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States' rights reign supreme at Utah's Western Freedom Festival
2015-10-24 10:54:18| Apparel - Topix.net
Cedar City a During a morning session at the Western Freedom Festival on Friday, Iron County Commissioner Dave Miller presented a slide on cognitive dissonance that featured Calvin from the comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes." Miller showed the slide near the beginning of his presentation on the proper role of government to explain that, despite controversy and negative attention, the goal of the event was not to be antagonistic or have a "bash session" about the federal government.
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Vulnerable countries warned: Protect your legal rights in a Paris accord
2015-10-23 12:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: If the actions of Party X cause loss and damage to Party Y, then Party X should compensate Party Y. That is the foundational principle of law and civilisation, preventing the escalation of grievance into conflict. It is a principle countries vulnerable to the impacts of climate change are pushing at UN talks towards a global pact in Paris this December. They want rich polluters to pay. What they may not realise is that agreeing to resolve the issue through a Paris deal risks limiting their...
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Alterra to buy water rights for B.C. expansion
2015-10-20 23:07:34| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Alterra Power Corp. has a deal to buy the water rights for four hydroelectric projects along British Columbia's Toba Valley. The projects are 20 to 30 kilometres from the Toba Montrose and Jimmie Creek hydroelectric operation that Vancouver-based Alterra is developing about 80 kilometres from Powell River, B.C. Alterra said it's buying the water rights from Sigma Engineering, a subsidiary of Synex International .
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Back to the Future II: Rights and wrongs
2015-10-20 01:24:37| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
As Back to the Future Day nears, what did it get right - and wrong?
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What Is the New Climate Change Agreement For, If Not People's Rights?
2015-10-19 15:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The foundation on which truly resilient and fair societies can be built was defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. That Declaration is the moral compass that guides the normative framework of the United Nations; the reference point for the protection of the dignity of all human beings. Signed in Paris, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the two International Covenants, adopted in 1966, do not, however, include a right to a healthy environment. As John Knox,...
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