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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

February 2 News Update

More
      than 3,000 megawatts of offshore wind power was connected to the
      European grid last year, with the vast majority coming from
      Germany.
Germany leads Europe in offshore wind energy growth
Climate change in charts
Eagle and Condor Meet in Oneida
Ex-official sentenced in W.Va. chemical spill
Deal protects Canada's Great Bear Rainforest
Gas Eclipses Coal as Source of Power for 5th Straight Month *

Chicago teachers' bargaining team rejects contract offer


Planned Parenthood cleared of false charges

The top of a water tower is seen at the Flint Water Plant in
      Flint, Mich., Jan. 13, 2016. (Rebecca Cook/Reuters)
Poisoned water forces some Flint residents to flee home

Seven Steps to Opening Up Bargaining
A Michigan City Poisoned: Governor’s Apology Can’t Get the Lead Out
Super PACs lead cash splash as 2016 election nears $1 billion spent
Don’t let market crashes cloak our economic malaise
NLRB Rules in Favor of Illegally Terminated Huntington Memorial Nurses
Basic Information on the Zika Virus
Amtrak Acela train struck, damaged by object in Bridesburg section of Philadelphia
Global Sweatshops, Solidarity and the Bangladesh Breakthrough
Nestlé admits slavery in Thailand while fighting child labour lawsuit in Ivory Coast
Students, workers fight for $15 for campus jobs
North Dakota: Cuts Ordered to Balance Budget *
BP Cites Low Oil Prices in $3.3 Billion Loss, as Industry Toll Mounts *
G.E. to Phase Out CFL Bulbs *


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.

Bill Onasch at 5:52 AM

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Retiree member of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1287. Active member National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981. Webmaster of kclabor.org since March, 2000. Former Vice-President of ATU 1287. In Minneapolis during Seventies-Eighties held several posts in UE Local 1139 including Local President and Shop Chairman at Litton Microwave. Charter member of Labor Party Advocates. Founding member of US Labor Against the War.
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