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Carbon Bubble News #99
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, April 12, 2016
A supplement to Eco Unionist News:
Lead Stories:
- Wind and Solar Are Crushing Fossil Fuels - By Tom Randall, Bloomberg, April 6, 2016
- Laid off coal miners on their own after fueling Wyo economy for decades - By Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile, April 5, 2016
- The Beginning of the End of the Tar Sands? - By Andy Rowell, Oil Change International, April 4, 2016
- Can coal companies afford to clean up coal country? - By Steven Mufson and Joby Warrick, Washington Post, April 2, 2016
Other Carbon Bubble News:
- Chesapeake pledges almost entire company as debt collateral - By Bloomberg, FuelFix, April 11, 2016
- Moody’s cuts Chevron, Shell and Total credit ratings - By Bloomberg, FuelFix, April 9, 2016
- U.S. oil rig count drops by eight, Baker Hughes says - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, April 8, 2016
- While Lobbying Against Safety Regulations, Exxon Admits to Potential for Stranded Assets - By Justin Mikulka, DeSmog Blog, April 8, 2016
- Chevron cutting 655 Houston jobs amid oil bust - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, April 7, 2016
- Evidence shows new pipelines will not solve Alberta’s economic woes or support a clean energy transition - By Hannah McKinnon, Oil Change International, April 7, 2016
- US shale gas investors eye billion-dollar gamble - By Gerard Wynn, Climate Change News, April 7, 2016
- The nation’s biggest coal mines lay off hundreds of workers - By Elizabeth Shogren, High Country News, April 6, 2016
- Wyoming recruits unemployed energy workers for prison jobs - By Associated Press, FuelFix, April 6, 2016
- Houston energy company closing Texas plant - By Jordan Blum, FuelFix, April 5, 2016
- EDITORIAL: Our answer to the steel crisis; nationalise to save jobs, not bosses' profits | Defy the logic of capitalism to save steel jobs | LETTERS: Steel jobs should be part of the climate change solution - By Alex Callinicos, et. al., Socialist Worker (UK), April 5, 2016
- Phillips 66 joint venture cutting 300 jobs - By Jordan Blum, FuelFix, April 5, 2016
- Thousands join UMWA rally for jobs, benefits - By Steve Ferris, Herald-Standard, April 2, 2016
- Austerity Gathers Pace in Volatile South Africa - By Patrick Bond, The Bullet, March 28, 2016
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