Carbon Bubble News #106

Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, May 31, 2016

A supplement to Eco Unionist News:

Lead Stories:

• Arch Coal backs out of Longview export terminal  - By Clark Williams-Derry, Sightline Institute, May 27, 2016; [related]: Arch Coal sells stake in Washington terminal in another blow to coal exports - By Benjamin Storrow, Casper Star Tribune, May 27, 2016
• Greenwashing or Progress? Exxon Shareholders Issue Calls for Climate Accountability - By Candice Bernd, Truthout, May 27, 2016 
• Big Oil is all over the place on climate change - By Katie Herzog, Grist, May 26, 2016; [related]: Big Oil struggles with speed of renewable energy transition - By Giles Parkinson, REnew Economy, May 26, 2016; [and]: Oil majors and climate change – a bluffer’s guide - By Megan Darby, Climate Change News, May 25, 2016
• Climate change takes center stage at Exxon, Chevron annual meetings - By Ernest Scheyder and Terry Wade, Reuters, May 25, 2016; [related]: Exxon, Chevron won’t budge on climate – so what happens next? - By Megan Darby, Climate Change News, May 26, 2016; [and]: Exxon shareholders pass measure that may put climate expert on board - By Luc Cohen and Rory Carroll, Reuters, May 25, 2016; [and]: Factbox: Climate change proposals for Exxon, Chevron shareholders - By staff, Reuters, May 25, 2016; [also]: Exxon Mobil Corporation, Chevron Corporation Shareholders Reject Climate Change Proposals - By Muhammad Ali Khawar, BidnessEtc, May 26, 2016
• G7 economies in trouble - By Michael Roberts, Facts For Working People, May 26, 2016
• Coal Power Plant Use Of Coal In US Fell 29% In 2015 (Compared To Peak Use In 2007) - By James Ayre, Clean Technica, May 25, 2016  
• King Coal’s Final Fight in Washington - By Sara Bernard, Seattle Weekly, May 23, 2016

Other Carbon Bubble News:

• Dartmouth College Releases Historic Fossil Fuel Divestment Recommendation - By Joshua S Hill, Clean Technica, May 27, 2016
• Hercules Offshore to file for second bankruptcy, sell assets - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, May 27, 2016
• Oil trims weekly gain in prices - By Bloomberg, FuelFix, May 27, 2016
• Saudi strategy to pump higher-cost competitors out of business appearing to work - By Bloomberg, FuelFix, May 27, 2016
• Exxon Rejects Shareholder Requests to Address Climate Change - By Phil McKenna, InsideClimate News, May 26, 2016; [related]: Exxon investors clear path for climate expert on board, defeat other resolutions - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, May 25, 2016; [and]: Exxon’s CEO Just Won: His Shareholders Rejected Climate Change Proposals - By Samantha Page, Think Progress, May 25, 2016; [and]: Exxon Mobil’s shareholders meeting was totally overrun by climate demands - By Melissa Cronin, Grist, May 25, 2016; [and]: Reaction: ExxonMobil Shareholders Meeting - By David Turnbull, Oil Change International, May 25, 2016; [also]: Hey Rex: “Real Men – They Discover Renewables” - By Andy Rowell, Oil Change International, May 26, 2016; [and finally]: Exxon Board Rejects All Nine Climate Resolutions at Annual Meeting - By 350.org, EcoWatch, May 26, 2016 
• Appalachia Used To Be A Democratic Stronghold. Here’s How To Make It One Again - By Jack Jenkins, Think Progress, May 25, 2016
• Chevron CEO to climate activists: What would you live without? - By David R. Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, May 25, 2016
• Exxon Mobil shareholders set to vote on climate change resolutions - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, May 25, 2016
• Japan’s Coal Plans Push Forward Despite Falling Coal Use Across G7 - By Joshua S Hill, Clean Technica, May 25, 2016; [related]: #coaljapan : Japan’s $80bn Coal Gamble - By Shin, 350.org, May 25, 2016
• Repo man comes calling in Colorado counties where oil, gas jobs dominate - By Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, May 25, 2016
• Shareholders Demand Stronger Climate Commitment From Oil Giant Shell - By Will Yeates, DeSmog UK, May 25, 2016
• Don’t expect $100 a barrel oil, says energy minister - By Bloomberg, FuelFix, May 24, 2016
• Poland limits wind development with new law - By  Heather O'Brian, Wind Power Monthly, May 24, 2016
• Total rules out Arctic oil drilling, citing 2C goal - By Megan Darby, Inside Climate News, May 24, 2016
• West Virginia AG says halting the Clean Power Plan will help coal jobs - By Robert Walton, Utility Dive, May 24, 2016
• How long to wean the world off fossil fuels? - By Fereidoon Sioshansi, REnew Economy, May 23, 2016
• Oil slides for fourth straight day - By Bloomberg, FuelFix, May 23, 2016

Utility Death Spiral News:

• America Now Has 27.2 Gigawatts of Solar Energy: What Does That Mean? - By David J. Unger, InsideClimate News, May 25, 2016 
• Big Corporations Are Starting to Ditch Their Power Providers. A Sign of the Utility Death Spiral? - By Stephen Lacey, Green Tech Media, May 26, 2016
• Why China is having so many problems ramping up wind power - By Chelsea Harvey, Washington Post, May 23, 2016

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