"DOE: Agency Axes 'Clean Energy' From Tech Websites"
"The Department of Energy has removed the words 'clean energy' from multiple technology webpages, suggesting a greater focus on fossil fuels."
Source: Greenwire, 05/31/2017
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"Three Mile Island, Site Of 1979 Nuclear Accident, To Close In 2019"
"Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island power plant will close in 2019, forty years after it was the site of the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history, as low natural gas prices make the costs of atomic energy uncompetitive, its owner said on Tuesday."
Source: Reuters, 05/31/2017
"Trump Is Pulling U.S. Out Of Paris Climate Deal"
"President Trump has made his decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the decision. Details on how the withdrawal will be executed are being worked out by a small team including EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt."
Source: Axios, 05/31/2017
DEADLINE: National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year
Enter the competition for a chance to win cash in three categories (Nature, Cities, People) or the grand prize of a 10-day trip for two to the Galápagos Islands with National Geographic Expeditions. Deadline: June 30.
DEADLINE: TruthBuzz: The Viral Fact-Checking Contest
This contest, organized by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), aims to invent new ways to help verified facts reach the widest possible audience. Journalists and others are invited to submit creative solutions that turn fact-checking into engaging, visual and interactive stories. Cash prizes. Deadline is June 30.
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.
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
"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
