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Democracy at Its Best: Boulder County Extends Fracking Ban

2014-11-14 15:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: The time is always right to do the right thing. Martin Luther King, Jr. As I sat in the hearing room of the Boulder County Commissioner yesterday I witnessed citizen-led democracy in action. In a unanimous vote, three Boulder Colorado County Commissioners voted to extend the moratorium on oil and gas drilling in the county for the next three-and-a-half years. The three Democratic party women not only voted against fracking until July 1, 2018, they did so with strong language and gusto as...

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Fossil Fuel companies a threat democracy?

2014-09-20 17:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: World leaders are preparing to meet in New York next week for a major United Nations conference on Climate Change. US President Barack Obama and UK Prime Minister David Cameron will be there. But along with the leaders of India and China our Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, will not be attending, even though he will be in New York the next day for various councils of war dealing with the situation in the Middle East. The foreign minister will represent us in the climate change discussions. Dr...

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Hong Kong Activist's Newspaper Column Scrapped Amid Democracy Row

2014-09-02 09:31:52| Telecom - Topix.net

A well-respected Hong Kong newspaper has axed a weekly column by a political activist and hedge fund manager as the Asian financial center braces for a wave of protests against China's decision to rule out full democracy.

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Ken Herman: A rough night for democracy

2014-06-29 07:28:26| Electronics - Topix.net

Sometimes, time affords a fresh perspective not available at the time of an event.

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Net neutrality vital for democracy

2014-06-21 12:51:15| Telecom - Topix.net

Access to information to encourage free thinking is what distinguishes free, intelligent and prosperous societies from oppressed, ignorant and impoverished ones.

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