August 27 News Update

NASA sees unavoidable sea level rise ahead
Brazil builds climate tower in pristine Amazon jungle
Drought-plagued California readies for El Nino storms
Radioactive waste found in St. Louis residential area
1 of the largest quakes ever linked to fracking, confirmed in northern B.C.
Calgary air set to worsen despite brief improvement
Vulture Populations Wane, Poisoned by Man *

Activist Amelia Boynton Robinson dies
Chilean miners suspend underground strike
Study: Unions narrow gender wage gap
Home Care Workers Entitled to Minimum Wage and Overtime
A Decade After Katrina, RNs Reflect on What We’ve Learned, Refuse to Learn
Tucson, workers' union agree on labor contract
Signs, Long Unheeded, Now Point to Risks in U.S. Economy *
Mass Migration: What Is Driving the Balkan Exodus?
A City Revived but Unequal *
Gap Says It Will Phase Out On-Call Scheduling of Employees *
$24 Million in Awards Reversed in Workers’ Suit Against Tyson *

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