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Carbon Bubble News #103
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, May 9, 2016
A supplement to Eco Unionist News:
Lead Stories:
- No Matter What Trump Says, Coal Mining Jobs Are Not Returning To West Virginia - By Tim Worstall, Forbes, May 5, 2016; [related]: Donald Trump Says He’ll Bring Back Jobs For Coal Miners But He’s Just Blowing Smoke - By Joe Romm, Think Progress, May 4, 2016
- Major Milestone: More than 100,000 MW Worth of Coal-Fired Power Plants Retired - By Sierra Club , EcoWatch, May 4, 2016; [related]: Dynegy's retirement of coal units marks 100 GW of US coal shuttered since 2010 - By Robert Walton, Utility Dive, May 5, 2016
- Oil collapse most brutal in history for drillers, energy researcher says - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, May 4, 2016
- U.S. oil industry bankruptcy wave nears size of telecom bust - By Ernest Scheyder and Terry Wade, Reuters, May 4, 2016
- Listen To U.S. Coal Production Fall Off A Cliff - By Jordan Wirfs-Brock, Inside Energy, May 3, 2016
- Mapped: The global coal trade - By various, Carbon Brief, May 3, 2016
Other Carbon Bubble News:
- Organizers Say Peabody Coal Will Not Escape Justice Through Bankruptcy - By Kelly Hayes, Truthout, May 6, 2016
- Rig count falls by four as slowdown continues - By Robert Grattan, FuelFix, May 6, 2016
- Video: Coal industry downturn rocks a Colorado mountain town - By Jay Canode, High Country News, May 6, 2016
- What Trump didn’t tell the coal miners - By Ken Ward Jr., Charleston Gazette-Mail, May 6, 2016
- Chesapeake Energy narrows losses - Associated Press, FuelFix, May 5, 2016
- Democratic Senator Believes His Party “In Denial” About Fossil Fuel Importance - By Farron Cousins, DeSmog Blog, May 5, 2016
- Donald Trump and the coal miners - By Ken Ward Jr., Charleston Gazette-Mail, May 5, 2016
- Hot Air in the Saudi Desert: a Kingdom in Descent? - By Paul Cochrane, Counterpunch, May 5, 2016
- Renewable energy rapidly gaining on fossil fuels - Associated Press, FuelFix, May 5, 2016
- US Energy Storage Up, Coal Down, Down, Down - By Tina Casey, Clean Technica, May 5, 2016
- Weatherford announces $498 million net loss in the first quarter 2016 - By staff, Oil Voice, May 5, 2016
- MCC plans to lay off workers - By staff, The National, May 4, 2016
- Montana Rail Link furloughs dozens of employees - Associated Press, Great Falls Tribune, May 4, 2016
- Montana still has no drilling rigs - By Holly Michels, Missoulian, May 4, 2016
- Shell’s earnings plummet - Associated Press, FuelFix, May 4, 2016
- Canada’s oil sands cuts production as wildfire forces mass evacuation - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, May 3, 2016
- China scare drops mining stocks - By Frik Els, Mining.Com, May 3, 2016
- Even in states suing over new climate regulations, coal use is shrinking - By Chris Mooney and Brady Dennis, Washington Post, May 3, 2016
- Anadarko Petroleum reports $1 billion loss - Associated Press, FuelFix, May 2, 2016
- BP turns to technology after job cuts - By Jordan Blum, FuelFix, May 2, 2016
- Hillary Clinton Is Promising Tough Love To Openly Hostile Coal Country - By Emily Atkin, Think Progress, May 2, 2016; [related]: Unwanted: The Clintons and the coalfields - By Ken Ward Jr., Charleston Gazette-Mail, May 2, 2016; [and]: Clinton is in coal country, and it’s getting messy - By Katie Herzog, Grist, May 3, 2016
- South Australia: The last coal train rolls into Port Augusta - By Giles Parkinson, REnew Economy, May 2, 2016
- Ultra Petroleum files for Chapter 11 protection - By Jeff Truchot, Wyoming Business Report, May 2, 2016; [related]: Ultra Petroleum files for bankruptcy - By staff, Caspar Star-Tribune, April 30, 2016
- Unit of Eastern Europe’s largest private coal miner files for insolvency - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, May 2, 2016
- Wyoming legislative panel weighs tax hikes as revenues drop - Associated Press, Billings Gazette, May 2, 2016
- Chris Nyden: The struggle to stay in WV - By Chris Nyden, Charleston Gazette-Mail, May 1, 2016
- Why China Is Really Dictating the Oil Supply Glut - By Rakesh Upadhyay, OilPrice.com, April 29, 2016
- 'Charge' campaign pushes renewable energy in Montana - By Tom Kuglin, Montana Standard, April 28, 2016
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