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Northern Gateway Pipeline Approved Ignoring Democracy & Global Warming
2014-06-18 00:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: There was little doubt the federal government would approve the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project, regardless of public opposition or evidence presented against it. The prime minister indicated he wanted the pipeline built before the Joint Review Panel hearings even began. Ad campaigns, opponents demonized as foreign-funded radicals, gutted environmental laws and new pipeline and tanker regulations designed in part to mollify the B.C. government made the federal position even more clear....
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Democracy beats deniers on climate change
2014-06-02 20:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNBC: Any American civics lesson includes the "balance of powers" of our government among its three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. When all three branches agree on something, it's hard to argue against it. The latest of those rare alignments was completed when President Obama announced his plan to tackle carbon pollution from dirty power plants -- and it's now time for opponents to get on board and accept the verdict of our democracy. The first two branches of government to agree on...
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Better East Texas: Runoff election proves democracy alive and well
2014-05-30 00:34:21| Electronics - Topix.net
Well, you would not have thought it possible just an election cycle ago, but incumbent has become a dirty word.
Democracy delivered, India now awaits Modis touch in development
2014-05-25 11:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
First Post: When the worlds largest democracy votes, its reverberations are felt in the lives of over a billion people, the vast majority of them living under $2 a day. What does a decisive victory for Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janta Party(BJP), mean for the poor in India, and indeed towards solving Indias significant social challenges?There is cause for tempered optimism. India's Prime Minister elect, Narendra Modi, represents a conundrum for those working on social development. His pro-business,...
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Restoring Louisianas Coast Will Require Restoring Its Democracy
2014-04-17 00:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Managing the Mississippi River Delta is a daunting challenge, but the greatest barrier to restoration and flood protection is politics. Last year, a board of flood experts, acting to protect New Orleans, ignited a battle that has starkly pitted the public welfare against the sycophantic fealty of Louisiana`s toadying politicians to a rapacious oil and gas industry. The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East (SLFPA-E) oversees the greater New Orleans levee system. The deterioration...
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