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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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GMOs, Herbicides, and Public Health

New England Journal of Medicine The science and the risk assessment supporting the Enlist Duo decision are flawed. The science consisted solely of toxicologic studies commissioned by the herbicide manufacturers in the 1980s and 1990s and never published.  Story here. RELATED: " A Canadian Senior Citizen's Open Letter to the Minister of Agriculture "