Chinese Company Offers Free Wind Power Training For Coal Miners In WY
A subsidiary of one of China's largest wind turbine manufacturers has offered to provide free training to unemployed coal miners in Wyoming.
Source: CleanTechnica, 05/30/2017
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DEADLINE: Right Livelihood Reporting Award
With shrinking media budgets around the world, many newsworthy stories on real solutions to global challenges go unreported. The Right Livelihood Award Foundation's new small grant scheme aims to support impartial and high-quality reporting by journalists or final-year journalism students, to put the spotlight on the issues that matter. Deadline: Jun 15, 2017.
"The World Is Running Out of Sand"
"It’s one of our most widely used natural resources, but it’s scarcer than you think."
Source: New Yorker, 05/30/2017
"Meet Jane, a Climate Scientist Who Fled Trump’s Government"
"Worries about science censorship drove her from her post at the Energy Department."
Source: High Country News, 05/30/2017
Will Trump Overturn the Ban on Uranium Mining Around the Grand Canyon?
"it's understandable that environmentalists are worried that the Obama administration's moratorium on uranium mining in the area surrounding the Grand Canyon could be up next on the chopping block. That moratorium was announced by the Department of the Interior in 2012, and banned new uranium claims until 2032. Existing claims and mines were unaffected."
Source: Phoenix New Times, 05/30/2017
"Carbon Cap Rule In Washington State Faces Legal Challenge"
"Even as the Trump administration seeks to roll back Obama-era rules to curb greenhouse gas emissions at coal-fired power plants, Washington state is forging ahead with its own rules to cap carbon pollution from big industrial facilities. But the state faces legal challenges as it begins requiring large polluters to gradually reduce carbon emissions over time to combat climate change."
Source: AP, 05/30/2017
"Gas Industry Says 'Trust Us' On Tracking Cyberthreats"
"At the end of a Senate hearing last month, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) challenged Dave McCurdy, president of the American Gas Association, to say how Congress and the public can be confident about the cybersecurity defenses of the nation's natural gas infrastructure when no one is keeping score."
Source: EnergyWire, 05/30/2017
"US Seeking Tariffs On Solar Panel Imports"
"The United States has filed a petition with the World Trade Organization (WTO) that could allow it to slap emergency tariffs or quotas on imported solar cells, according to a World Trade Organization filing released Monday."
Source: The Hill, 05/30/2017
"Trump’s Budget Jettisons ‘Irreplaceable’ Marine Mammals Agency"
"The US Marine Mammal Commission, an organisation charged with restoring mammal populations in the world’s oceans, is set for the chop in president Donald Trump’s latest budget proposal."
Source: New Scientist, 05/30/2017
"What If US Quits Climate Deal? Doesn't Look Good For Earth"
"Earth is likely to reach more dangerous levels of warming even sooner if the U.S. retreats from its pledge to cut carbon dioxide pollution, scientists said. That's because America contributes so much to rising temperatures."
Source: AP, 05/30/2017
