http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/images/gnn_logo_rss.gif http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/ 249 31 News of a better world editor@greatnewsnetwork.org great news network en editor@greatnewsnetwork.org Copyright 2012 2012-02-07T08:36:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/support_wanes_in_us_congress_for_anti_piracy_bill/?source=rss Eight US lawmakers have withdrawn their support for anti-piracy laws, after 'blackout' protests on thousands of internet sites. Top Headlines, Top Stories, USA Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Politics, Regions, North America, United States, Washington D.C. 2012-01-19T08:21:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/keystone_oil_sands_pipeline_rejected_for_now/?source=rss The 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. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Land, Water, Business, Regions, North America, United States, Washington D.C. 2012-01-19T08:17:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/burma_joy_as_freed_prisoners_head_home/?source=rss When 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. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Politics, Regions, South-East Asia, Myanmar 2012-01-13T19:56:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/paddy_ashdown_the_global_power_shift/?source=rss Paddy Ashdown claims that we are living in a moment in history where power is changing in ways it never has before. In a spellbinding talk at TEDxBrussels he outlines the three major global shifts that he sees coming. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics 2012-01-06T05:45:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/european_carbon_regulation_for_airlines_takes_off/?source=rss 2012 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. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Climate and Energy 2012-01-04T18:43:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/no_more_corporate_personhood_in_la_unanimous/?source=rss Thanks 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. Top Headlines, Top Stories, USA Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Politics, Feel Good, Inspirational Stories, Regions, North America, United States, California 2011-12-21T19:30:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/the_protester_named_times_person_of_year/?source=rss '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. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Feel Good, Heroic Stories 2011-12-16T03:33:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/australian_carbon_tax_passes_into_law/?source=rss Australia'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. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Climate and Energy, Regions, Oceania, Australia 2011-11-14T06:58:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/obama_administration_bows_to_pressure_delays_tar_sands_pipeline/?source=rss In 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. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Canada Top Stories, USA Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Climate and Energy, Regions, North America, Canada, Alberta, United States, Washington D.C. 2011-11-12T13:49:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/australia_advances_cigarette_bill_defying_threats_from_big_tobacco/?source=rss Australia's parliament moved forward Thursday on a landmark scheme to remove trademarks and advertising from cigarette packages, defying threats of a multi-billion-dollar legal challenge from tobacco companies. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Regions, Oceania, Australia 2011-11-12T06:55:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/historic_deal_to_halt_hazardous_waste_export_to_south/?source=rss Leading 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. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, World, Politics, Health, Business, Regions, United Nations 2011-10-28T08:32:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/tunisia_counts_votes_in_historic_free_election/?source=rss Tunisian election officials are counting votes after Sunday's election, the first free poll of the Arab Spring. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Regions, Africa, Tunisia 2011-10-24T05:12:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/bolivia_cancels_controversial_amazon_highway/?source=rss Bolivian 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. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Forests, Regions, South America, Bolivia 2011-10-23T07:03:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/colombian_president_no_oil_drilling_in_award_winning_seaflower_marine_reser/?source=rss Colombian 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). Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Water, Wildlife, Regions, South America, Colombia 2011-10-06T19:44:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/saudi_woman_drivers_lashing_overturned_by_king/?source=rss 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. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Politics, Regions, Middle East, Saudi Arabia 2011-09-29T14:23:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/indonesian_president_vows_to_dedicate_himself_to_forest_preservation/?source=rss President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said, during the last three years of his presidency, he would dedicate himself to efforts to preserve the country’s forests. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Climate and Energy, Forests, Land, Regions, South-East Asia, Indonesia 2011-09-29T02:21:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/activists_worldwide_push_for_leaving_the_fossil_fuel_age_behind/?source=rss On six continents, in over 75 percent of the world's countries, people came out en masse yesterday to attend over 2,000 events to demonstrate the power of renewable energy to combat global climate change. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Climate and Energy, Feel Good, Inspirational Stories 2011-09-26T15:17:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/california_legislature_approves_shark_fin_ban/?source=rss Shark fin soup would be off the menu in California, under a bill headed for the governor's desk following its approval by the state Senate on Tuesday. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, North America, United States, California 2011-09-07T20:50:01-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/peru_approves_historic_indigenous_rights_law/?source=rss On Tuesday night, Peru’s Congress unanimously approved a ‘historic’ new law that guarantees indigenous people’s right to free, prior and informed consent to any projects affecting them and their lands. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Politics, Regions, South America, Peru 2011-08-24T21:20:00-08:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/huntsman_calls_on_us_republicans_to_accept_science/?source=rss Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman took a swipe at his rivals and warned his party against rejecting science in an interview that will air Sunday. Top Headlines, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Climate and Energy, Science, Regions, North America, United States, Washington D.C. 2011-08-23T22:20:00-08:00