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Thursday, March 2, 2017

March 2 News Update


Study finds peculiar tie between warm climate, slow snowmelt
China coal consumption falls for third year
White House plan would cut EPA staff by one-fifth, shutter programs
Private investor divests $34.8m from firms tied to Dakota Access pipeline
Burger King animal feed sourced from deforested lands in Brazil and Bolivia
Indian traders boycott Coca-Cola for 'straining water resources'
A Link to Climate Change Is Seen in Sydney’s Swelter *

mcdonalds fight for 15
Police say they were 'authorized by McDonald's' to arrest protesters, suit claims
MO Supreme Court says St. Louis can raise minimum wage; ruling may affect KC


Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/#storylink=cpy
Forced to work? 60,000 undocumented immigrants may sue detention center
Trump fires back at Pelosi: ‘We’re soon going to have a one-party system’
Proposal to slash foreign aid comes amid surging famine in Africa, Middle East
Supreme Court says Virginia redistricting must be reexamined for racial bias
Dreamer detained by Ice agents while in process of Daca status renewal
Citing Public Safety, States Seek Tougher Laws on Protesting *
Saving Nina Simone’s Birthplace as an Act of Art and Politics *


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

Bill Onasch at 5:32 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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