November 9 Energy News

Opinion:

¶ “Will the US put the lights out in the waning Coal Industry?” • Like the largest dinosaurs, the coal industry has put a giant footprint on the planet. In recent years it has played a cancerous role in global environmental problems. Global temperatures have already risen by nearly 1° C, and they are continuing the rise. [Industry Leaders Magazine]

Coal mine

¶ “A year after Trump’s win, coal is still losing to renewables” • It has been a year since President Trump’s election and his pledges to transform the energy markets have not exactly come to pass. In fact, what was true under President Barack Obama is still true: Coal’s generation is declining, and renewable’s share is growing fast. [Fairfield Daily Republic]

Science and Technology:

¶ HomeBiogas, which successfully launched its first home biodigester system on Indiegogo in early 2016, has been working to improve…

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1.This Month

of the week

Ohioans Against Nuke Bailout https://www.facebook.com/OhioansAgainstNukeBailout/

EVENTS

24-28 October – New Mexico – Count the Nuclear Weapons Money campaign

PETITION https://www.ohioansagainstnukebailouts.com/petition

Contaminated waste from damaged nuclear plant in Fukushima swept away by Typhoon Hagibis

The Trump Nuclear Push ECU 637 KEVIN KAMPS

After The Apocalypse The Polygon Tests

How the Greenland ice melt will expose buried US nuclear waste within decades｜Climate Change

Free Julian Assange, before it’s too late. Sign to STOP the USA ExtraditionPETITION

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – theme for October 19

Press freedom: Criminalizing journalistic activity NYT,

The Context

Prosecutors recently expanded a criminal case against Julian Assange to include accusations that he violated the Espionage Act by soliciting, obtaining, and publishing classified documents leaked in 2010 by Chelsea Manning, which could establish a precedent that such common journalistic activities (a separate question from whether Assange counts as a “journalist”) can be treated as a crime in America.

The Question

Are these charges constitutional? Would your administration continue the Espionage Act part of the case against Assange?……..

Elizabeth Warren, Senator from Massachusetts,

Whatever one’s opinions of Julian Assange, these charges under the Espionage Act set a precedent that could be used to target journalists. We should not be using this case as a pretext to wage war on the First Amendment and go after the free press who hold the powerful accountable everyday. more https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/us/politics/press-freedoms-executive-power.html

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