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Indonesia: Court rules for palm oil company in controversial deforestation case
2013-05-05 15:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: An Indonesian court has ruled in favor of plantation company PT Kallista Alam in a lawsuit brought against the governor of Indonesias Aceh province for revoking the companys license to develop palm oil plantations in a protected peat swamp forest. The Banda Aceh Administrative Court said the governors earlier decision to revoke the permit was not legally binding as the case that led to the permits cancellation was still being considered by Indonesias Supreme Court, Mongabay-Indonesia reported...
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Brazil: Amazon Indians occupy controversial dam to demand a say
2013-05-04 01:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Amazon Indians on Friday refused to end their occupation of a building site that has partially paralyzed work on the world's third largest hydroelectric dam for two days. Some 200 people from various indigenous groups occupied one of three construction sites of the controversial Belo Monte dam on the Xingu River on Thursday, halting work by 3,000 of the 22,000 workers on the project. They are demanding that the Brazilian government hold prior consultations with indigenous peoples before building...
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Supermarket Chain Takes Stand against Controversial Pig Cages
2013-05-01 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - The Retail Council of Canada announced that all eight of the largest Canadian supermarket chains — Walmart Canada, Costco Canada, Metro, Loblaw, Safeway Canada, Federated Co-operatives, Sobeys and Co-op Atlantic — will move away from gestation crate confinement of pigs in their supply systems over the next nine years.
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Public Comment Period Ending on Controversial Keystone Report
2013-04-22 09:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Advocates and opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline are due to file detailed comments on its environmental impacts on Monday, after the State Department refused to extend the comment period, which environmental groups had complained was too short. As many as a million members of the public are expected to meet the comment deadline, which by happenstance fell on Earth Day, April 22. Comments are also expected from industry, labor and environmental groups on both sides of the debate over the proposed...
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Canada: Joe Oliver defends controversial comments on climate change
2013-04-17 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vancouver Sun: Canadas natural resources minister insists the federal government believes climate change is an urgent matter and says his recent comments on climate science will not erode the countrys credibility or chances at U.S. approval for the Keystone XL pipeline. Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver, under fire Tuesday at a House of Commons committee, also defended the National Energy Boards controversial new rules for Canadians wanting to participate in public hearings on a proposed Enbridge pipeline...
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