Web Links - September 2020

Power Politics: Carbon Energy in Historical Perspective

Hiroko Tabuchi, Michael Corkery and Carlos Mureithi “Big Oil Is in Trouble. Its Plan: Flood Africa With Plastic,” August 30, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/climate/oil-kenya-africa-plastics-trade.html?searchResultPosition=1

The Invisible Power Struggle with Lisa Stokes,” Why is this Happening?, podcast, host Chris Hayes, August 25, 2020 https://podbay.fm/p/why-is-this-happening-with-chris-hayes/e/1598338800.

Nishan Degnarain, “Mauritius Sees Popular Protest Over Handling of the Wakashio Oil Spill and Whale Deaths,” Forbes.com, August 29, 2020, https://www.forbes.com/sites/nishandegnarain/2020/08/29/mauritius-sees-popular-protests-over-handling-of-the-wakashio-oil-spill-and-whale-deaths/#5d4f19ac5253.

Adam Morton, “Influx of renewables sees coal power plants run well below capacity increasing chance of closures,” TheGuardian.com, August 31, 2020,

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/01/influx-of-renewables-sees-coal-power-plants-run-well-below-capacity-increasing-chance-of-closures

Megan Rowling, “Climate woes growing for women, hit worst by displacement and migration,”Reuters.com, July 6, 2020, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-women-climatechange-disaster/climate-woes-growing-for-women-hit-worst-by-displacement-and-migration-idUSKBN2480ON