MONDAY CLOSE .... MARKET FLAT/MIXED

WTI under $38, Brent under $40. US natgas $1.82.

Putin ordered troops out of Syria. "Main part to start".
Morgan Stanley cut S&P target.
American ISIS fighter captured in Iraq.
What is Obama doing about Flint? Or anything else lately?
Arctic 18*F above normal in Feb.
Generic Viagra OK'd. O my. Watch out ladies.

(stock #s in %; new highs/lows over last 12 months):

KNDI up 19 with super volume after reporting. WATT up 17 with volume. NFEC up 14. FCEL up 13 with volume. BBLU up 12 with very heavy volume. ABGB, LEXG, SUNE up 11. ACFN up 10. LTBR, CABN up 9. LEDS up 7 with heavy volume. LIME up 7.

LYSDY down 16. WWPW down 15. PSON down 13. GPRC down 11. AWSL down 10. ASTI down 9 with volume. OOIL down 8, new low. ZAPP down 8.

GLOBAL WARMING CLIMATE CHANGE CAN BE SINGLED OUT AS FACTOR IN SOME EPISODES OF EXTREME WEATHER: STUDY

Oregon governor signed bill raising state's clean/renewable power mandate to 50%, ending reliance on coal power.

Siemens to build onshore wind turbine blade factory in Morocco. Online in '17.

NREL, 8 other US national labs to help 1st group of small bizzes to advance clean energy products. Up to $20M for each biz.

New Poland govt under fire for crackdown on wind power expansion.

Iran Feb oil exports up ~250Kb/d from sanction levels. March may be up ~150K more. Transactions still difficult with remaining sanctions. (Their long-range missiles relatively inaccurate.)

Oilpipe from Iraq Kurdistan to Turkey port back online last week.

ISIS expanding on Libya coast from Sirte to Sabratha, Tripoli. Brit special forces along Tunisia border.

China plan to move coal burning out of individual buildings to central locations to improve efficiency, lower emissions.

Russia announced 10% drop in military procurement because of budget probs. Moody's withdrew from rating Russian comps because of new Russian law that ratings must go through their central bank.

2 comps investing $130M for 150Mw solar in Mauritius. 10Mw 1st phase online next month.

29Mw, 6-yr-old wind farm in Spain sold for $52M.

Solar roofs, EVs OK'd in Thailand. 100Mw of solar roofs.

Protests in Taiwan to close nuke power plants.

Spencer invented microwave in '45 after chocolate in pants melted after passing by magnetron. 20 years to perfect. (How life works.)

UK-Iceland geothermal power link could be built by '23: former official.

United Airlines biofuel supply deal with Honeywell.

Brazil pairing up hydropower with floating solar.

Israel military replacing all diesel generators with solar.

India aluminum comp investing $100M in clean/ren power.

2 comps major winners in 1.2Gw India solar power tender.

$4.5M from ARPA-E for new low-cost offshore wind tech research using thunderstorm physics to harvest energy from water droplets.

UK's Faradion moving sodium-ion batt storage tech forward.

$6.8B D.C. utility merger rejected by "Office of the People's Counsel". (How long has D.C. been ruled by communists?)

LBNL making graphene energy storage for fuel cell EVs.

Up to 13M Americans at risk from sea level rise: study. (I'm betting mostly in Florida.)

FDA tentatively OK'd release of GM'd mosquitos to stem Zika.

11 US states failed to file SO2 emissions reduction plans: EPA. (Who cares enough about what we breathe? 39 states? Guess the politics of those 11 states.)

Rain barrels illegal in Colorado? (I remember giving one to a friend in Kentucky in '85.)

MONDAY OPEN .... MARKET DOWN 17/1/7

WTI under $37, Brent under $39.
Iran plans to boost oil production.
Cyberattack on small dam outside NYC "a shot across our bow by Iran": Schumer.

India wholesale prices down.

(stock #s in %; new highs/lows over last 12 months):

BBLU up 24 with volume. ASTI up 14 more. KNDI up 11 with volume after reporting. WATT up 10. CABN up 9. ENZR up 8 with heavy volume. FCEL up 6. BLSP up 3, new high.

XSNX down 15, new low. WWPW down 15. CSUN down 14, new low with heavy volume. PSON down 12. OOIL down 11, new low. BSRC down 11. CCTC down 9. WNDW down 6. GTATQ down 5, new low.

FRIDAY CLOSE .... MARKET UP 218/86/32

WTI over $38, Brent over $40. US natgas $1.82.

China industrial output, retail sales slowed.
China liquidating US Treasuries.

(stock #s in %; new highs/lows over last 12 months):

ASTI up 65 with heavy volume before reporting after close. WWPW up 36. SZYM up 23 with very heavy volume, news. LSCG up 20 with heavy volume. ZNNMF up 16. NTCXF up 13 with volume. BSRC up 13. GPRC up 12 with volume, up 11x from 12-month bottom. WNDW up 10. BLSP, LYSDY up 8. RVLT up 7 with volume after reverse split. SUNE up 6.

BBLU down 25 with extremely heavy volume. ALTI down 18 with volume. FCSMF down 18 with heavy volume. CSUN down 15, new low with heavy volume. CCGI down 14. NFEC down 10 with heavy volume. PRHL down 10. GTATQ down 9, new low with volume. ACFN down 9.

NEW DEVELOPMENT BANK PLANS $1B GREEN BOND ISSUE

Patagonia, 4 other comps to create $35M fund to finance over 1,500 solar roof systems in 8 US states.

Con Edison to send reports to ~270K customers in NY with recommendations on how to lower their power bills.

1st shipment of Marcellus ethane heading to Norway.

Norway to invest near $1B for bicycling infrastructure.

Oil/gas boom (US) not to blame for methane spike in atmos: study.

Rising seas, "or whatever", can't be fixed: Rubio.

CO2 in atmos at record highs.

LatAm oil giants owe $275B.

Bank of China $300M loan for Argentina wind farm expansion.

21 teens suing US govt over global warming climate change. Admin, industry asking judge to dismiss.

130 scientists condemn flawed review process for LNG project.

Pod Point to supply EV charging stations for VW in England.

FRIDAY OPEN .... MARKET UP 158/42/20

WTI over $38, Brent over $40.

Canada unemployment up to 7.3%.

(stock #s in %; new highs/lows over last 12 months):

WWPW up 36 on 1K shares. CCGI up 16. ASTI up 10. BSRC, GPHBF up 9. CABN up 8. RGSE up 7. SZYM up 7 with news.

ALTI down 18 with volume. BBLU down 12 with heavy volume. OPTT down 11 after reporting. SENY down 8. WATT down 8 after reporting.

THURSDAY CLOSE .... MARKET FLAT/MIXED

WTI ~$38, Brent over $40. US natgas $1.81.

Canada became US creditor.

(stock #s in %; new highs/lows over last 12 months):

PEIX up 29 with very heavy volume after reporting. OPTT up 27 with very heavy volume, news. GTATQ up 18 with volume. CHGT up 16 with volume. RGSE, RNWEF, CABN up 15. ALTI up 10. ASTI, PLUG up 7.

EFOI down 41 with very heavy volume after reporting. PSON down 17 with heavy volume. BSRC down 14 with heavy volume. CSIQ down 13 with very heavy volume after reporting. FCEL down 12 with heavy volume after reporting. ABGB down 12. AETI down 11. URRE down 10 with heavy volume. MEEC down 10. NTCXF down 9. AMRS down 8, new low. BBLU down 8 with very heavy volume. AMSC down 7. RVLT down 6, new low with news.