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How #NoDAPL united a movement for indigenous rights

2016-09-10 08:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Waging NonViolence: On Friday, federal agencies halted work on the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline project where it cuts close to the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. The decision came after a long court battle and a wave of nonviolent direct actions led by indigenous organizations. While it remains to be seen whether the Army Corps of Engineers will ultimately allow construction to continue, Fridays news marks an important milestone for a movement years in the making. Four years ago, Elrae Mazakahomni...

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Yale student workers file for union rights

2016-08-29 23:11:14| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Yale graduate students who work as teaching and research assistants file paperwork to form a union.

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Animal rights activists ramping up efforts to abolish animal ag

2016-08-22 23:06:49| Beef

The Animal Agriculture Alliance shares the inside scoop from the Animal Rights National Conference, and the observations are alarming. read more

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Adaptation to Climate Change: Need for a Human Rights Approach

2016-08-12 22:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: The memories of Cyclone Sidr and Aila are fresh in the mind of Razia Begum, a victim of climate change, of Dacope Upazila, Khulna. The standing field crops and houses of her community were destroyed, and they suffered the loss of cattle as well as people who perished in these natural disasters. She says mournfully that Saturkhali, Kamarkhola, Koilashganj and Baniashanta are the most vulnerable unions where access to necessary human rights is disrupted. Furthermore, salinity, flood, river erosion,...

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