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• What If All U.S. Coal Workers Were Retrained to Work in Solar? - Harvard Business Review, La energía solar, el posible refugio para los trabajadores del carbón- Harvard Business Review (en espanol)
  • reprinted in Industry Week, MI Forms (Asia),

Industrial Updates

• • covered in: Democratic Underground, Real Clean Energy, Ohio Citizen Action, Investing News Alerts, Politico, Industrial Updates,Schwartz Report, Climate Nexus, Rons News, Solar City Blog
• Solar Industry Welcomes Coal Workers With Open Arms - Huffington Post Business, Real Clean Energy
• One Year of Coal CEO Pay Could Retrain Every US Miner to Work in the Solar Industry- Greentech Media, North Carolina Review
• Fossil Fuel Companies Don't Understand That They No Longer Have Free Reign - Seeking Alpha
• Relatively Minor Retraining Investment Could Transition All Coal Workers To Solar Jobs - Clean Technica
• How do we turn coal jobs into solar jobs? Wizards, perhaps? - Grist
• New study: it would be cheap to retrain coal workers for solar jobs - Vox, Follow News
  • As Coal Loses Its Stranglehold On The American Energy Market, Solar Can Pick Up Those Out Of Work - Soveren Solar
• Can We Really Retrain Coal Workers for Jobs in Solar? - MIT Technology Review, MIT Technology Review (Spanish), MIT Technology Review (Portugal), MIT Technology Review (Pakistan),شمسی توانائی کے شعبہ میں روزگار کے وسیع مواقع,Climate Change News Blog, EIN News
• Mining layoffs could ‘easily’ turn into solar hires — study - Governors Wind and Energy Coalition
• Indiana Coal Works Could Be Retrained To Work In Solar Industry For $8 Million - WBIO Public Radio ,WFYI
• Study calculates retraining Hoosier coal workers for solar energy jobs - Indiana Public Radio
• Retrain struggling US coal workers for jobs in thriving solar industry, say researchers - Business Green
• Open thread for night owls: Study ponders how to turn coal jobs into solar jobs - Daily Kos
• Solar Energy Is Powering New Careers And It Could Be Absorbing Coal Sector Job Losses - Forbes, Digital News Magazine, Check the Science, Business News World, News Nation Times, Nebraskans for Solar, RegularPR, BreakingNews , Newshotspot. imagazine
• Why Trump’s Promise to Save the Coal Industry Does More Damage Than Good - Time
• One Year of a Coal CEO's Salary Could Transition U.S. Coal Miners to Work in Solar Industry -EcoWatch, Reader Supported News,Buzz Flash at Truth Out, Nation of Change,Reader Supported News
• US solar industry hailed as ‘light at end of tunnel’ for jobless coal miners - Mining.com, Nxt Wire
• Coal country jobs can go solar with modest retraining — study - Environment & Energy Publishing Climate Wire, Climate Change Psychology
• Quick Takes: Clinton Tells GOP Defectors “You Get Nothing” - Washington Monthly
• How Clean Energy’s Rising Tide Can Lift All Boats - Breaking Energy
• From Coal-Country to the Sunbelt - Medium
• Retraining Coal Workers for Solar Jobs Is Surprisingly Realistic and Cheap - Care2
• How Clean Energy's Rising Tide Can Lift All Boats - Energy Central
• A CEO’s pay is enough to train all the company’s laid-off coal miners for jobs in sustainable energy - ZME Science
• Retraining Coal Workers for Solar Jobs Is Surprisingly Realistic and Cheap - Green Energy Investing
• The new renewable energy careers could absorb the job losses of the fossil fuel sector - Alternative Energies
• Jobs and Just Transition Links - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus
• New jobs for coal miners - The Telegraph (19.5k circ)
• Study: coal jobs could transition to solar - Energy Trend Tracker
• One Year of Coal CEO Pay Could Retrain Every U.S. Miner to Work in the Solar Industry - Palmetto solar
• OPED: Coal country hit by a changing climate - York Dispatch
• Out of Energy - National Affairs
• Solar Training To Cost $1.8B - The Intelligencer - Wheeling News/Register
• For former coal workers, renewable energy means renewed job market - Share America is the U.S. Department of State’s platform for sharing compelling stories and images that spark discussion and debate on important topics
• Study estimates cost of coal-to-solar retraining West Virginia Press
• Study: Renewable Industry Could Absorb Coal Layoffs - Wyoming News Service
• Study: Renewable Industry Could Absorb Coal Layoffs - Public News Service
• Report: Lost Coal Jobs Can Be Absorbed By Renewable Sector - Duke FM
• The Numbers Behind Our Clean Power Plan Video (Or Lightning Bolts And The Saturn V Rocket!) Inside Energy
• COAL MINERS BECOME SOLAR TECHNICIANS?- World Watch Institute , Greenbiz
• Trump victory puts the chill on international climate talks - Think Progress
• Coal Workers Find Work in Solar Power-Solar Reviews
• The Solar Revolution - Science Museum of Virginia
• Despite Trump's Claims, Coal Isn't Coming Back - Seeker
• Are Sustainable Energy Jobs Sustainable - for Epoch Times (circulation 1.3million) pg2 online
• Increased automation guarantees a bleak outlook for Trump’s promises to coal miners - The Avenue at Brookings Institute
• The future of American jobs lies with the tech industry- TechCrunch
• Clean Energy Is Seeing Monumental Job Growth - US News
• Why Donald Trump Can't Save the Coal Industry - Newsweek, AARP, Mad Mikes America, UK Yahoo! News, National Memo, Bitcoin warrior
• Michael Meeropol: A Proposal To Retrain Coal Miners - North East Public Radio
• Pathways to a Just Energy Transition - Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania
• Coal Miners’ Futures in Renewable Energy - Consortium news
• Another Perspective-Press Argus Courier
• Can We Put Coal Miners Back to Work in Clean Energy? - Gizmodo
• Coal Country Joins the Solar Shift- SolarDigest

• Coal to solar: Retraining the energy workforce - Phys.org, Science Daily,Science Newsline Technology, Libertan, Real Clear Energy, Product Design and Development, Science Codex, Nebraskans for Solar, Revolution Green, Iconics Science, Solar Daily, Science 2.0
• Retraining the energy workforce:Coal to solar - Planet Save, Clean Technica
• Coal workers could have a sunny future in renewables - The Fifth State (Australia), Environment Guru
• Michigan Tech, OSU Show Coal Workers Can Find Placement in Solar - Solar Reviews
• Report: Lost Coal Jobs Can Be Absorbed By Renewable Sector - Eagle Country 99.3 FM
• Report: Lost Coal Jobs Can Be Absorbed By Renewable Sector - 1230 AM Terre Haute, IN 1440 AM Paris, IL
• The Paris Climate Agreement and the Jobs Misunderstanding - Milken Review
• Can We Put Coal Miners Back to Work in Clean Energy? - Gears of Biz
• The Labor Market, The Energy Market, and America’s Future - Solar Tribune

• Dal carbone al solare, come può spostarsi la forza lavoro - Qual Energia (Italy)
• What to do with coal workers? Retrain them for solar, says study - Renew Economy (Australia)
• Het kost niks om mijnwerkers om te scholen tot installateurs van zonnepanelen - Groene Courant (Dutch)
• Mindenkinek megérné, ha átképzés után napelemekkel dolgoznának az amerikai szénipari munkások. Állásaik már amúgy sem biztosak. - Hirado(Hungarian) -- main news program of MTVA, the Hungarian public broadcaster.
• Will 150,000 Coal Workers Be Left Behind in the Move to Solar? - Epoch Times
• Mijnwerkers kunnen het dak op - RTL Z is a Dutch business and financial news television channel
• Visualization by Graphiq The coal industry has been devastated by efforts to curb climate change Ad Hoc News (Germany)
• USA Nenákladné rekvalifikace zajistí lidem v uhelném sektoru novou práci v solárním odvětví Více na - oenergetice.cz (Czech)
• Még jobban is keresnének a napenergiával a szénbányászok - MNNSZ (Hungary)
• OZE: Sektor, który wyjdzie naprzeciw górnikom Czytaj więcej na - Polska 2041 (Poland)
• テクノロジーによって職を失った人をどうするか？ - Gizmodo (Japan), Livedoor, Yomerumo
• テクノロジーの発展により失業した人々を救うためには？ - Life Hacker (Japan)
• For former coal workers, renewable energy means renewed job market - U.S Embassy and Consulates in South Africa.
• Os empregos de energia sustentável são sustentáveis? - Epoch Times (Brazil)
• Trump’s Apprenticeship Program Should Help Train Coal Miners For Solar Jobs and Facebook video, Weekend Roundup: U.S. Media Mirrors Trump’s ‘America First’ Myopia On North Korea

• Climate Change Liability: How Renewables Can Help Protect Energy Companies - MTU News
• Michigan researchers put price tag on climate liability for fossil-fuel plants - Midwest Energy News, Democratic Underground, Organic Consumers Association, Great Lakes Echo
• Study: Utilities could face billion-dollar liabilities for most polluting power plants - Utility Dive
• Renewables Could Help Protect Energy Companies From Climate Change Liability Lawsuits - Claims Journal
• How renewables can help protect energy companies from climate change lawsuits - Phys.org
• Study: Energy Companies Face Growing Risk in Climate-Related Litigation - Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis
• Climate-Related Liability Could be a Big Problem for Energy Companies - AZO Cleantech
• Utilities Knew: Documenting Electric Utilities’ Early Knowledge and Ongoing Deception on Climate Change From 1968-2017 - Enery and Policy

Would You Live Off the Grid? - TV6 & FOX UP

• Leaving the Electrical Grid in the Upper Peninsula- MTU News, Science Daily, Science News Online, ECN Magazine, Phys.org, Home Land Security, E Science News
• Leave The Grid In The UP? Michigan Tech Team Finds It Feasible - Tech Century
• Solar and Cogeneration is the Answer for Cold and Cloudy Climates - Solar Thermal Magazine
• Net metering changes could drive people off grid, Michigan researchers say - MidWest Energy News
• Off the Grid in the Upper Peninsula - ASME
• Report: Distributed resources to impact grid-based utility supply strategies - Smart Grid News
• How Utilities Are Fighting Back on Solar Power - Consumer Reports, Yahoo News
• State Senate bill may change solar power credit rules - TV6 Fox UP
• High energy costs fuel solar boom; net metering caps spur big solar fight in the U.P. Solar United Neighbors

• Subsidizing coal and nuclear power could drive customers off the grid -- The Conversation 5663,
  • Chicago Tribune -1849,
  • The problem with subsidizing nuclear power and coal - Salon 2784
  • Los Angeles Post 5335,
  • Phys.org, 7214
  • Washington's Top News 16110,
  • Lincoln Journal Star 29303,
  • Tucson-Arizona Daily Star 37,778
  • EcoWatch 43793,
  • Renewable Energy World 70963,
  • LaCrosse Tribune 99515,
  • Rapid City Journal 113998,
  • Cache Valley Daily,
  • The Daily Times (Blunt County)TN,
  • Independent Record,
  • Globe Gazette,
  • Nuclear Atmosphere,
  • Environment Guru,
  • Phil's Stock World,
  • Idaho Press Tribune
  • Chippewa Herald
  • Fort Bend Herald
  • Desmog, The Energy Collective
  • SciTech Connect
  • The Electrochemical Society
• Could Rick Perry's grid plan spur 'utility death spiral'? -- EE News 125993
  • Governors Wind Energy Coalition
• Upper Peninsula groups see a bigger role for solar, efficiency- US Energy News
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• The Insane World of Patent Maximalism and Professor Joshua Pearce’s Case for Weakening Patent Rights Tech Rights
• Lobbying Disguised as ‘Reporting’ by the Patent Microcosm, Which Wants More Patents and More Lawsuits (Lawyers Needed)-Tech Rights

Why fund open source scientific hardware

• Making a Difference with Open Source Science Equipment - Michigan Tech News, Eureka Alert, Newswise, Phys.org, Science News Online, Science360, ECN Magazine (Electronic Component News), Science Daily, Bright Surf, Innovation Canada, Technology.org
• Open source 3D printing has high rate of return on investment, Joshua Pearce says in new study- 3Ders
• New paper models return on investment for 3D printed syringe pump drivers - Gathering for Open Science Hardware
• Open source science equipment can make the difference? University of Michigan says… - Open Source Electronics
• Open Source Science Equipment - Disabled World
• Michigan Tech Research Produces Open Source Lab Gear - Tech Century
• Open Source Lab Equipment At MTU - The Keewanaw Report
• News From the Field:Making a difference with open source science equipment - National Science Foundation News
• Apple uses Mesos, 3D printed syringe, and more news - Open Source.com
• What I learned at OHSummit 2015 - The Webivore
• New paper models return on investment for 3D printed syringe pump drivers - Gathering for Open Source Hardware
• 开源硬件的价值评估 - Linux Story (China)

• Open source, solar-powered RepRap 3D printer brings 3D printing to developing communities - 3Ders
• Print Off the Grid! Michigan Tech Develops Solar-Powered 3D Printer - 3D Printing Industry
• Latest Developments in Solar Powered 3D Printing Released by Michigan Tech - 3DPrint.com
• 3D Print From Dawn Till Dusk with this Solar Powered RepRap 3D Printer - 3printr
• Solar-powered 3D printers bring sustainable development to impoverished communities - Local Motors
• The Revolution Will Be Customized (and Recycled and Solar-Powered) - MIT-Sloan Management Review
• INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SOLAR-POWERED PRINTERS - Surfolks

• AMERICA MAKES AND MICHIGAN TECH RELEASE FREE SOFTWARE FOR 3D MOTION CONTROL - America Makes
• Open source wifi enabled 3D printer controller Franklin speeds up with new release 3Ders
• 密歇根理工大学发布开源3D控制软件Franklin- 3DPrint of the Week (Chinese)
• Michigan Tech and America Makes Release Free Open Source 3D Printing Software - 3DPrint.com
• America Makes releases free software for 3d motion control - Materials Today
• Remotely Control Your 3D Printer With Free, Open-Source Software - Design News, Electronic Products

• What Does the Rise of 3D Printing Mean for Global Companies? - Strategy+Business

• Aluminum Alloys: Researchers Explore the Microstructure-Property Relationship in Metal 3D Printing - 3D print.com, 3D Printing Updates

• Inactive Patents: Innovate More, Search Less- MTU News, Newswise, Eureka Alert, Science Magazine,World News, Bio Science Technology, Lab Manager Magazine, Hi Tech Days, Bio Portfolio, Innovation America, Science Daily, Compamed Magazine
• New search tool for inactive patents- Phys.org, Science Bulletin, ECN Magazine
• Inactive Patents, Internet for Schools, Google Translate, More: Wednesday Buzz, November 16, 2016- Research Buzz
• No pierda tiempo: las patentes inactivas lo pueden iluminar para una nueva investigación - e-Duque
• A way to easily discover and track inactive patents - Innovation Toronto
• Accelerating Innovation: Michigan Tech patent database/app promotes open-source hardware -- Daily Mining Gazette