MOST News Coverage 2016

MOST News Coverage in 2016.

Retraining Investment for U.S. Transition from Coal to Solar Photovoltaic Employment

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

First round

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

International Press

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

A Review of Greenhouse Gas Emission Liabilities as the Value of Renewable Energy for Mitigating Lawsuits for Climate Change Related Damages

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

Emerging economic viability of grid defection in a northern climate using solar hybrid systems


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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A Case for Weakening Patent Rights

Return on Investment for Open Source Hardware Development

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)

High-Efficiency Solar-Powered 3-D Printers for Sustainable Development

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

Free and Open-source Control Software for 3-D Motion and Processing

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

Global value chains from a 3D printing perspective

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

Structure-Property Relationships of Common Aluminum Weld Alloys Utilized as Feedstock for GMAW-based 3-D Metal Printing

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

Open Source Database and Website to Provide Free and Open Access to Inactive U.S. Patents in the Public Domain

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

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