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I am still struggling a bit with the formatting on the EAN blog, but hopefully will be able to return to that soon. The news today is of course depressing, but also should not be surprising. Regardless, I tend to be a glass is half-full type of person. While I don't want to minimize the audacity, hubris and nationalist nonsense that emerges on a daily basis from the mouth of "my" president, I would say on the global scale that all is not lost. If anything this may bring the more sane parts of the world closer together...I hope. Best,Edwin SchmittPostdoctoral ResearcherIKOSUniversity of OsloHere are a few glass half-full articles to start us off:Despite Trump, cleaner energy growth expected to carry on (AP)http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/01/the-associated-press-despite-trump-cleaner-energy-growth-expected-to-carry-on.htmlThe world would be better off if Trump withdraws from the Paris climate deal (The Conversation)http://theconversation.com/the-world-would-be-better-off-if-trump-withdraws-from-the-paris-climate-deal-78096But for balance perhaps we do need at least one glass half-empty article. With so much attention paid to the Trump announcement this week, the news that Brexit may also result in reduced renewable energy and energy efficiency targets went almost completely unnoticed:May's secret EU mission to weaken climate and energy targets (Energydesk-Greenpeace)http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/2989000/revealed_mays_secret_eu_mission_to_weaken_climate_and_energy_targets.htmlFinanceExxon vote shows Wall Street diverging from Trump on climate change (Reuters)http://www.reuters.com/article/us-exxonmobil-climate-investors-idUSKBN18R3D6Shell completes divestment of Canadian oil sands assets (Kallanish Energy)http://www.kallanishenergy.com/2017/06/01/shell-completes-divestment-of-canadian-oil-sands-assets/For the official announcement seeWorld Bank to provide Senegal $29 million to bolster oil sector (Reuters)http://www.reuters.com/article/us-senegal-oil-worldbank-idUSKBN18R35ALand sales surge in Alberta as producers rush into new shale pocket (Reuters)http://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-alberta-duvernay-idUSKBN18L2V3GridWorld’s First Commercial-scale Microgrid Combining Solar, Hydrogen, and Battery Commissioned in Chile (EnergyTrend)http://pv.energytrend.com/news/World_First_Commercial_scale_Microgrid_Combining_Solar_Hydrogen_and_Battery_Commissioned_in_Chile.htmlFirst Utility-Scale Microgrid in U.S. Enters Service (IEEE)http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/the-smarter-grid/first-utilityscale-microgrid-in-us-enters-serviceLot's of "firsts" in the world of Microgrids this weekLaborNorway union, oil drilling firms reach wage deal averting strike (Reuters)http://www.reuters.com/article/norway-oil-strike-idUSL8N1IY544French union says reaches deal to end strike causing fuel shortages (Reuters)http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-petrol-strike-idUSKBN18R38ZNuclear strike averted? Thousands of workers to be balloted over “new and improved” pensions deal (City A.M.)http://www.cityam.com/265701/nuclear-strike-averted-thousands-workers-balloted-over-newPipelinesCanadian oil sector's Asian ambitions stumble on pipeline resistance (Reuters)http://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-energy-pipeline-idUSKBN18R2YXLeaked Documents Reveal Counterterrorism Tactics Used at Standing Rock to “Defeat Pipeline Insurgencies” (The Intercept)https://theintercept.com/2017/05/27/leaked-documents-reveal-security-firms-counterterrorism-tactics-at-standing-rock-to-defeat-pipeline-insurgencies/Algeria completes new natural gas pipeline (Reuters)http://www.reuters.com/article/algeria-gas-pipeline-idUSL8N1IY4AWUganda, Tanzania sign deal for world's longest heated pipeline (Reuters)http://www.reuters.com/article/us-uganda-pipeline-tanzania-idUSKBN18M0V9PolicyBrazil's Eletrobras asks oil regulator to mediate conflict with Petrobras (Reuters)http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eletrobras-supply-petrobras-idUSKBN18S69EIndia to be first in world to run all government ports on green energy (India Times)http://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/renewable/india-to-be-first-in-world-to-run-all-government-ports-on-green-energy/58921374Kremlin aide rules out Russian energy sector privatizations (Reuters)http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-economic-forum-privatisation-b-idUSKBN18S58FBurundi paralyzed by fuel shortages as leaders blame lack of dollars (Reuters)http://www.reuters.com/article/us-burundi-oil-idUSKBN18Q1RNPakistanis protest against increasing power cuts during Ramadan (Reuters)http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-electricity-idUSKBN18Q17NNigeria oil governance bill aims to break up state oil company NNPC (Reuters)http://www.reuters.com/article/nigeria-oil-idUSL8N1IS2IWTransportationDo not block Chinese electric car firms, India urged (India Times)http://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/power/do-not-block-chinese-electric-car-firms-india-urged/58930391Samsung SDI Completes EV Battery Factory in Hungary (EnergyTrend)http://www.energytrend.com/news/Samsung_SDI_Completes_EV_Battery_Factory_in_Hungary.htmlChina's Guangzhou to replace buses with 'new energy' vehicles (IANS)http://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/power/chinas-guangzhou-to-replace-buses-with-new-energy-vehicles/58911176Robocars And Electricity—a Match Made in Heaven (IEEE)http://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/self-driving/why-robocars-will-run-on-electricityACME launches India’s first electric vehicle charging station (India Times)http://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/power/acme-launches-indias-first-electric-vehicle-charging-station/58897254CoalSouth Korea to suspend eight older coal-fired power plants to tackle pollution (Reuters)http://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-coal-idUSKBN18Q041Stream rule dies, but ex-miners keep fighting (E&#38;E News)https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060054890This is our home. We don't want to live nowhere else (E&#38;E News)https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060054972These two stories are part of a continuing expose on Coal Country in the USA. Very intimate interviews, excellent reporting.Coal India to focus on marketing, renames sales and marketing wing (India Times)http://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/coal/coal-india-to-focus-on-marketing-renames-sales-and-marketing-wing/58927303GasBoosting renewable energy sources requires gas too (Reuters)http://www.reuters.com/article/usa-property-coned-energy-idUSL1N1IY1DKBill banning onshore fracking passed by Dáil (Irish Times)http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/oireachtas/bill-banning-onshore-fracking-passed-by-d%C3%A1il-1.3103027HydropowerHydro power generation precedes monsoon; jumps by 30% (India Times)http://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/power/hydro-power-generation-precedes-monsoon-jumps-by-30/58946892NuclearIndia and Russia ink key pact for 2 nuclear power units in Kudankulum (India Times)http://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/power/india-and-russia-ink-key-pact-for-2-nuclear-power-units-in-kudankulum/58950548PetroleumLeave oil rigs in the North Sea, say conservationists (Guardian)https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/29/leave-oil-rigs-in-north-sea-say-conservationistsOhio finds improper hydrocarbons in ETP Rover drilling fluid (Reuters)http://www.reuters.com/article/usa-energytransfer-rover-idUSL1N1IY21COil tanker attacked in key shipping lane off Yemen (Reuters)http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-shipping-attack-idUSKBN18R2N9SolarBillionaire Ex-Oilman Plans 1st Nonstop World Solar Flight (Bloomberg)https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-25/billionaire-ex-oilman-plans-1st-nonstop-round-world-solar-flightSyria opens its first solar-powered hospital aiming to save more lives (Reuters)http://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-solar-power-idUSKBN18R2KJRural India needs solar power for more than just lighting, study finds (Reuters)http://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-solar-scale-idUSKBN18R21UArray Technologies to Supply Tracking Solution for Facebook Facility (Reuters)http://pv.energytrend.com/news/Array_Technologies_to_Supply_Tracking_Solution_for_Facebook_Facility.htmlAntofagasta sells solar park stake in Chile, calls for power auction (Reuters)http://www.reuters.com/article/us-antofagasta-actis-idUSKBN18Q2H1U.S. may put emergency tariffs on solar imports (Reuters)http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-solar-wto-idUSKBN18P1JL