ARCTIC WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD "BY FAR": NOAA. 3.6*F ABOVE '81-'10 AVG, HEATING TWICE AS FAST AS REST OF EARTH

Fracking can contaminate drinking water: EPA reversal.

DOI, California agreement to encourage more large-scale solar, wind, geothermal in state.

Vegas now runs 100% on clean/renewable power. (Hopefully, Lake Mead will continue to supply Hoover Dam.)

Clean/ren power averages 56% of Denmark's total powergen. Sometimes over 100%.

Power storage project finance opportunities set to proliferate amid VC surge.

Canadian Solar subsidiary completed 200Mw solar project.

Mitsubishi took stake in Belgium's largest offshore wind farm.

Gamesa built over 1.8K wind power turbines this year.

Chevrolet began Bolt deliveries in California.

Regulators can order utilities to reimburse customers: NM court.

DONG Energy phasing out coal use at Copenhagen combined heat/power (CHP) plant.

Expect global oil market to rebalance in 2H17: OPEC.

US shale oil industry to see 1st production increase this month since April '15.

China oil production jump in November.

4.7M bl build of US crude inventory last week: API. (EIA reporting net draw.)

UAE already cutting Jan oil deliveries.

Over 100M dead trees in California forests creating mini econ boom for loggers.