OpEd News - by Chris Hedges
Monday, November 18, 2013
Feeding the Flame of Revolt
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Arctic 30 Day 59: Global solidarity protests
Greenpeace
Hi Larry,
263 cities, 43 countries. Today, thousands of people took their outrage
over the ongoing detention of the Arctic 30 straight to the doorsteps
of Russian embassies and oil giants Shell and Gazprom. In a massive
global day of action people all over the world demanded the release of
the Arctic 30 and showed the oil companies that we will not let them get
away with the silencing of peaceful protest.
Stop the Bee-Killing Lawsuit Against the EU! - Please Donate!
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In just 3 weeks, Bayer could succeed in defeating the bees' best chance of survival -- by overturning Europe's landmark ban on the pesticides that are killing them. Details here.
Bees on sunflower. PLT photo.
Bees on sunflower. PLT photo.
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Blame Canada’s Carbon Complacency for the Philippine Typhoon
CommonSenseCanadian
Anyone who thinks that this typhoon is not due to the atmospheric disruption and rising sea levels resulting from our changing climate has their head firmly planted in the comfortable soil of ignorance, ideology or both. Details here.
Friday, November 15, 2013
US Backs Away From Years of Commitment to Producing Ethanol Fuel Additive
Huffington Post
The Obama administration wants to reduce the amount of ethanol in the nation's fuel supply, acknowledging the biofuel law championed by both parties in 2007 is not working as well as expected. Full story here.
Related: Bursting the ethanol bubble.
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Harper and Enbridge Join Forces on Lawsuit
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