Wednesday, November 12, 2014

RSN: Here Come The Tar Sands, U.S. and China Strike Deal on Carbon Cuts in Push for Global Climate Pact, Nestle Under Fire in Mexico After Tweeting Joke About 43 Dead Students



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Charles Pierce | Here Come The Tar Sands
Tar sands shown by activist. (photo: Northern Rockies Rising Tide)
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "The Toronto Globe and Mail ran a happy-fun-times foto feature on the town of Fort McMurray in Alberta, also d/b/a Tar Sands World HQ."
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U.S. and China Strike Deal on Carbon Cuts in Push for Global Climate Pact
Lenore Taylor, Tania Branigan, Guardian UK
Taylor and Branigan report: "The United States and China have unveiled a secretly negotiated deal to reduce their greenhouse gas output, with China agreeing to cap emissions for the first time and the US committing to deep reductions by 2025."
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Tomas Young | A Message to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney From a Dying Veteran
Tomas Young, Reader Supported News
Young writes: "I write this letter on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War on behalf of my fellow Iraq War veterans. I write this letter on behalf of the 4,488 soldiers and Marines who died in Iraq."
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Conservatives Overwhelmingly Back Net Neutrality, Poll Finds
Haley Sweetland Edwards, TIME Magazine
Edwards reports: "A poll released today by the Internet Freedom Business Alliance (IFBA), found that conservatives voters like the idea of net neutrality."
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Nestle Under Fire in Mexico After Tweeting Joke About 43 Dead Students
Caitlin Dewey, The Sydney Morning Herald
Dewey reports: "As far as social media mess-ups go, this one is a doozey. Nestle and the Crunch brand, in particular, have spent much of the past 24 hours apologising and condemning the message - mostly in vain."
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California's Drought Is So Bad, There's a Black Market for Water
Clare Foran, The National Journal
Foran reports: "Water theft has become increasingly common in California as the state suffers through its worst drought on record."
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