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Indigenous Peoples Are the Owners of the Land Say Activists
2014-12-07 00:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: The clamor of indigenous peoples for recognition of their ancestral lands resounded among the delegates of 195 countries at the climate summit taking place in the Peruvian capital. "I want my land"that's where I live and eat, and it's where my saintly grandparents lie," Diana Ros shouted with rage. The 21-year-old Ashninka woman is the daughter of Jorge Ros, an indigenous leader who was killed in September for defending the forests of his community, Alto Tamaya Saweto, in Peru's Ucayali...
Activists, Inslee want 8x times more wind power Washington state by 2030
2014-12-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KPLU: Imagine a future in which a third of our nations electricity came from wind power. Activists around the country say thats possible in the next 15 years. Here in Washington, it would mean getting eight times more electricity from windmills. Thats according to a new report from Environment Washington, the organization that has been spearheading policies to phase out disposable plastic shopping bags here and all over the country. The group, which is part of a nationwide network, released its report,...
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Climate Activists Showing Their Colors in Lima
2014-12-05 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: As the first delegates landed in Peru this week for the latest United Nations climate talks, activists were already taking to the streets of Lima to demand that world leaders take aggressive action against global warming. Hundreds of climate activists and faith leaders gathered in Lima Sunday night for a candlelight vigil. Joining them were Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and Manuel Pulgar Vidal, Peru's environment minister and president...
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Green activists Ecuador harassed by police on way climate summit
2014-12-04 00:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A group of Ecuadorian environmental activists travelling to the UN Climate Change conference in neighbouring Peru were stopped and harassed at least six times by police who eventually seized their bus, members of the group have told the Guardian. The activists claim that they have been obstructed because the Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa wants to avoid potentially embarrassing protests at the climate conference over his plan to drill for oil in Yasuni, an Amazon reserve and one of the most...
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Immigration Activists Celebrate Bittersweet Victory After Obama Grants Relief
2014-11-21 18:47:44| Telecom - Topix.net
Teresa Galindo her grandson Daniel Cuenca and daughter Yanet Cuenca wave flags at the offices of 32BJ SEIU labor union, during a viewing party for President Barack Obama's speech on immigration policy reform Thursday in New York City. NEW YORK -- Shortly before President Barack Obama on Thursday night announced deportation relief that could benefit an estimated 4.4 million undocumented immigrants, Cesar Vargas already had a reason to celebrate.
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