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Indigenous activists take to Seine river to protest axing of rights from Paris climate pact

2015-12-07 15:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Indigenous groups from across the world staged a paddle down the Seine river in Paris on Sunday, calling on governments to ensure Indigenous rights are included in the United Nations climate pact currently being negotiated in France. The United States, the EU, Australia and other states have pushed for Indigenous rights to be dropped from the binding parts of the agreement out of fear that it could create legal liabilities. Indigenous representatives from North and South America, Indonesia...

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Nine firms apply for fracking rights

2015-12-07 14:47:24| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Nine companies have applied for licences to carry out fracking operations beneath 1,900 sq km of land in Scotland, it is revealed.

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Samsung's Lee to backstop engineering affiliate's rights issue

2015-12-07 09:59:01| Chemicals - Topix.net

Jay Y. Lee, the only son of Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee and the company's vice chairman, attends the 2015 HO-AM Prize ceremony which was established by Lee Kun-hee, in Seoul, South Korea, June 1, 2015. The heir apparent of Samsung Group will buy up to 300 billion won worth of shares to be sold by affiliate Samsung Engineering Co Ltd should existing shareholders not fully take up the firm's 1.2 trillion won rights issue, Samsung Group said on Monday.

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