March 31 News Update

Wait – What did Capito say about climate change?
Argentina suspends Canada's Barrick mining over spill
Peru asks US for more aid to confront intense rains, floods
The networks ignored climate change last year. That’s bad news for science
California snowpack one of the deepest ever recorded, poses flooding risk
Global reshuffle of wildlife will have huge impacts on humanity
El Salvador makes history as first nation to impose ban on metal mining

Pence breaks tie to strip family-planning dollars from abortion providers
How a group of food service workers formed a union underground
Unions target growing warehouse workforce
Seattle sues Trump administration over sanctuary-city threats
Hawaii judge extends order blocking Trump's travel ban indefinitely
Public employees urge safe staffing, adequate funding
Census dashes hopes for LGBT count
Argentine port workers suspend strike after protester run over
Rural Americans turn to disability as jobs dry up
Trump administration stops disclosing troop deployments in Iraq and Syria
Talen Energy's union workers ratify contract extension
Net Neutrality Is Trump’s Next Target, Administration Says *

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March 30 News Update

Trump EPA declines to ban pesticide that Obama had proposed outlawing
'Climate change is real': companies challenge Trump's reversal of policy
With Offices Empty, Critics Fear Trump Is Devaluing Science *


Strike hits Spectrum-Time Warner NY-NJ Cable over dwindling benefits

Shipping season opens, puts many to work
Licensed teachers compromised by bills in Legislature
Argentina’s Life-or-Death Women’s Movement
Toronto's Buried History: The Dark Story of How Mining Built a City
Trump Steers into Global Economy Collision Course
A factory Trump targeted begins its move to Mexico
A university is eliminating its science collection — to expand a running track
Writers Guild of America moves another step closer to possible strike
U.S. War Footprint Grows, With No Endgame in Sight *
President Vowed to Save Coal Jobs. But Do Those Jobs Exist? *

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March 29 News Update

Trump moves decisively to wipe out Obama’s climate-change record
Analysis: What Trump’s new climate actions mean
Trump moves to dismantle Obama's climate legacy with executive order
EU leads attacks on Trump's rollback of Obama climate policy
Why Trump rollback of Obama climate policies could be a long slog
Promises of Paris Accord Slip Further Away *

Trump, in break from other world leaders, digs in on coal
Jane Goodall calls Trump's climate change agenda 'immensely depressing'
EU nations vote against GM crops, but not enough to block them
California, NY vow to fill climate-change void left by Trump
EPA inspectors cite numerous safety problems at troubled Torrance refinery
Peru's brutal season of floods leaves 94 dead, 700,000 homeless
China Poised to Take Lead on Climate *
Fact-Check of Trump’s Claims on Energy and Jobs *


Making May Day a day for solidarity

Panic spreads in Iraq and Syria as civilian deaths rise sharply in U.S. strikes
An enemy of choice revealed
Attorney General Sessions escalates threats against sanctuary cities
Hope in the revolution
The story of North Korea
Trump declines Nationals’ invite to throw first pitch on Opening Day
Inside Trump's War on the Traditional Media
House votes to block Obama-era online privacy rule
UK Airport closed after activists protest against deportation flight
Scottish parliament votes for second independence referendum
Women's team players end boycott after reaching accord with USA Hockey
Ekati mine workers ratify 4-year deal with Dominion Diamond
Metro makes it official: Higher fares, reduced service coming July 1
Westinghouse Files for Bankruptcy, in Blow to Nuclear Power *

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March 28 Week In Review Now Online

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March 28 News Update

Rollback of Climate Rules May Fall Short of Goals, Critics Say *
What to Know About Trump’s Order to Dismantle the Clean Power Plan *
Climate Denial Starts at Top *
Trump order to take major step to wipe out Obama’s climate record
Trump Repeal of Climate Rules Means U.S. Paris Target Now Out of Reach

Keystone XL Pipeline Foes Rev Up Fight Again After Trump's Rubber Stamp
Tests Show Worrying Signs from Cook Inlet Gas Leak
John Bellamy Foster answers five questions about Marxism and ecology
Troubling ideas about climate change finds new evidence in its favor
Top US coal boss Robert Murray: Trump 'can't bring mining jobs back'
Study predicts significant Southern California beach erosion


Medicare for All?

Caterpillar, UAW reach new labor contract
Contract at St. Paul Federal Credit Union raises the bar
A Partial Peace in Colombia
Charlie Angus Hopes the Road Leads to NDP Leader
BC Gov’t Pledges $330 Million to Restore Class Sizes
Trump signs bill to kill Obama-era Worker Safety Rule
Trump’s approval hits a new low of 36%
Negotiations to ban nuclear weapons begin, but Australia joins US boycott
Once Just a Footnote, Medicaid Flexed Its Might in Showdown *
Strikes Shutting Down French Guiana Resonate in Paris *

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March 27 News Update

Trump issues permit to begin construction of pipeline
How pipeline rejected by Obama, went ahead under Trump
U.S., in Reversal, Issues Permit for Keystone Pipeline *
California Sets Up Emissions Face-Off With White House *
Trump to sign executive order undoing Obama's clean power plan

U.S. Reviews Strikes in Iraq Said to Kill Up to 200 Civilians *
Baltimore mayor vetoes City Council's minimum wage bill
Sears' retirees worry about pensions as company doubts its future
Georgetown Employee Learns University Sold His Ancestor *
College Is the Goal. The Problem? Getting There. *
Arkansas Struggles to Find Enough People to Watch Executions *
What Comes Next for Obamacare? The Case for Medicare for All *
‘Profit is not a four-letter word’: Bankers embrace deregulation push
From field to truck to plate
Guiana Workers Revolt in France’s South American Colony
UTC fires reporter over bathroom bill reporting after lawmaker complaints
Inside Alabama’s Auto Boom: Cheap Wages, Little Training, Crushed Limbs
The storm and the compass
White House weighs deeper U.S. military role in Yemen war
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny detained amid protests across Russia
An Investor and an Adviser: Icahn’s Dual Roles Raise Flags *

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March 24 News Update

U.S. State Department to approve Keystone pipeline permit Friday
California regulator to vote on United States' strictest methane rule
Lead poisoning afflicts neighborhoods across California
Europe poised for total ban on bee-harming pesticides
Climate Change May Be Intensifying China’s Smog Crisis *

AT&T workers end their strike in California and Nevada
Momentum Builds for May Day Strikes
Americans favor paid family, sick leave; split on funding
Oklahoma tribe approves gay marriage as Native American groups debate issue
U.S. pulls out of human rights panel on Trump executive orders
Groups sue to block Michigan funding private schools with public money
Social Media Day of Action today for Nabisco workers
Franklin Street Bakery workers aid food shelf, seek justice on the job
Our movement, rooted in immigrant workers, must stand with immigrants
Inconsistency, Illegality, and Judge Gorsuch
WSJ: Trump clings to wiretap claim ‘like a drunk to an empty gin bottle
Rick Perry ‘deeply troubled’ by election of gay Texas A&M student president
Hungary threatens to ban Heineken's red star as 'communist'
Outrage as Belarus arrests authors, publishers and journalists in crackdown
Richard Gere on segregation in Hebron

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March 23 News Update

Gulf waters are freakishly warm, could mean explosive springtime storms
The Arctic just set another grim record for low levels of sea ice
Senate votes to lift limits on hunting Alaska grizzlies and wolves
France to probe Fiat for emissions cheating
Arctic sea ice hits record low for 3rd straight winter

Dozens of civilians killed in US-led airstrike on Isis stronghold in Syria
What will be compromised in latest 'Coal Jobs and Safety' legislation?
West Virginia school district has weekly Bible classes. A kindergartner is suing.
Former Trump campaign manager Manafort received millions to promote Putin
Bristol School Board, Union Agree Labor Rift Is Over
‘An outright attack on labor unions’ — or ensuring more accountability?
Nissan rejects dialogue with worker
Donald Trump Jr called 'a disgrace' for tweet goading London mayor
What’s at Stake in a Health Bill That Slashes the Safety Net *

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March 22 News Update

Global climate broke multiple records in 2016; Extreme conditions continue
The Trump administration’s attack on the Chesapeake Bay
Tornado warnings, marble-sized hail and lightning to Northern California
Global warming could lead to a rise of 100,000 diabetes cases a year in the U.S.
Dakota Access pipeline: ING sells stake in major victory for divestment push
Trump Lays Plans to Reverse Obama’s Climate Legacy *


Farm workers call for human rights at Wendy’s restaurants

Food Worker Coalition and Influential Union Announce #May1Strike
Martin McGuinness, Northern Ireland's former deputy first minister, dies
No, over there! Our case-by-case guide to the Trump distraction technique
State Workers to Appeal Union Fees Case to US Supreme Court
FirstEnergy could owe millions in back wages
Organizing the supply chain: interview with Jeff Farmer
Making Trump’s America Ungovernable
Trump’s budget targets rural development programs that provide quiet lifeline
Trump’s ‘big, beautiful wall’ will require big swaths of other people’s land
Trump aide laundered payments from Ukraine party with Russia ties
Labor nominee Acosta cut deal with billionaire guilty in sex abuse case
Customers still seem wary of doing business with Wells Fargo
ATU members to meet as unions slam Unifor, CLC
Josephine Casey, ATU’s first female local officer and convention delegate

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March 21 News Update

Carbon dioxide levels now rising at record speed
Record-breaking climate change pushes world into ‘uncharted territory’
Climate change 'makes deadly China pollution worse'
The unnamed phenomenon behind Peru’s extraordinary flooding
Tyson unleashes hot fire on Trump in angry tweetstorm
Deep South freeze means fewer blueberries and peaches
Why Does US Coal Get a Free Ride through BC?
Atlantic City and Miami Beach: two takes on tackling the rising waters
Former EPA Officials: Trump Budget Is Even Worse Than It Seems
19 House Republicans call on their party to do something about climate change
How Americans Think About Climate Change, in Six Maps *


Fury in Cambodia as US asks to be paid hundreds of millions in war debts

Forbes billionaire list: Trump loses $1bn as elite club gets 233 new members
The Netherlands: a further shift to the right
What could be the international implications of Donald Trump’s election?
Steward of family fortune and Chase Manhattan Bank dies at 101
Mercers and Bannon: How a populist power base was funded and built
Canada, Not Just the NDP, Needs a Socialist Alternative
Precarious Work Plagues Higher Ed

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March 20 News Update

Why the president’s big promises for coal miners may be empty
Haunted by the mystery deaths in Nicaragua’s brutal sugarcane fields
Trump administration's 'anti-scientific statements' alarm ex-energy secretary
Green energy in a coal state: the struggle to bring solar jobs to West Virginia
Will Trump's Roll Back of Fuel Regulations Help American Autoworkers?
The terrifying mathematics of the Anthropocene
Stephen Hawking: I fear I may not be welcome in Donald Trump's US
Amazon land battle pits indigenous villagers against might of Ecuador state
Despite Pollution, Coal Plant Is Cleared to Reopen in New Delhi *

40 years of budgets show shifting national priorities
Budget Blueprint Puts Trump Promises on Infrastructure in Doubt *


Most US young adults see Donald Trump presidency as illegitimate
Drawing strength from the pluck of the Irish
Undocumenteds fade from the city they helped build
Waiter refused to serve Latina women until he saw ‘proof of residency’
What will the wall look like? Trump administration unveils guidelines


Workers protest Hennepin County Medical Center layoffs

No, Germany doesn’t owe U.S. ‘vast sums’ of money for NATO
Trump's budget cuts dampen 50th anniversary of public broadcasting
France’s divided left looks set for defeat in first-round elections
In Berlin, a Grass-Roots Fight Against Gentrification as Rents Soar *
Breaks With Allies Over Trade Issues Amid Trump’s ‘America First’ Vows *
‘Not the American dream,’ says woman turned destitute waiting for disability
Amid new anxiety, fewer than half as many foreign students apply to UMKC
Top economies yield to US, drop no-protectionism pledge
Memphis' City Employee Unions Rally
Mesabi Metallics gets permission to sign labor deals
Union leaders struggle with next steps after 2016 election
Film classics: Irish socialist portrayed in ‘Jimmy’s Hall’
Wages rise on California farms. Americans still don’t want the job
Germany's SPD elects Martin Schulz as leader to challenge Merkel

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March 17 Week In Review Now Online

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March 17 News Update

Running the EPA...into the ground
Trump's Budget Would Cripple International Climate Work
These Climate Programs Would Be Axed Under Trump's Budget
Exxon Concealed Tillerson's 'Alias' Emails From Climate Fraud Probe
For farmers below the Oroville Reservoir, water still poses a threat
Trump’s vehicle emissions plan: Make California smoggy again
California softens its proposed rule on pesticide use near schools
Haddock from UK waters removed from sustainable seafood list
Bald eagles: scientists decry overturn of ban that would save American symbol
With E.P.A. Cuts, States Would Lose Help in Emergencies *


What the budget would mean for each agency
White House targets programs designed to help working poor
Leaders in science, medicine say Trump budget would be dire
Republicans sharply criticize Trump budget
19 agencies Trump’s budget would kill, explained
7 Vital Programs That Would Be Gutted By Trump’s Arts and Humanities Cuts
Trump budget threatens nutrition services for poor women and children
Entire homelessness agency could be eliminated by Trump's budget cuts
Public Broadcasters Fear ‘Collapse’ if U.S. Drops Support *

White House endorses plan to remove 30,000 FAA workers from federal payroll
Firing federal workers isn’t as easy as Trump makes it seem

California to Trump: Keep ICE out of our courthouses
Immigrants are going hungry out of fear that Trump will deport them
Trump Wants to Punish Sanctuary Cities By Cutting 200m in Funds
Why Texas police are showing support for sanctuary cities

Trump visit puts UAW politics in crosshairs
Farm workers bring campaign to Twin Cities
AFSCME Local 3800 endorses anti-war protest
The Battle for the National Health Service
Conservative website only media on Tillerson plane to Asia
Anti-Semitic vandalism found at law student's dorm at UC Hastings
Trump nominates a 'bona-fide pharma shill' to head the FDA
GCHQ denies White House claim that UK spy agency helped wiretap Trump
Oxford comma helps drivers win dispute about overtime pay
Donald Trump sends 'hate group' to a UN conference on women's rights
The actor and the anarchist
Brazil pension reform protests
The Fed Acts. Workers in Mexico and Merchants in Malaysia Suffer. *

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March 16 News Update

Large Sections of Australia’s Great Reef Are Now Dead *
Stopping global warming is only way to save Great Barrier Reef
U.S. Plains wildfires ravage ranches in three states

U.S. likely to send 1,000 more ground troops into Syria
Some officers express wariness about their commander in chief
Trump to ramp up drone warfare. Will more civilians die?

Medicaid chief urges states to charge premiums, prod recipients to get jobs
Why GOP plan's 'historic' reform of Medicaid has many worried
New Details Released from CBO Report On the Republican Health Care Plan

Who Stands to Win or Lose *
Trump Budget Slashes Funds for E.P.A. and State Department *
Some Parts of America Will Be More First Than Others *

The hope needed to end a hunger crisis of historic scale
How We're Setting Our Bargaining Tables to Advance Racial Justice
'Feminists are currently leading the way'
Mine safety rollbacks: W.Va. is not alone
Dutch election’s big winner proves to be GreenLeft
Giant Eagle Files Charges Against Union
The Worst Governor Ever For Workers?
Federal judge in Hawaii blocks revised Trump travel ban nationwide

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March 15 News Update

Documents Cast Doubt on Safety of Roundup Weed Killer *
Trump Using Detroit as Stage for Loosening Obama’s Fuel Economy Rules *


Republican snake oil: Bad medicine in the making
White House tries to salvage GOP health-care plan as criticism mounts

Netherlands and Turkey: solidarity and resistance to right-wing campaigns
The Crisis in the ATU: Labour Shoots Itself in the Foot
Trump’s March of Folly
IRS strips Richard Spencer’s white-nationalist group of its tax-exempt status
E.U. court says employers can ban Muslim headscarf in workplace
Which world leaders are richer than Donald Trump?
Asylum claims at the Canadian border have tripled since last year
Trump asks State Department for 50 percent cut to UN funding
Illinois Care Workers Lose Another Round to Union
Subways Run in Manhattan, but Other Boroughs Are Left in the Cold *

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March 14 News Update

TUED unions meet in London
Texas company hopes Dallas-to-Houston train line is bound for glory
‘Ecosocialism is more than a strategy, it’s a project for civilization’
Scientists are conspicuously missing from Trump’s government
Trump really doesn't want to face these 21 kids on climate change
Northeast Snowstorm: Aboveground Subways to Shut Down in New York *

Video--Chicago ATU Contract Fight At CTA Connects With IWD

No Magic in How G.O.P. Plan Lowers Premiums: It Penalizes Older People *
Trading Health Care for the Poor for Tax Cuts for the Rich *

Parents, unite against Betsy DeVos
In Washington, D.C., Another Contractor Stiffed by Trump
Paratransit workers organize in Rochester
Telemundo Performers Vote to Join SAG-AFTRA
Why a House bill wants workers' genetic information
Trump faces mounting calls to produce evidence of wiretapping claim
GOP plan would reduce insured Americans by 24 million over a decade
Scottish leader to seek second independence referendum
Senate battle over Trump’s border wall — and a possible shutdown
Conway: Trump could have been monitored through TVs and microwaves
Canada's Girl Guides cancel all US travel as Trump rules spark fears at border
Worker Safety Rules Are Among Those Under Fire in Trump Era *

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