The Biggest State in the US Hast Voted To Divest From Coal

CLIMATE PROGRESS

The California Assembly has passed a bill that prompts the state’s public employee pension funds to divest from coal. Story here.

EU Diplomats Reveal Devastating Impact of Ethiopia Dam Project on Remote Tribes

TheGuardian

Lives of semi-nomadic tribespeople being irreversibly changed by relocation into poorly planned settlements to make way for sugar plantation, says released report. Story here.

Obama Announces New Plan to Save Arctic: More Icebreakers!

CommonDreams

During his controversial Alaska visit, the US president continues his trend of lofty, climate change speeches coupled with more support for Arctic drilling. Details here.

The Great Unraveling

Chris Hedges - OpEd News

The ideological and physical hold of American imperial power, buttressed by the utopian ideology of neoliberalism and global capitalism, is unraveling. Story here.

Pick up the Phone, Steve! Demand Justice for Mohamed Fahmy! (Editorial)

by Larry Powell

The sentencing in August of the Canadian journalist, Mohamed Fahmy to three more years in an Egyptian jail, is, sadly, yet another painful reminder of just how little the Harper Government seems to care about one of its most sacred trusts - protecting Canadian citizens who get into trouble abroad. 

Voter Suppression is Alive and Well in Canada. (Video)

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