PARIS PACT "ARCHITECT": TEXT VERY CLEAR -- GOALS CAN"T GO DOWN

White House leaning toward pulling out of Paris Climate Accords by next week.

Paris pact an "America 2nd" strategy: Pruitt.

Trump energy efficiency cuts facing resistance.

Trump appointed clean power critic to DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

Pruitt signaled lifting ethanol seasonal restrictions.

EIA says US wind powergen 8% of total powergen. "More than any other renewable source." (Um, except for nuke and hydro, EIA.) (FERC puts wind at 7.1%.)

US wind industry to install 59Gw more over coming decade: MAKE Consulting.

Mexico held its 3rd energy auction.

China solar output up 80% in Q1 Y/Y, now up to 21.4Gwh. Added over 21Gw to total solar power capacity, now ~85Gw. About 2.3Gwh of solar was idled during Q1.

Average utilitization hours for China wind farms have declined several years in a row. They are shifting new development to south China.

New rules for Brazil small hydro power.

Southern Energy turning to D.C. for help to finish building reactors.

Worker error caused NJ nuke plant shutdown.

Tesla to open its own repair shops.

S Korea OK'd Samsung self-drive vehicle pilot testing on public roads.

Major German fish distributor buying 80 E vans from Deutsche Post.

Mahindra pulling out of UK EV market. Low sales.

Iberdrola on board for Apple 200Mw wind project.

Vivent Solar expanding into Rhode Island.

Solar City delayed solar roof tile models.

Lawsuit filed v. loosening of coal ash dump rules.

OPEC production cuts deal extension a "foregone conclusion" Hamm.

Nigeria sees oil production jump to 2.5Mb/d by '19. 2.2M now.

Iran to raise oil production from field shared with Sauds.

Kuwait Energy filed for IPO in London.

Kuwait sees $80 oil by '20.

Cuba imported 1st Russian crude since fall of USSR.

BLM froze central California fracking leases in deal with enviros.

Colorado regulators appealing ruling requiring more oil field scrutiny.

Energy Transfer opened 2 new US-to-Mexico natgas pipelines.

Huge concentrations of sulfur found in Himalayan soil from internal combustion engine exhaust: U of Cincinnati research.

Hundreds of dead fish washed up on Jersey shore.

NYC looking to chlorinate sewer pipes.

Drinking water contamination in Washington State wells.

Foreclosures loom for Flint Mich residents not paying their water bills.