40+ Alternative News Items - May 15th to 22nd

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Published on Friday, 22 May 2015 14:55

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 Antarctic glacier melt 'accelerating' - Al Jazeera English
Eyewitness footage of Santa Barbara Oil Spill
Film: Line in the Sand | rabble.ca
Protesters converge on Nestlé bottling plants in Sacramento and LA
For those who believe in the social benefits of oil spills
Here's the Best Stuff from Edward Snowden's Reddit "Ask Me Anything" | Mother Jones
Santa Barbara oil spill now stretches for 9 miles
Crowdsourcing climate strategy | MIT News
Anonymous Steals 1 Terabyte Passwords From Expo 2015 in Italy
Province Forges Ahead with LNG Development | The Tyee
How Drug Companies and Bad Patents Put Lives at Risk | Open Society Foundations (OSF)
Maude Barlow: Fall 2015 will be a watershed election | rabble.ca
Santa Barbara oil spill highlights dangers of offshore fracking and drilling
Despite Protests, Malaysia Still Plans to Build a Mega Dam That Could Displace 20,000 Indigenous People · Global Voices
FBI Invokes National Security to Justify Surveillance of Tar Sands Protestors - The Intercept
Economist Withdraws from Trans Mountain Review, Calling It 'Rigged' | The Tyee
Burundi police crack down on fresh protests - Al Jazeera English
Palestine: How Much Have Israeli Settlements Expanded Since 1948? · Global Voices
Global Voices Checkdesk Tracking Reactions to Morsi’s Trial · Global Voices
When citizens disobey | MIT News
Poland pays damages to men detained in secret CIA prison
Western US drought advances; Washington State declares state of emergency
GCHQ's Rainbow Lights: Exploiting Social Issues for Militarism and Imperialism - The Intercept
Protest is powerful when it comes to BDS | rabble.ca
Oil Billionaire Attempts to Silence University Quake Researchers - WhoWhatWhy

Sen. Sessions Takes A Bold Step: Tells The Truth About TPP
https://www.popularresistance.org/sen-sessions-takes-a-bold-step-tells-the-truth-about-tpp/

Stiglitz: The Secret Corporate Takeover
https://www.popularresistance.org/stiglitz-the-secret-corporate-takeover/

Shell and CCS: A 2 Degree Solution at odds
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/18/1385540/-Shell-and-CCS-A-2-Degree-Solution-at-odds

OVER 6 MONTHS LATER AND THE COP WHO SHOT 12-YEAR-OLD TAMIR RICE HAS YET TO BE QUESTIONED
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Over_6_Months_Later_And_The_Cop_Who_Shot_12-Year-Old_Tamir_Rice_Has_Yet_to_Be_Questioned/43978/0/38/38/Y/M.html

UK government quietly rewrites hacking laws to give GCHQ immunity
http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2015/05/uk-government-quietly-rewrites-hacking-laws-to-grant-gchq-immunity/

Nestle Refuses To Stop Bottling Water In CA: Make Them
https://www.popularresistance.org/nestle-refuses-to-stop-bottling-water-in-ca-make-them/

At Least 72 Dead in Footwear-Factory Fire in the Philippines
http://www.ecouterre.com/at-least-72-dead-in-footwear-factory-fire-in-the-philippines/

FBI: researcher admitted to hacking plane in-flight, causing it to “climb”
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/05/fbi-researcher-admitted-to-hacking-plane-in-flight-causing-it-to-climb/

Thousands Of Kayactivists Protest Shell Arctic Drillinghttps://www.popularresistance.org/thousands-of-kayactivists-protest-shell-arctic-drilling/

Targets Matter — Why A Small Action Group Won Vs. Mighty Bank
https://www.popularresistance.org/targets-matter-why-a-small-action-group-won-vs-mighty-bank/

Thirty Million Gallons Under the Sea: Five Years After BP Disaster, New Drilling OK'd by Spill Site
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30816-thirty-million-gallons-under-the-sea-five-years-after-bp-disaster-new-drilling-ok-d-by-spill-site

EU Plan to Sink People Smugglers' Ships Doubles Down on a Failed Agenda
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/30814-eu-plan-to-sink-people-smugglers-ships-doubles-down-on-a-failed-agenda

Egypt’s Morsi sentenced to death
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/egypts-morsi-sentenced-to-death/

Pope Francis calls Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas an ‘Angel of Peace’
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/pope-francis-calls-palestinian-authority-president-mahmoud-abbas-an-angel-of-peace/

Koch Brothers Claim Another State in War on Renewables
http://ecowatch.com/2015/05/16/koch-brothers-war-on-renewables/

David Suzuki: ‘People Have the Power to Bring About Change’
http://ecowatch.com/2015/05/15/david-suzuki-people-power/

Faith Against Fracking
http://ecowatch.com/2015/05/15/faith-against-fracking/

Standing with Tribal Nations Opposing Coal Exports in the Pacific Northwest
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/15/1385099/-Standing-with-Tribal-Nations-Opposing-Coal-Exports-in-the-Pacific-Northwest#

Public Pressure Forces IRS To Give Back Money To Civil Forfeiture Victim [VIDEO]
http://dailycaller.com/2015/05/14/public-pressure-forces-irs-to-give-back-money-to-civil-forfeiture-victim-video/