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B.C. First Nation evicts CN Rail, logging companies, fishermen from its lands

2014-07-11 05:33:08| Energy - Topix.net

British Columbia First Nations are wasting no time in enforcing their claim on traditional lands in light of a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision recognizing aboriginal land title.

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B.C. First Nation evicts CN Rail, logging companies, fishermen from its lands

2014-07-11 05:09:22| Oil & Gas - Topix.net

British Columbia First Nations are wasting no time in enforcing their claim on traditional lands in light of a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision recognizing aboriginal land title.

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The "rainbow nation" lets the sun shine in

2014-07-09 16:07:00| Transmission & Distribution World

Electrification rates range from almost 100 percent in Egypt down, shockingly, to just 9 percent in Uganda. Even South Africa, one of the continent's most developed nations, takes electric power to only 75 percent of its people. read more

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Kiribati: Lessons from a drowning nation

2014-07-08 15:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Washington Post: In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, far even from some of its closest neighbors -- Hawaii and Fiji -- the small island nation of Kiribati is being swallowed by the rising sea. Anote Tong, who has served as president of the country since 2003, has spent the past decade rallying the international community to pay attention to climate change, at the same time as he is making plans to relocate his nation. Tong is the latest interviewee in The Washington Post's "On Leadership" video series, in which...

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