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Paris climate talks: Activists placed under house arrest by French authorities using emergency laws
2015-11-27 23:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: At least 24 climate change activists have been put under house arrest by French police. They are accused of defying a ban on organising protests during next week's 2015 UN Climate Change Conference in Paris. Three people have been placed under house arrest in Rens, two in Paris, two in Rouen and one in Lyons, according to a campaigns website collating information about police actions against activists. They are only allowed to leave their houses three times a day to sign a post office register...
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Paris climate activists put under house arrest using emergency laws
2015-11-27 18:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: At least 24 climate activists have been put under house arrest by French police, accused of flouting a ban on organising protests during next weeks Paris climate summit, the Guardian has learned. One legal adviser to the activists said many officers raided his Paris apartment and occupied three floors and a staircase in his block. French authorities did not respond to requests for comment but lawyers said that the warrants were issued under state of emergency laws, imposed after the terror...
Ag Groups Oppose CHS' Request To Change Its By Laws Allowing Non-Farm Groups To Join
2015-11-10 09:52:55| Agriculture - Topix.net
AG GROUPS OPPOSE CHS' REQUEST TO CHANGE ITS BY LAWS ALLOWING NON-FARM GROUPS TO JOIN Nov. 10, 2015 Farm and Ranch Guide reports: An association of more than 80 farmer-owned cooperatives in the state that purchase energy products and grain marketing services from CHS, Inc., recently voted to oppose the company's proposed bylaw changes that could affect local profits if non-farmer organizations are allowed to be members of CHS. The Fortune 100 cooperative is currently owned and governed by agricultural cooperatives in communities throughout the region and by individual farmers that do business with CHS.
DOJ won't help FCC fight state laws that harm municipal broadband
2015-11-09 19:49:20| Telecom - Topix.net
President Obama announces the nomination of Rep. Melvin Watt, left, as Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and Tom Wheeler, right, as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission , on May 1, 2013. The US Department of Justice has decided not to support the Federal Communications Commission in its legal fight against state laws that restrict municipal broadband projects.
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Man who shut down gambling asks: If sheriffs and DA's don't enforce laws who will? The...
2015-11-07 10:47:13| Food - Topix.net
Man who shut down gambling asks: If sheriffs and DA's don't enforce laws who will? The answer is... John Tyson, the man who commanded Gov. Bob Riley's task force on illegal gambling and who in some cases had to fight county sheriffs, district attorneys and judges to shut down electronic bingo operations says Gov. Robert Bentley is right when he says this: "The responsibility for enforcement of Alabama's criminal laws most properly lies with the elected sheriffs and district attorneys of each county..." That quote is found in a new executive order Bentley issued Thursday which rescinded the very first executive order he issued as governor almost five years ago.
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