[GWSG] Miners for the GND; and stopping trains; CH4 from fracking; gentrification warning; solar cheaper in China; corp. climate risks

[Tilley, Al]

1. The Lynch, KY, local of the United Mine Workers is composed entirely of former miners. Many of them are looking forward to a chance for new jobs under the Green New Deal. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/12/west-virginia-appalachia-miners-green-new-deal
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'Coal is over': the miners rooting for the Green New Deal | Environment | The Guardian<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/12/west-virginia-appalachia-miners-green-new-deal>
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S et in a wooded valley between the Tug Fork river and the Mate creek, Matewan, West Virginia, was the site of the 1920 Matewan massacre, a shootout between pro-union coalminers and coal company ...


2. Miners just fired by Blackjewel in Harlan County, KY, are blocking a coal train until they are paid what the company owes them. https://ohiovalleyresource.org/2019/08/09/bloody-harlan-revisited-blackjewel-miners-draw-on-labor-history-while-facing-uncertain-future/
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“Bloody Harlan” Revisited: Blackjewel Miners Draw On Labor History While Facing Uncertain Future - ohiovalleyresource.org<https://ohiovalleyresource.org/2019/08/09/bloody-harlan-revisited-blackjewel-miners-draw-on-labor-history-while-facing-uncertain-future/>
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Curtis Cress sat in the gravel beside a railroad track in Harlan County, Kentucky. Tall and thin with a long, black beard, Cress is every bit a coal miner, or, he was until a month ago.

Economic justice and job development are crucial parts of the Green New Deal. Many of us depend directly or indirectly on the fossil fuel economy.

3. A study by Cornell’s Robert Howarth blames a lot of the recent increase in atmospheric methane on fracking for shale gas. https://climatenewsnetwork.net/frackings-methane-leaks-drive-climate-heat/
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Fracking’s methane leaks drive climate heat | Climate News Network<https://climatenewsnetwork.net/frackings-methane-leaks-drive-climate-heat/>
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A US fracking site: Methane is a serious short-term driver of global warming. Image: By Joshua Doubek, via Wikimedia Commons One likely cause of the inexorable rise in global heat is fracking’s methane leaks from the shale gas industry. LONDON, 14 August, 2019 − An atmospheric methane rise that ...


4. The Jacksonville, FL, working group which is recommending a sea level rise vulnerability study to the City Council has added climate gentrification to their list of concerns. They will meet on August 26 to vote on the final report before they disband. https://news.wjct.org/post/jacksonville-s-sea-level-rise-task-force-wants-guard-against-climate-gentrification
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Jacksonville’s Sea Level Rise Task Force Wants To Guard Against ‘Climate Gentrification’ | WJCT NEWS<https://news.wjct.org/post/jacksonville-s-sea-level-rise-task-force-wants-guard-against-climate-gentrification>
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Jacksonville’s sea level rise task force has voted in favor of several more recommendations to submit to City Council before the temporary committee disbands later this month. Among them is a ...


5. All of China’s major cities can now produce unsubsidized solar power more cheaply than it can be bought from the local grid. https://techxplore.com/news/2019-08-major-chinese-cities-capable-solar.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
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Study: All major Chinese cities capable of generating solar power more cheaply than grid - techxplore.com<https://techxplore.com/news/2019-08-major-chinese-cities-capable-solar.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter>
techxplore.com
A team of researchers with the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Mälardalen University and Tsinghua University has found that all of China's major cities are now in a position to produce electricity from solar power more cheaply than can be had from the grid.


6.  One of Exxon’s top twenty share holders is divesting after trying and failing to bring Exxon to face its climate risks. It may be a trend, according to a BNP Paribas executive. Corporate financial stability, and much else, depends on effective climate action. https://climatecrocks.com/2019/08/14/recession-in-the-air-and-big-money-fleeing-climate-risks/
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Recession in the Air, and Big Money Fleeing Climate Risks<https://climatecrocks.com/2019/08/14/recession-in-the-air-and-big-money-fleeing-climate-risks/>
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Today’s news includes reports of big losses in the stock market, and indications for recession risk. Will the next recession turn the current flight from climate risk into a stampede? Bloombe…


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