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Carbon Bubble News #94
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, March 7, 2016
A supplement to Eco Unionist News:
Lead Stories:
- Will Fossil Fuel Prices Fully Recover? - By Riduna, Skeptical Science, March 4, 2016
- The two states of Utah: A story of boom and bust - By Amy Joi O'Donoghue, Deseret News, March 2, 2016
- Wage Theft Lawsuits Against Oil & Gas Companies Rise as Industry Struggles - By Dan Boyce, Rocky Mountain News (PBS), February 26, 2016
- Railroad workers lose jobs - By Staff, Daily Sentinal, February 25, 2016
Other Carbon Bubble News:
- Ready for more punishment: Investors load up on oil share offerings - By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights, March 6, 2016
- Coal won’t solve the energy poverty problem - By Tom Sanzillo, REnew Economy, March 4, 2016
- Oklahoma slashes spending 7 percent due to oil price plunge - By Associated Press, FuelFix, March 4, 2016
- Rig count falls by eight as drilling continues to slow - By Robert Grattan, FuelFix, March 4, 2016
- At least 1,300 jobs to go as ENRC steps up cost-cutting measures in Congo - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, March 3, 2016
- How Workers Lose in Negotiations - By Carl Finamore, CounterPunch, March 3, 2016
- Oil Prices: The Denial Persists - By John Richardson, ICIS, March 3, 2016
- World’s largest private coal company could maybe, finally go bust - By Katie Herzog, Grist, March 3, 2016
- Aurizon targets workers as dud investments bite - By Staff, Rail Tram and Bus Union, March 2, 2016
- Anadarko to cut budget in half, with production to slide - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, March 1, 2016
- As China slashes coal jobs, miners protest in Party’s revolutionary base - By Simon Denyer, Washinton Post, March 1, 2016
- Coal use falls further as China plans massive layoffs - By Bobby Magill, REnew Economy, March 1, 2016
- New York lost billions with fossil fuel investments - By Melissa Cronin, Grist, March 1, 2016
- Peabody's lenders recommend the company declare bankruptcy - By Benjamin Storrow, Caspar Star Tribune, March 1, 2016
- Two Northwest Oil Train Projects Flop - By Nick Abraham and Eric de Place, Sightline Daily, March 1, 2016
- Warning of another string of mining bankruptcies in 2016 - By Frik Els, Mining.Com, March 1, 2016
- Bankruptcy court approves Arch Coal financing over objections - By Benjamin Storrow, Caspar Star Tribune, February 29, 2016
- China expects to lay off 1.8 million workers in coal, steel sectors - By Kevin Yao and Meng Meng, Reuters, February 29, 2016
- Coal use is down in the U.S. and China: and it’s not a blip - By Rebecca Leber, Grist, February 29, 2016
- Consol unloads Virginia coal mine for $420 million - By Andrew Topf, Mining.Com, February 29, 2016
- Exxon Mobil sells $12 billion in bonds - By Bloomberg, FuelFix, February 29, 2016
- Glencore swings to loss on write-downs and collapsing coal, metal prices - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, February 29, 2016
- Moody’s cuts ratings at six offshore drilling companies - By Robert Grattan, FuelFix, February 29, 2016
- Peabody Energy teeters on the edge of bankruptcy - By Bob Burton, End Coal, February 29, 2016
- When Too Much Is Terrible - By Leo W. Gerard, Huffington Post, February 29, 2016
- What West Virginia will do now that King Coal has lost his crown - By Chase Gunnoe, Trains, February 26, 2016
- Why Oil Booms And Busts Happen - By Nawar Alsaadi, OilPrice.Com, February 25, 2016
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