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Carbon Bubble News #105
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, May 25, 2016
A supplement to Eco Unionist News:
Lead Stories:
- Seven signs a clean energy revolution is under way - By Megan Darby, Climate Change News, May 18, 2016
- Sightline on the Bankruptcy of Coal - By Keiko Budech, Sightline Institute, May 18, 2016
- Coal workers get screwed, their bosses get bonuses - By Melissa Cronin, Grist, May 17, 2016; [related] Executives Running Collapsing Coal Companies Award Themselves Millions While Laying Off Workers - By Alejandro Davila Fragoso, Think Progress, May 18, 2016
- What the U.S. can learn from European coal miners’ second act - By Joshua Zaffos, High Country News, May 16, 2016
- The Other Fire: Fort McMurray's Slow Burn - By Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee, May 13, 2016
Other Carbon Bubble News:
- Banks increasing credit squeeze on drillers - By Bloomberg, FuelFix, May 20, 2016
- How Did Things Get So Bad, So Fast for the Coal Industry? - By Jordan Wirfs-Brock, Inside Energy, May 20, 2016
- The coal tide recedes just a little bit further - By Bob Burton, End Coal, May 19, 2016
- Oil slips in face of stronger dollar - By Bloomberg, FuelFix, May 19, 2016
- Caterpillar retail sales drop 12% in first three months of the year - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, May 18, 2016
- Halcón Resources planning to file prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, May 18, 2016
- Shale debt defaults set to reach scale of telecoms crash, Fitch says - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, May 18, 2016
- Solar Energy Tops Coal In UK - By Jake Richardson, Clean Technica, May 18, 2016
- Unions threaten riots, strikes as Nigeria ditches oil subsidy - By Ed King, Climate Change News, May 18, 2016
- Here’s a sign that Kentucky’s politics might finally be shifting away from coal - By Rebecca Leber, Grist, May 17, 2016
- Clinton is making coal country a generous offer, but it’s not buying - By Ben Adler, Grist, May 16, 2016
- Statement of the Steering Committee of the 53 Independent Unions - By Zwelinzima Vavi, NUMSA, May 16, 2016
- Wind on the rise in the US, coal on the wane - By Seth Feaster, REnew Economy, May 16, 2016
- Will taxpayers foot the cleanup bill for bankrupt coal companies? - By Patrick McGinley, The Conversation, May 9, 2016
Utility Death Spiral News:
- Caps raised, New Hampshire turns attention to imminent struggle over solar value - By Herman K. Trabish, Utility Dive, May 19, 2016
- Nevada governor's task force committee recommends grandfathering rooftop solar customers - By Gavin Bade, Utility Dive, May 19, 2016
- Storing The Sun’s Energy Just Got A Whole Lot Cheaper - By Joe Romm, Think Progress, May 18, 2016
- Washington utilities reach solar incentive cap, foreshadowing net metering limits - By Herman K. Trabish, Utility Dive, May 17, 2016
- Distributed Generation (Still) Under Fire - By John Farell, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, May 16, 2016
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