News Roundup: Thursday, June 17, 2010

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Gulf Disaster:

Global Economy:

Troubled banking system, Spain loom over EU summit

Spanish labour reforms fail to calm markets worried by bailout rumours

Europe braces for the release of bank stress tests

Athens public transport grinds to halt amid strike

2014 will determine course of century, says Cambridge professor

Water:

Afghanistan's Kabul Basin faces major water challenges

General Energy:
China's Energy Grab Is No Green Affair

Environment:

Cutting greenhouse gases will be no quick fix for our weather, scientists say
Freak floods in US predicted by 2009 climate change report
US Climate Bill Teetering

Big Oil Plays Defense
Can painting a mountain restore a glacier?

Agriculture/Gardening:

"No till" is a big white lie