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Maldives is trashing climate legacy, says ousted president Nasheed

2016-01-25 19:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate News: Days after being freed early from a 13-year prison sentence, Mohamed Nasheed said the country was regarded an ecological villain, pursuing dirtier energy policies since his ousting in 2012. In response to a question by Climate Home, he said Male should no longer lead the Alliance of Small Island States, which negotiates at UN talks. Its very sad again that Maldives has lot the moral high ground, and with that small islands are losing the moral high ground, the country`s first democratically...

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United Kingdom: Twenty years after protests, what is legacy of Newbury bypass?

2016-01-24 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Blink and you miss it. Just past the Tot Hill McDonalds, 20ft above the northbound carriageway of the Newbury bypass in Berkshire, an old oak stands over hundreds of young saplings. Named Middle Oak by people who lived up it for months in the bitter winter of 1996, it is the only physical reminder of the 35 protest camps built high in the trees on the route of the most controversial new road in recent British history. Middle Oak was the only one of 10,000 mature trees in the path of the road...

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Michelle Obama's School Lunch Legacy Survives Republican Assault

2016-01-20 00:22:02| Beverages - Topix.net

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama speaks during an event to mark Nowruz, a holiday that is celebrated by over 300 million people in diverse ethnic and religious communities across the Middle East, Central and Southwest Asia, and Eastern Europe, March 11, 2015 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. After half-a-decade of trying to dismember Michelle Obama's signature effort to make school lunches healthier, Republicans compromised with Democrats to preserve much of what the first lady wants while loosening some rules in ways that benefit major food companies.

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Honoring the legacy of Dr. King in Atlanta: Introducing Atlanta Uplift 2020

2016-01-19 11:50:37| Beverages - Topix.net

On the day that the nation officially recognizes Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, I thought it was best to honor his memory with new work and new commitments for the underserved - centered right here in his home town. In 2009, working closely with Reverend Dr. Raphael Warnock of Ebenezer Church, the home church of Dr. King and Daddy King, Operation HOPE announced our plans to open HOPE Inside @ Ebenezer.

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