TRUMP'S EXEC ACTIONS ON ENERGY PUTS US ON PATH TO FALL FAR SHORT OF PARIS CLIMATE COMMITMENT

Bloomberg: I hope Trump listens to Ivanka on Paris commitment.

Germany urging Trump to stay in Paris agreement.

Nordic ministers throwing their weight behind Paris.

Greens suing EPA for halting power plant toxics rule.

Groups suing EPA over ozone designations.

Greens suing US over Trump's exec order on offshore oil/gas development.

Indiana governor signed net-metering bill for solar, wind.

Moab made commitment to 100% clean power by '32.

SEC probing solar power customer losses.

ARPA-E projects not cancelled, just "on hold": Murkowski.

Victoria govt: clean power with batt power storage now cheaper than natgas for peak power.

US wind power industry installed over 2Gw in 1Q: AWEA. Best Q since '09. Texas added 724Mw, Kansas 481Mw. (FERC put the new wind number at 1.48Gw.)

US wind industry to drive over $85B of econ activity '17-'20, to install 35Gw new wind: Navigant.

Wind, solar power the majority - 2.4Gw - of new US powergen capacity in 1Q: FERC. 1.48Gw wind, 939Mw solar. Natgas powergen cap now 43% of total, coal 24%, (nuclear ~20%, hydro ~10%), wind 7.1%, solar 2.1%. FERC says clean/ren powergen now 19.5%. (With nuke, clean power ~40%.)

Over 1Tw of new PV solar to be installed globally '17-'26: Navigant.

EV batt costs fell to $273/Kwh in '16, bettering cost of internal combustion engine: IEA. Est. to reach $120/Kwh by '30.

Tesla revs doubled 1Q yoy. Record deliveries, Model 3 rollout on time, pickups and truck tractors coming.

Strata Solar (NC) expanding into Va. Seeking vets to employ.

E.ON (Germany) expanding into UK with solar, power storage.

Google, E.ON bringing "Sunroof" to Germany.

PG&E to administer $240M for power storage, clean power under self-generation program.

Areaflin secured $120M for 70Mw wind farm.

Palisade, ESCO finance close for 148Mw solar project.

TVA income down 1/3 1Q from mild winter.

US ethanol industry dealt setback in Omnibus bill.

Global gasoline consumption for passenger vehicles to fall from 23Mb/d ('15) to 22.8M by '20: IEA.

Abandoned natgas line left uncapped and connected to gas well caused Colorado home explosion. Killed 2.

Russia exceeding its oil production cut quota.

Total got offshore oil/gas drilling contract in Senegal.

Baker Hughes bringing shale tech to deepwater.

Iran coal mine explosion.

US Supreme Court denied challenge over Alaska polar bear habitat.

Ethiopia in drought crisis, aid needed.

Ocean shipping deafens seals: study.

Formaldehyde not a carcinogen: industry.