ion batts for power storage. Targeting 50K units/year by '20. Aiming for 1K this year.

Duke Energy planning multibillion dollar upgrade effort.

Kia to intro EV in '18.

US oil rig count up 6 last week, natgas rigs up 4.

Trans Canada asking Nebraska OK for Keystone Pipeline.

Brit Columbia OK'd LNG projects on Native Nations land.

Belarus buying Iran oil 1st time ever over Russia oil.

Kuwait not complying with OPEC limits, says production 2.75Mb/d.