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Times Union 

China's landfills brim with textile waste as fast fashion reigns and recycling takes a back seat

China is the world’s largest textile producer and consumer, throwing away 26 million tons of clothes each year, mostly made of unrecyclable synthetics. A recycling factory in Zhejiang province on China's east coast that repurposes discarded cotton clothes is trying to deal with the urgent waste problem. So, too, are young innovative designers in Shanghai, by remaking old garments into new ones or creating clothing out of other waste items, such as plastic bottles, fishing nets, flour sacks and even pineapple leaves. Читать дальше...

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Biden to meet Wednesday with top union leaders as he seeks to reassure worried Democrats

Facing pressure from within his own party to abandon his reelection campaign, President Joe Biden is relying on labor unions to help make the case that his record in office matters more than his age. The 81-year old Democrat is set to meet Wednesday with the executive council of the AFL-CIO, America’s largest federation of trade unions. The AFL-CIO said the president has been booked to attend the executive council meeting for more than a year. But his participation now involves much higher scrutiny... Читать дальше...

Top Stories (us) - Google News (ru) 

Iran’s hardliners trade blows over election loss - Financial Times

  1. Iran’s hardliners trade blows over election loss  Financial Times
  2. What Iran's moderate new President Masoud Pezeshkian might try to change — and what he definitely won't  CBS News
  3. Pezeshkian’s win doesn’t change the fact that Iran is dangerously close to the bomb  The Times of Israel
  4. 4 Takeaways From Iran’s Presidential Runoff  The New York Times
  5. Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, Damage Control — Sidecar  New Left Review

MSNBC 

Biden candidacy could hinge on Thursday press conference

Politico columnist Jonathan Martin talks with Alex Wagner about the calculations within the Democratic Party over whether Joe Biden should continue as the party's choice against Donald Trump in 2024, and points to this week's press conference as an important moment for Biden to lay concerns to rest with a strong performance or else face renewed calls to step aside.

Las Vegas Review-Journal 

LETTER: Red light cameras in Las Vegas?

Perhaps the whole problem with people endangering others could be solved if we stopped knocking down traffic tickets to parking tickets.