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Why Panama's indigenous pulled out of the UN's REDD program

2013-06-25 16:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: An Interview with Cacique Betanio Chiquidama, National Coordinator of Indigenous Peoples of Panama This week in Lombok, Indonesia, the Policy Board of the United Nations climate change program known as UNREDD is addressing the first major test of the 2007 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples of the United Nations (UN DRIP), which recognizes the right of Indigenous People to stop projects in their territories that could endanger their traditions and livelihoods. The National Coordinating...

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Plug Pulled On California Nuclear Plant, For Good

2013-06-07 22:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: Southern California Edison announced Friday morning that it will not restart the troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant. The facility has been offline for a year and a half after a leak in a steam tube created safety concerns.

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Canada: Protestors Pulled From Cement at the Keystone XL Construction Site

2013-05-16 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

KRMG: Police had a hard time trying to figure out how to get three protestors out of solid cement near Wewoka and Holdenville Tuesday morning. The protestors are with the Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance and Cross Timbers Earth First. They put themselves in the cement Monday to protest construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. On the organizations Facebook page, they say, A Deputy from the Hughes County Sheriffs Department is full-force swinging a sledgehammer at one of Holly and Baileys lockdown...

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GM profits pulled lower by Opel

2013-05-02 14:26:15| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

US automotive giant General Motors reports a 14% fall in profits during the first three months of the year, with losses at its European subsidiary Opel.

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