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Carbon Bubble News #109
Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, June 21, 2016
A supplement to Eco Unionist News:
Lead Stories:
- Illinois coal’s last stand - By Kari Lydersen, Chicago Reader, June 15, 2016
- Solar and wind energy’s stunning cost falls to continue - By Giles Parkinson, REnew Economy, June 14, 2016; [related]: Solar To See Twice As Much Investment As Fossil Fuels By 2040 - By Nick Cunningham, OilPrice.Com, June 14, 2016; [and]: Renewables are poised to put global fossil fuel investment to shame - By Katie Herzog, Grist, June 13, 2016
- The World Nears Peak Fossil Fuels for Electricity - By Tom Randall, Bloomberg, June 12, 2016; [related]: Are We Reaching Peak Fossil Fuel for Power Generation? - By Katherine Tweed, Green Tech Media, June 14, 2016
- Coal Production Plummets to Lowest Level in 35 Years - By Clifford Krauss, New York Times, June 10, 2016
- Natural Gas Is Already Losing To Renewables - By Nick Cunningham, OilPrice.Com, June 9, 2016
Other Carbon Bubble News:
- Brown coal’s bleak future as Victoria ramps up renewables - By Giles Parkinson, REnew Economy, June 17, 2016
- Job cuts could subside by 4th quarter. But there’s a big ‘if.’ - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, June 16, 2016
- Kentucky Lawmakers Want To Revitalize Coal Country By Building A Prison - By Carimah Townes and Alejandro Davila Fragoso, Think Progress, June 16, 2016
- Coal’s claim on India’s future weakens further - By Bob Burton, End Coal, June 15, 2016
- Distributed renewables in Latin America and beyond [19] - Adam James interviewed by Chris Nelder, The Energy Transition Show, June 15, 2016
- Goldman Sachs: The oil rebound remains fragile - By Collin Eaton, FuelFix, June 15, 2016
- Re-tendering Hibernia contracts stressing workers, says union - By Terry Roberts, CBC, June 15, 2016
- Stockholm Divests From Coal, Oil and Gas - By 350, EcoWatch, June 15, 2016
- Who Pays For Clean Up When Coal Goes Bankrupt? - By Rebecca Jacobson and Leigh Paterson, Inside Energy, June 15, 2016
- Coal is dying – it’s time to put us out of its misery - By Tim Hollo, REnew Economy, June 14, 2016
- Oil market, prices stabilizing, says IEA - By staff, FuelFix, June 14, 2016
- Venezuela: Crisis and Propaganda - By José L. Flores, CounterPunch, June 14, 2016
Utility Death Spiral News:
- How rooftop solar has dramatically shifted and reduced peak demand - By Giles Parkinson, REnew Economy, June 16, 2016
- Court rolls back municipal utility takeover in Germany - By Craig Morris, Renewables International, June 15, 2016
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce joins anti-solar crusade - By Ben Adler, Grist, June 15, 2016
- Wyoming's wind tax debate puts plans for biggest North American wind farm in doubt - By Robert Walton, Utility Dive, June 15, 2016
- Worrying Deceleration In The Growth Rate of Wind & Solar - By Roger Boyd, Humanity's Test, June 14, 2016
- More than half of jobs in UK solar industry lost in wake of subsidy cuts - By Terry Macalister, The Guardian, June 11, 2016; [related]: Jobs Toll Set to Worsen Amid UK Renewable Energy Subsidy Cuts - By Andrew Mourant, Renewable Energy World, June 17, 2016
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