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Keystone oil sands pipeline rejected, for nowThe Obama administration rejected a bid to expand the controversial Keystone oil sands pipeline Wednesday, saying the deadline imposed by Congress did not leave sufficient time to conduct the necessary review. |
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Burma joy as freed prisoners head homeWhen Ko Ko Gyi arrived at Rangoon airport the crowd had been waiting several hours and rushed to greet him. Ko Ko Gyi is one of the best known of the 88 generation of student leaders, along with Min Ko Naing, the most famous. |
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Paddy Ashdown: The global power shift
via TED Talks |
Fri January 06, 2012 |
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European Carbon Regulation for Airlines Takes Off2012 started with some good news. On Sunday, the European Union began charging all airlines flying into and out of Europe for their carbon emissions. Covering a third of all global flights, this new scheme is one of the widest-reaching measures adopted lately by any country or regional bloc to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. |
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No more corporate personhood in LA, UnanimousThanks to ground work by the U.S. Green Party, the wave of Occupy Wall Street empowerment and Human Rights Aler, Los Angeles became the first major U.S. city to vote against corporate personhood and call for a Constitutional Amendment asserting corporations are not entitled to constitutional rights and that money is not free speech. |
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‘The protester’ named Time’s person of year'The protester' was named Time magazine's person of the year Wednesday, a tribute to those bringing change across the Arab world as well as anti-corporate greed demonstrations in the US and Europe. |
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Australian carbon tax passes into lawAustralia's carbon tax has finally received approval from the country's Senate after years of bitter political wrangling. The Australian prime minister Julia Gillard called it one of the most important environmental and economic reforms in Australia's history. |
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Obama Administration bows to pressure, delays tar sands pipelineIn what can only be described as a major victory for green activists, the Obama Administration has announced it will delay a decision on TransCanada's controversial Keystone XL pipeline for 12-18 months. |
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Australia Advances Cigarette Bill, Defying Threats From ‘Big Tobacco’
via Voice of America |
Sat November 12, 2011 |
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‘Historic’ deal to halt hazardous waste export to southLeading world economies will no longer be able to export hazardous waste to poorer nations unless they obtain the latter's consent, a spokesman from the UN environment agency said Tuesday. |
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Tunisia counts votes in historic free electionTunisian election officials are counting votes after Sunday's election, the first free poll of the Arab Spring. |
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Bolivia cancels controversial Amazon highwayBolivian President Evo Morales announced Friday he was scrapping a hugely controversial plan to build a highway through an Amazon ecological reserve that has triggered widespread protests. |
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Colombian president: no oil drilling in award-winning Seaflower marine reserveColombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, announced over the weekend that there will be no oil exploration in the award-winning Seaflower Biosphere Reserve and Marine Protected Area (MPA). |
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Saudi woman driver’s lashing ‘overturned by king’Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has overturned a court ruling sentencing a woman to 10 lashes for breaking a ban on female drivers, reports say. |
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World good news
- Obama says same-sex couples should be able to marry
- South Korea adopts greenhouse gas regulations
- California public to vote on GMO Label Act after 1 million signatures
- Peru is latest developing nation to adopt climate change initiative
- State of Himalayan Glaciers Less Alarming Than Feared
- Obama announces sanctions for tech used in human rights abuses in Iran and Syria
- Mexico becomes 2nd country in the world to pass national climate-change law
- US to make profit from bailouts, Treasury says
- Toronto Becomes First City To Mandate Green Roofs
- World’s largest preserve forming in Africa
- Obama: STOCK Act a step toward restoring Americans’ faith in Washington
- Burmese savour taste of democracy
- EU seeks to crack down on shark finning
- GM crops banned in Peru
- Niger creates Africa’s largest protected reserve
- World meets UN safe water goal
- International Bird Area in Kenya saved from conversion into biofuel crop
- North Korea agrees to nuclear moratorium
- Rebels Sign Truce in South Sudan
- Maryland state senate passes gay marriage bill
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