Tuesday, July 7, 2015

July 7 News Update

climate-march
Toronto climate activists call for greener economy
No plan B if Paris climate summit ends in failure, says EU climate chief
California’s rural poor hit hardest as groundwater vanishes in long drought
Drought Sends U.S. Water Agency Back to Drawing Board *
Las Vegas completing last straw to draw Lake Mead water
Canada’s latest oil extraction methods put new pressures on environment
Secrecy over fracking chemicals clouds environmental risks
Trees are latest victims of California’s historic drought
Metro Vancouver issues air quality advisory due to smoke from wildfires
Saskatchewan evacuating thousands more as wildfires spread
Koch Industries spent €0.5m lobbying EU on environmental protection
Billions in gas projects stranded by climate change action, says thinktank
Climate change a big factor in persistent wildfires: Professor


Die Linke
Greek government finds ideological allies in Germany’s Die Linke
Leftist parties in troubled EU states may find their fates tied to Syriza
Greece: NO! End the negotiations
IMF tells Greece it cannot provide money due to missed payment

Health Insurers Seek Steep Increases in Plans’ Rates *
No consensus emerging in KC minimum wage fight
Despair and Anger as Puerto Rico Confronts Debt Crisis *
Farm Labor Groups Make Progress on Wages and Working Conditions *
It’s Summer, but Where Are the Teenage Workers? *
Wisconsin swindled by Scott Walker’s jobs scam
SPIEGEL Targeted by US Intelligence
Why Canada has fallen so far behind on public transit
As Bernie Sanders' popularity surges, Democrats question socialist label
Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be Royal occasion
How Migrant Farmworkers Are Cross-Pollinating Strategies and Winning
As Wages Go Up, State Health Care Spending will Decrease

Stories from the New York Times will be followed with a *. The Times pay wall policy allows free access to only about ten articles a month.

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