MIDWEST US STATES NOW GET 20% OF THEIR POWER FROM WIND

Wind power 5.5% of US el gen in '16.

US power storage installs doubled in '16.

Brookfield taking control of Sun Ed assets (TERP, GLBL) for $1.41B.

Beijing cut GHG emissions ~1% in '16: Greenpeace. 4th year in row of cuts.

UK CO2 emissions down 5.8% in '16 with record 52% drop in coal use: Carbon Brief.

Australia launched exchange to trade solar, stored power from homes. Greensync. Market expected to triple.

Neoen (France) targeting 1Gw of wind, solar power in Australia by '20.

Heat records to be broken this week in US south.

1.7M children die per year from unhealthy environment: WHO.

Permafrost thaw intensifying in N Canada. Now ~52K square miles.

Parts of tropics got too hot for most living organisms 56M years ago.

Cars on their way out: Berlin's Transport Secretary.

NY intro'd $2K EV rebate effective April 1.

US EV sales up 68% in Feb yoy.

Russia energy industry has overcome US sanctions: Russia's energy minister.

Big oil plans 15% output growth by '21.

Consol moving ahead with coal divestment plans.

Levels of toxic metals near oil sands normal: studies.