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Carbon Bubble News #107
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, June 7, 2016
A supplement to Eco Unionist News:
Lead Stories:
- Big Oil Is Terminal - By Joe Romm, Think Progress, June 2, 2016; [related]: Big Oil’s “Long Twilight” - By Andy Rowell, Oil Change International, May 31, 2016; [and]: ‘Stockbroker’s Bible’ Just Told Oil Industry To Accept Its Demise - By Alexander C. Kaufman, Huffington Post, May 28, 2016
- You’re witnessing the death of neoliberalism; from within - By Aditya Chakrabortty, The Guardian, May 31, 2016; [related]: Pro-austerity organization finds austerity increases inequality - By Duncan Cameron, Rabble.Ca, May 31, 2016; [and]: After Empowering the 1% and Impoverishing Millions, the IMF Admits Neoliberalism Is a Failure - By Benjamin Dangl, Toward Freedom, May 31, 2016
Other Carbon Bubble News:
- $50/Barrel Oil Won't Last: Why Chances of a Breakdown Are High - By Clive Maund, Streetwise Reports, June 3, 2016
- Hard truth from the Parkland Institute: New pipelines won't much improve the price fetched by Canadian oil - By David J. Climenhaga, Rabble.Ca, June 3, 2016
- Kinder Morgan cuts more than 100 jobs - By Jordan Blum, FuelFix, June 3, 2016
- Moody’s downgrades Halliburton and Baker Hughes - By Jordan Blum, FuelFix, June 3, 2016
- Trump’s contradictory promise: Bring back coal and boost natural gas - By Elizabeth Shogren, High Country News, June 3, 2016
- Warren Resources files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy - By Bloomberg, FuelFix, June 3, 2016
- Company leading Wyoming coal gasification project files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection - By Robert Walton, Utility Dive, June 2, 2016
- Low coal prices force Glencore to shut Australia’s Tahmoor mine - By Cecilia Jamasmie, Mining.Com, June 2, 2016
- OPEC keeps status quo after failing to agree on output cap - By Bloomberg, FuelFix, June 2, 2016
- Texas oil job losses expected to continue for months despite price rally - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, June 1, 2016
- Three mining companies in Mozambique in distress - By Tshepo, End Coal, June 1, 2016
- Battered by crude rout, Norway now faces risk of oil strikes - By Bloomberg, FuelFix, May 31, 2016
- China is hitting its climate targets years ahead of schedule - By Lauri Myllyvirta, Greenpeace Energy Desk, May 31, 2016
- It’s Time to Break Saudi’s Oil Monopoly and Embrace Clean Transportation - By Carl Pope, EcoWatch, May 31, 2016
- Renewables = 99% Of New Electricity Capacity In Q1 2016 In USA - By Zachary Shahan, CleanTechnica, May 31, 2016
- Venezuela: near the end? - By Michael Roberts, Facts For Working People, May 31, 2016
- Japan, China face mounting risks of stranded coal investments - By Gerard Wynn, REnew Economy, May 30, 2016
Utility Death Spiral News:
- Job Losses Expected As Maryland Governor Stuns Solar Industry With Clean Energy Veto - By Samantha Page, Think Progress, May 31, 2016
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