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Native Groups in Canada and U.S. Vow to Fight Oil Sands Pipelines
2013-03-21 06:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: An alliance of First Nations leaders is preparing to fight proposed new pipelines in the courts and through unspecified direct action. Native leaders from Canada and the United States were on Parliament Hill on Wednesday to underline opposition to both the Northern Gateway and Keystone XL pipelines. The first would tie the Alberta oil sands to the West Coast, while the second would send bitumen to refineries on the American Gulf Coast. Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver said the federal...
Gas Industry Loses Fight to Keep Fracking Pollution Case Secret
2013-03-20 21:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A judge ruled today in favor of journalists seeking access to information about a fracking pollution court case. Judge Debbie ODell-Seneca reversed an order by a Washington County court sealing the record in a case in which a Pennsylvania family sued several gas companies over property damage and health impacts related to air and water pollution from nearby natural gas operations. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Observer-Reporter had intervened in the case to unseal the records, while...
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Renewable energy fight to unfold in Vermont Senate
2013-03-20 10:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The Vermont Senate is slated to debate a measure that one side says aims to strengthen reviews of ridge-top wind power projects and the other says would bring development of renewable energy in the state to a halt. Senate bill 30 is being pushed by critics of wind projects that they say have been damaging Vermonts mountaintops without significantly reducing the states greenhouse gas emissions. It would call for the Legislatures Joint Energy Committee to examine reports from an energy siting commission...
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Geography taught me climate change is unjust and inspired me to fight
2013-03-20 02:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: My name is Esha, I am a secondary school student from the Heathland School in Hounslow and a member of the UK Youth Climate Coalition (UKYCC). Geography has always fascinated me. Volcanoes, globalisation, development, you name it. It's the one subject that has left me with the desire to find out more. In fact, it inspired me enough to appreciate that not only is the Earth a beautiful place, but that it is one in desperate need of our help. More importantly, it inspired me to get out there and do...
U.S. government to fight for warrantless GPS tracking
2013-03-19 15:36:48| CNET News.com
The Obama Administration today will argue its case in court, saying that authorities should not be required to obtain warrants to attach GPS devices to cars. [Read more]
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