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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - January 23, 2015
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This daily ACTIVlist e-mail is a compilation of blog posts, media releases and action alerts from the Council of Canadians. For more information about our campaigns, how to get involved, and how to become a member, go to www.canadians.org. Please forward this e-mail and encourage others to join our list! Thank you for your interest and support.
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NWT chapter opposes silica mining near Chedabucto Lake
The Council of Canadians Northwest Territories chapter has written a letter to the Wek’eezhii Land and Water Board to ask it not to grant a five-year land use permit to Husky Oil to carry out exploratory drilling for silica in the Chedabucto Lake area on the North...
Hunter or poacher? You decide
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The Bushmen of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana are accused of “poaching” – because they hunt their food. They face arrest and beatings, torture and death, while fee-paying big...
[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - January 22, 2015
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This daily ACTIVlist e-mail is a compilation of blog posts, media releases and action alerts from the Council of Canadians. For more information about our campaigns, how to get involved, and how to become a member, go to www.canadians.org. Please forward this e-mail and encourage others to join our list! Thank you for your interest and support.
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Council of Canadians at OEB hearing on Energy East pipeline this evening
The Ontario Minister of Energy has asked the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) to hold public consultations on the proposed Energy East tar sands pipeline.
Council of Canadians supports Clyde River, key court ruling expected in June
The Arctic Journal reports, "It began with the Council of Canadians, a prestigious social action...
Victory for Monsanto!
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- Published on Thursday, 22 January 2015 11:22
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SCNCC Convention Agenda Announced
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- Published on Thursday, 22 January 2015 09:22
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Why the Whole World is Watching Greece
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- Published on Thursday, 22 January 2015 00:00
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Why the Whole World is Watching Greece
Lee Sustar
The Coalition of the Radical Left, or Syriza, is favoured to win parliamentary elections on January 25, giving it a strong chance to form a new government that could confront the catastrophic austerity agenda that has plunged Greece into severe economic and social crisis. Here, Lee Sustar (from the Socialist Worker, where this article first appeared) answers questions about the rise of Syriza and what a victory for it on January 25 would mean.
Why is so much attention focused on the Greek elections?
It may seem surprising that an election in a small country of less than 12 million people could create high anxiety in government ministries in Berlin and Paris and at the European...
Demand justice for Lemon Creek!
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- Published on Thursday, 29 January 2015 11:00
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In this issue: Demand justice for Lemon Creek! | Tseil-Waututh Nation says ‘Yes’ to solar; ‘no’ to Kinder Morgan | Social licence: Mob rule or democracy in action? | A new, improved Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund | What's new at West Coast?
Dear PAOV,
West Coast needs your help to get justice for Lemon Creek and the residents of the Slocan Valley in the aftermath...
BC Forest TenuBill 8 is dangerous and outrageous
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- Published on Wednesday, 21 January 2015 17:22
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http://www.watershedsentinel.ca/content/bc-forest-tenure-bill-8-dangerous-and-outrageous
For example, a corporation may apply to the government for a TFL, notify (not consult with) the public asking for feedback within a short period of time, and, then, the corporation reports back to government telling it what it heard from the public.
This legislation is TFL-rollover for the benefit of corporations at the expense of First Nations and communities at the discretion of Cabinet with no quid pro quo for the public (e.g., 30% takeback of volume; upgrade to existing mills, building of a new mill, etc)). Also there is no requirement that timber from the TFL be tied to and directed to local mills for local employment. First Nations and communities do not have sufficient licences to rollover to TFLs.
Having cut back budgets by 52% for forests, parks and environment and consequently having rendered dysfunctional the management of renewable resources, this government now implements the final cut and privatizes the forests under the guise of area-based management, which they claim is better than volume-based management.
The Harper Economy, Musical Edition - PressProgress Post
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- Published on Wednesday, 21 January 2015 15:00
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We had a little fun dissecting Tory economic policies by pairing them with potential campaign songs in the coming election. Find out how Miley and Meat Loaf help explain the Harper government's handling of the economy - from job creation and tax cuts to inequality.
And please share:
http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/10-songs-explain-why-harper-economy-out-tune
Thanks,Chris
[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - January 21, 2015
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This daily ACTIVlist e-mail is a compilation of blog posts, media releases and action alerts from the Council of Canadians. For more information about our campaigns, how to get involved, and how to become a member, go to www.canadians.org. Please forward this e-mail and encourage others to join our list! Thank you for your interest and support.
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WIN! In 'major reversal' Colchester to ban dumping of
fracked wastewater
The Chronicle-Herald now reports, "The county approved in principle last week a policy change that would prevent the future disposal of fracking waste water into the municipal sewer system."
EU food safety commissioner doesn't see majority support for TTIP in national parliaments
The European Union's commissioner...
More GE crops from Monsanto? Enough is enough.
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Noam Chomsky: Charlie Hebdo outrage demonstrates Wes
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- Published on Wednesday, 21 January 2015 13:00
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Americans and other westerners ignore atrocities committed by their own governments because government officials and the media have a narrow definition of terrorism, said Noam Chomsky.
To demonstrate, the linguist and political scientist compared two reports by the New York Times’ veteran correspondent Steven Erlanger — one following the Paris attacks and another from an April 1999 missile attack by NATO forces on Serbian state television headquarters.
Erlanger reported at the time that the U.S. and NATO defended the missile strike, which killed 16 journalists and knocked the station off the air, saying the TV station was a legitimate target because it helped promote the regime of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic.
“There were no demonstrations or cries of outrage, no chants of ‘We are RTV,’ no inquiries into the roots of the attack in Christian culture and history,” Chomsky said. “On the contrary, the attack on the press was lauded. The highly regarded U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke, then envoy to Yugoslavia, described the successful attack on RTV as ‘an enormously important and, I think, positive development,’ a sentiment echoed by others.”
The station’s general manager was eventually sentenced by the European Court of Human Rights to 10 years in prison for failing to evacuate the building, but the International Criminal Tribunal concluded the NATO attack was not a crime and the civilian deaths were not “clearly disproportionate.”
Chomsky said other attacks – including the 2011 slaughter of 77 people by “Christian ultra-Zionist extremist and Islamophobe” Anders Breivik – have failed to spark much outrage or probing analysis of the roots of Christian terrorism.
“Also ignored in the ‘war against terrorism’ is the most extreme terrorist campaign of modern times — Barack Obama’s global assassination campaign targeting people suspected of perhaps intending to harm us some day, and any unfortunates who happen to be nearby,” Chomsky said.
He reminded readers of the 50 civilians killed last month in a U.S.-led bombing raid in Syria, which he said was barely reported.
Read more: Noam Chomsky: Charlie Hebdo outrage demonstrates Wes
Richest 1% will own more than half the worlds wealth by next year
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Published: 19 January 2015Extreme inequality isn't just a moral wrong. We know that it hampers economic growth and it threatens the private sector's bottom line.Winnie ByanyimaExecutive Director, Oxfam International
The combined wealth of the richest 1 percent will overtake that of the other 99 percent of people next year unless the current trend of rising inequality is checked, Oxfam warned today ahead of the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos.
The international agency, whose executive director Winnie Byanyima will co-chair the Davos event, warned that the explosion in inequality is holding back the fight against global poverty at a time when 1 in 9 people do not have enough to eat and more than a billion people still live on less than $1.25-a-day.
Byanyima will use her position at Davos to call for urgent action to stem this rising tide of inequality, starting with a crackdown on tax dodging by corporations, and to push for progress towards a global deal on climate change.
Wealth: Having It All and Wanting More, a research paper published today by Oxfam, shows that the richest 1 percent have seen their share of global wealth increase from 44 percent in 2009 to 48 percent in 2014 and at this rate will be more than 50 percent in 2016. Members of this global elite had an average wealth of $2.7 million per adult in 2014.
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VIDEO: 4 Tory tall tales Jason Kenney told on national television - PressProgress Post
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In case you missed, please feel free to share this VIDEO fact-check on Conservative Jason Kenney.
http://www.pressprogress.ca/en/post/video-4-tory-tall-tales-jason-kenney
BTW: Last night, after we posted, even his own party seemed to be backing away from his comments. CP reported that an anonymous government official is now putting a damper on some of Kenney's remarks -- including his musings on the contingency fund. We updated our initial story.
Thanks,Chris
Uncontacted Amazon Indians 'surrounded by loggers' make contact - News from Survival
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[ACTIVlist] ACTIVlist Update - January 20, 2015
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This daily ACTIVlist e-mail is a compilation of blog posts, media releases and action alerts from the Council of Canadians. For more information about our campaigns, how to get involved, and how to become a member, go to www.canadians.org. Please forward this e-mail and encourage others to join our list! Thank you for your interest and support.
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MEDIA RELEASE: Newfoundland "game changer" on Europe-Canada free trade agreement: pulls out of trade negotiations, could reject deal
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All eyes on Doritos
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International Criminal Court Launches Probe Into Israeli War Crimes In Palestine
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By Staff, www.america.aljazeera.com
January 18th, 2015
ICC Launches Probe Into Israeli War Crimes In Palestine
Chief prosecutor says preliminary probe is procedural move to establish whether a formal investigation is required
Israel’s fear that Palestinian recognition by the International Criminal Court would bring unwelcome scrutiny of its military actions took a step closer to fruition on Friday, when the the ICC announced a preliminary probe into possible war crimes committed in occupied territories.
Chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda vowed “full independence and impartiality” in “examining the information available.” The probe was procedural, she said, and would determine whether evidence of possible war crimes by Israel or by Palestinian entities required formal investigation.
The announcement follows the Palestinian Authority’s agreeing to the court’s founding treaty and recognizing its jurisdiction dating back to the eve of last summer’s Gaza war. Israel is not party to the treaty, nor is the United States.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas signed the treaty over the fierce objections of Israel and the U.S., after a U.N. Security Council resolution setting a deadline for Israeli withdrawal from territories occupied since 1967 failed to achieve sufficient votes. Abbas has been under heavy domestic pressure to indict Israel through the ICC after Israel’s 50-day military campaign in Gaza, during which some 2,200 Palestinians and 72 Israelis were killed.
Israel retaliated to Abbas’ decision by freezing the transfer of more than $100 million in tax revenues owed to the Palestinians, and Tel Aviv’s supporters on Capitol Hill are pressing for the U.S. to cut funding to the Palestinian Authority.
Read more: International Criminal Court Launches Probe Into Israeli War Crimes In Palestine
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