WEDNESDAY OPEN .... MARKET UP 65--1--2

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

URRE up 43 with extreme volume.
NTCXF up 21 with heavy volume.
ENPH up 17 with heavy volume.
AMLM up 13.
FCSMF up 12.
GEVO up 11.
OCLN up 9 more.
RGSE up 9.
AXPW, EVSI up 7.
QTWWQ, CCGI up 6.
ACFN, SPWR, PALAF (with volume) up 5.
LTBR up 5 with very heavy volume.
ASYS, ARVCF, GPHBF, PRHL, RUN up 4.
CSIQ, KNDI up 3.

TERP down 9 with news.
BSRC, BNET down 8.
INVT down 7.
VSPC, VECO (with volume) down 6.
AETI down 5.
GLBL, TVIA down 4.
MGPHF down 3.

'16 2ND WARMEST YEAR IN US RECORDS: NOAA

Obama admin added rusty-patched bumblebee to endangered species list. Once common, now on brink of extinction.

Paris mayor seeks to cut car #s in half.

Cities uniting to seek "record breaking" EV fleet.

ADB $75M China green bus loan.

Enel maiden E1.25B green bond.

Greek wind tender launch.

Hawaii's HECO seeks shovel-ready wind power projects.

Wind alone powered Scotland 4 days straight in late December.

Giant Leap Solar collab with LLNL for solar tech 10x cheaper than fossil fuels.

100Mw pumped-hydro storage project OK'd in Wales.

Sun Edison sold 1.7Gw wind, solar projects in India to Greenko.

Indian Point nuke power plant (near NYC) to close in '21. 1/4 of power for NYC, Westchester County.

Coal mining comp scrapped plans for Colorado coal gasification plant.

US coal railcar loads down 20% yoy last week of '16.

Trump met with RFK, Jr., coal execs.

Lebanon offshore oil/gas auction coming up. Est. 96TCF, 865M bls.

Mexican riots over 20% rise in fuel pump prices.

US plans to sell 8M bls from SPR in late Jan.

Iraq planning to boost Feb oil exports to record high, blaming Kurds for not keeping quota.

Russia started their oil production cut: Kremlin.

Rosneft looking to pull out of Algeria.

People living close to high-traffic roads have higher rates of dementia: Public Health Ontario, ICES.

Climate change a loss for global econ: report.

Beijing forming "enviro police force".

DOD, EPA finalized rule for military ship discharges.

TUESDAY CLOSE .... DOW DOWN 31, NAZ UP 20, S&P FLAT

Trump tax cuts could jump-start global econ: World Bank.

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

XSNX up 30.
URRE up 28.
NTCXF up 18.
FCSMF up 14.
OCLN up 10.
PRXM, ZNNMF up 9.
EMKR, LEOM up 8.
AMTX, CBAK, MEEC (with news) up 6.
CAFD, RNWEF, RUN, VSLR up 5.
ASYS, KNDI, SUNEQ, BNET, RBCN, SUNW up 4.
GLBL, LEDS, LSCG, LYTS up 3.

PSPW down 42.
PNPL down 30.
VSPC down 21.
PALAF down 15.
SRWRF down 11.
GEVO down 8.
INVT down 7.
BLSP down 6.
ACFN, BSRC, LYSDY down 5.
AXPW, TVIA down 4.

'16 HOTTEST YEAR ON GLOBAL RECORD

99% of world's coral reefs at risk from ocean warming: study.

Polar bears unlikely to survive without decisive climate action.

China invested $32B in global clean/renewable power projects in '16. Expected to invest $360B in its own clean power sector by '20.

UK powered more by wind power than coal in '16 for 1st time.

S Korea comps MOU for country's largest offshore wind power park.

Invenergy sold 276Mw Texas wind power project.

Fortum earmarking 1Gw of wind power projects.

Poland auction awarded 70Mw of new solar power - 76 projects - in Dec. ReneSola got 13Mw.

Duke Energy bought 3 California solar power projects from Sunpower.

US' 1st clean coal power project now online, another on the way.

Ex-TVA manager pled guilty to aiding China nuke power comp.

FBI arrested VW exec over diesel emissions cheat.

US ethanol production record 1Mb/d+ in '16.

Angola cutting its oil production.

Damascus main drinking water supply cut off last 3 weeks.

Metabolic, genetic reasons why some plants drought tolerant: ORNL.

Drive-thru Sequoia downed by storm.

TUESDAY OPEN .... MARKET DOWN 3--2--FLAT

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

XSNX up 30.
URRE up 11.
LSCG, NTCXF, ZNNMF up 8.
SUNEQ up 6.
VSLR up 5.
AETI, OESX, QTMM up 4.
PEMIF up 4 with news.
AMTX, CBAK, LEOM, RUN up 3.

WWPW down 25.
PALAF down 18 with very heavy volume.
PRHL down 13.
AXPW down 10.
LIME down 9.
NFEC down 8.
VSPC, INVT down 7.
GEVO down 6.
LYSDY down 5 with volume.
CDTI down 4.
ELON, HYSR, OCLN, RGSE down 3.

MONDAY CLOSE .... DOW DOWN 76, NAZ UP 10, S&P DOWN 8

WTI ~$52, Brent ~$55. US natgas $3.14.

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

SRWRF up 17.
INVT up 16.
CREG, LYSDY up 15.
ENZR, NTCXF up 10.
CCTC, ARVCF, ZAAP up 9.
ECORF up 8.
CCGI, URRE up 6.
ASYS, GLBL, BNET, ESPH up 5.
CDXS, NVDA, WNDW, RBCN up 4.

SSOL down 52.
LSCG down 16.
SUNEQ down 14.
CLNT down 13.
FCSMF down 12.
OCLN down 9.
OESX down 8.
EVSI, NFEC, BIOA down 7.
AMTX, PALAF down 6.
CBAK, PRHL, QTMM down 5.
CLNE down 4.

THE MARKET IS A TOUGH MASTER

Friday I sold RUN and RVLT. They are down today. But. I also sold WNDW which is up today and bought AMSC which is down today. It's tough, pards. It's tough. Bought TSLA and NVDA today.