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Ecuador's government shuts down indigenous rights organization over oil battle
2013-12-10 17:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Last Wednesday, the government of Ecuador shutdown the indigenous rights NGO, Fundación Pachamama, in Quito over the group's opposition to oil drilling in indigenous areas. More than a dozen government officials showed up at Pachamama's office with a resolution by the Ministry of Environment that officially dissolved the organization, the first such moved by the government which in June passed an Executive Decree that tightened governmental oversight of the country's NGOs. The Ecuadorean government,...
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CANADA: SABMiller, Molson Coors delay court battle for talks
2013-12-10 12:49:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Miller Brewing Company (MBC), SABMiller's Canadian unit, and Molson Coors have successfully delayed a court showdown between the two in a bid to reach a settlement.
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How Ronald Reagan won an unlikely battle against climate change
2013-12-10 04:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Here is a remarkable fact about global warming: It might be twice as bad right now were it not for a treaty negotiated by a conservative US president, for an entirely different purpose, based on motives no one has ever quite understood. That treaty is known, in shorthand, as the Montreal Protocol. Its formal purpose is to save the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere, which protects the planet and its people from debilitating levels of cancer-causing ultraviolet radiation. One idea is that Reagan...
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EU Plans Major Effort to Battle Animal Diseases
2013-12-09 16:31:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: eFeedLink According to eFeedLink, the European Union has committed over EUR 160 million (US$217.4 million) to support eradication and monitoring programs, which aim to eliminate animal diseases and zoonoses while strengthening the protection of human and animal health. read more
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Tech giants team up to battle NSA surveillance, governmental snooping
2013-12-09 15:56:32| Extremetech
Eight of the world's largest tech companies, including Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Apple, have joined forces to launch the Reform Government Surveillance website and open letter. The website specifically calls out the US government, and governments worldwide, for their over-reaching and highly opaque information gathering activities.
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