Saturday, April 29, 2017

WORLD GOING TO HAVE TO REDO PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT WITH TRUMP: TRUMP


Paris agreement treats US unfairly: Trump.

50-50 chance Trump will stay with Paris: Gore.

Fed court ruled to pause litigation over EPA Clean Power Plan.

Majority of swing district voters oppose EPA budget cuts: poll.

D.C. court delaying mercury air pollution litigation.

Trump eased safety rules implemented after BP spill in Gulf of Mex. May spark new drilling offshore Atlantic, Alaska.

Almost 1/2 of US' largest corps have established clean power targets for themselves: report.

Massachusetts $10/ton carbon price could save $3B: study.

Mass die-off since early '16 of Atlantic whales off US' east coast. NOAA investigating.

Record amount of underwater grass in Chesapeake signals healthier ecosystem.

Science council predicts ice-free Arctic in 20 years.

Antarctic ice sheet draining huge quantities of water out to sea.

ENGIE power storage with solar, wind power plant in Brazil.

Toshiba 1st coal plant conversion to biomass in Japan.

Kenyans getting fined up to $10K for not installing solar water heaters in homes, businesses.

BRDE $72M for Atlantic wind farm.

Tesla halting door-to-door sales of Solar City solar systems.

Dubai got its 1st solar-powered gas stations.

Panasonic opened up its 1st EV batt factory in China.

Chechs aiming for lithium production.

S Australia set new wind power record.

Australia solar cap now 6Gw, estimated to 2x by '20.

Solar Q plans 350Mw solar, power storage project in Queensland.

Contract for Cheneire to ship US LNG to Poland.

Russia says they are now in 100% comply with oil production cuts.

Exxon doubled 1Q earnings.

BP found over 200M more bls in deepwater Gulf of Mex with new seismic tech.

Colombia's 2nd biggest oil pipeline attacked again.

Russia power plant plan for Crimea hit sanctions snag.

US oil rig count up 9 last week, natgas count up 4.

China funding unsustainable coal projects in Pakistan.

No comeback for coal: Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy.

Harvard "pausing" investment in some fossil fuel comps.

FRIDAY CLOSE .... MARKET DOWN 40--1--4


1-week spending bill passed by Congress.
US on path to exploding deficits: Fink.
Math prob with Trump budget: Greenspan.
N Korea missile test fail.
Oil tankers seized after gun battle in Libya.
UK Brexit cost at least $44B: Bettel.

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

SSOL up 25.
GRPH up 18.
ASTI up 16 with volume.
VSPC up 14.
BSRC up 12.
LTBR up 11.
EVSI up 8.
HYGS up 6.
WPRT up 6 with volume.
ASYS up 6, new high.
LEDS, WWPW up 5.
BLDP up 4, new high with volume.
ENZR up 4.
WNDW, VSLR up 3.
TSLA up 1, new high.

FCEL down 28, new low with new issue.
LSCG down 14.
NTCXF down 11.
AMSC down 7.
SUNEQ, INVT down 6.
AETI, TVIA, BNET down 5.
QRVO, ENPH, URRE, NANX, HZNM down 4.
SWKS down 4 with volume after reporting.
JASO, PLUG, GPRE, OESX down 3.

Friday, April 28, 2017

FRIDAY OPEN .... DOW DOWN 35, NAZ UP 2, S&P DOWN 3


US 1Q GDP up .7%, slowest in 3 years.
China asked N Korea to stop nuke testing: Tillerson.
US may terminate trade agreement with S Korea: Trump.

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

FCSMF up 12.
LYSDY up 11.
VSPC up 10 with volume.
LEDS up 9 with volume.
HYGS up 7.
CABN, APOP up 5.
ASYS up 4.
BLDP up 4 with volume, news.
AXPW, LTBR up 3.

CSGH down 65.
GRPH down 42.
FCEL down 31, new low with new issue.
AMLM down 24.
LSCG down 14.
BFRE, BNET down 13.
ZAAP down 12.
NTCXF down 11.
ASTI down 8 with volume.
URRE down 5.
CDTI, ENPH, MGPHF, RGSE, TVIA down 4.
AETI, CCTC, HYSR, JASO, OGES down 3.
SWKS down 3 after reporting.

TRUMP ASKED TO IMPOSE TRADE BARRIERS TO PREVENT WIPEOUT OF US SOLAR INDUSTRY


Halting ARPA-E funds may break law: Dems.

EPA disregarded Army Corps WOTUS concerns: ex-official.

OSHA staff blocked from talking to press.

Denmark to end all clean/renewable power subsidies.

Researchers outlining path to 10Tw PV solar by '30.

Dust, air pollution can cut solar panel efficiency up to 25%.

Over 1K comps asking govt to strengthen Energy Star program.

GOP becoming ally on California cap and trade proposal.

Kochs opposed clean car park and lost.

Mike Bloomberg pledged $3M to help coal communities.

Congress near deal on coal miner benefits.

French insurer pulled $200M of coal investments.

Historic coal mine threatened by rising seas.

First Energy facing more fallout from long-term coal bet.

Duke Energy staying the course on coal power cuts.

Canada pledging to crack down on US coal.

Slowing global growth helps explain fall in US coal.

Anadarko closed 3K Colorado wells after fatal home explosion.

Trump's National Monuments order could offer new oil/gas ops.

Repeal of BLM methane rule to pass Senate: Barrasso.

World Bank maintains $55 oil forecast.

Global oil discoveries fell to record low 2.4B bls in '16.

EV boom setting cobalt up for massive price spike.

12M Colombians vulnerable to climate disasters: govt minister.

THURSDAY CLOSE .... MARKET UP 6--23--1


Europe core inflation heating up.
US, allies made 29 strikes on ISIS oil targets in Syria, Iraq.
Gaza electric cut off.

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

AMLM up 26.
CSGH up 16.
UCTT up 13, new high with heavy volume after reporting.
APOP up 13.
LEOM, XSNX, SENY up 9.
PRLB up 8 with volume after reporting.
CABN up 8.
ASYS up 8 with volume.
JASO up 7 with volume.
AWSL, CDTI, NTCXF, QTMM up 6.
ACFN, SUNEQ, WPRT up 5.
BLDP up 4, new high with volume.
INVT up 4 with heavy volume.
HZNM, AAOI up 4.
AEIS, NANO up 3, new highs.
CCTC, RGSE, PEMIF up 3.
FCEL up 3 with news.

OPTT down 29, new low with new issue.
AMSC down 27, new low with very heavy volume after reporting.
AXPW down 27, new low.
SSOL down 20.
CSUNY down 14.
BSRC down 12.
ASTI down 11 with extreme volume.
EVSI, VSPC down 6.
LSCG down 5.
OESX, LYSDY, WATT down 4.
AKDS, WNDW, SKYS down 3.

Thursday, April 27, 2017

THURSDAY OPEN .... MARKET UP 8--18--1


Trump wants to renegotiate NAFTA.
ECB kept rates unchanged.
US durable goods orders up less than forecast.
Wells Fargo, JP Morgan packing auto loans into bonds.

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

SWET up 25.
CSGH up 16.
UCTT up 12 with volume, new high after reporting.
LEOM, APOP up 9.
PRLB up 7 after reporting.
FTEK up 6.
ACFN, BLDP, CCGI up 5.
BWEN, FCEL, CDTI, NTCXF up 4.
AEIS, ASYS, EFOI, PEMIF, QTMM up 3.
NANO up 3, new high.
OLED up 2, new high.

VSPC down 33.
OPTT down 27 with extreme volume, new low with new issue.
AMSC down 22 with heavy volume, new low after reporting.
BSRC down 15.
CSUNY down 14 with volume.
AXPW down 13.
OCLND down 11.
WATT down 6.
WNDW down 5.
HYSR, LEDS down 3.

US SHOULD STAY WITH PARIS CLIMATE ACCORDS, BUT WITH CHANGES: PERRY


Perry also made "national security" claim on coal, nuke power.

White House website removed "sound science" from Office of Science and Tech policy mission.

India coal plants being shelved at rapid pace.

N Dakota asking Trump to fund clean coal (CCS) tech.

Kochs were involved in Pruitt confirmation.

Many big investors ignoring climate risks: report.

Wind power to grow 65% in next 5 years: report. Forecasted to be over 800Gw total installed by '22. Over 54Gw installed in '16.

China wind power capacity up 13% in 1Q. Total now 151Gw.

India to auction 4Gw wind cap this year.

Iowa's biggest utility investing $3.6B in new wind turbines.

Pattern Energy bought 324Mw wind project for $269M.

750Mw India solar tender massively oversubscribed.

Scatec Solar PPA for 400Mw solar in Egypt.

Solar project funded by Houston started.

Apple commitment to new solar, wind projects in Oklahoma.

Canadian Solar 10Mw Uganda project.

NDB, BNDES $300M loan deal for Brazil clean power projects.

1/2 of utility-scale solar plants track sun throughout day.

Commercial, industrial sectors to be fastest growth for power storage.

12Mwh batt power storage being added to UK solar farms.

PSA Group now in French diesel emissions cheating investigation.

Total Oil's chief sees EVs seriously cutting into oil demand soon.

Oil/gas pipeline safety incidents on rise after decades of decline.

Pemex hedging oil for 1st time in 11 years.

China buying up unprofitable natgas assets.

Libya's biggest oil field to reopen.

Kurd oil production stopped by pipeline explosion.

Antarctic penguins in trouble: report.

Sea bottom "doodles" sketch climate history: studies.

Ukraine turned off el to rebs in East, Russia to supply.

Dem AGs fighting bill to revamp ozone regs.

Mexico tuna industry won WTO ruling over US.

TVA phasing out handguns for nuke plant police.