Enbridge Inc., based in Calgary, Alta., has agreed to pay about $6.8 million to settle a class action in one of the costliest onshore oil spills in U.S. history. (photo: AP)
HELLO READER
SUPPORTERS: WE NEED HELP! At a dead stop once again on donations. We are not
even at halfway for December. 415 Readers have taken a moment to make a
contribution. Join them. This keeps the process going. Yes it is necessary. /
Marc Ash - Founder, Reader Supported News
Scott Galindez
| Obama Finally Acts Like a Nobel Laureate
Scott Galindez, Reader Supported News
Galindez writes: "Normalizing relations with Cuba was an act worthy of consideration for the Nobel Peace Prize. I'm not saying he deserves the prize, too many other actions by Obama led to more violence and suffering in the world."
READ MORE
Scott Galindez, Reader Supported News
Galindez writes: "Normalizing relations with Cuba was an act worthy of consideration for the Nobel Peace Prize. I'm not saying he deserves the prize, too many other actions by Obama led to more violence and suffering in the world."
READ MORE
FARC Guerillas
Announce Cease-Fire With Colombian Government After 50-Year Civil
War
Steven Cohen, VICE Magazine
Cohen reports: "Starting midnight December 20, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the hemisphere's longest-standing leftist insurgency, will enter an indefinite, unilateral - albeit conditional - ceasefire, rebel commanders announced in Havana."
READ MORE
Steven Cohen, VICE Magazine
Cohen reports: "Starting midnight December 20, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the hemisphere's longest-standing leftist insurgency, will enter an indefinite, unilateral - albeit conditional - ceasefire, rebel commanders announced in Havana."
READ MORE
'Stand Your
Ground' Defense Fails in Montana Murder of German Exchange
Student
Kathryn Haake, Missoulian
Haake reports: "A collective cry erupted on the third floor of the Missoula County Courthouse on Wednesday as a jury of eight women and four men found Markus Hendrik Kaarma guilty of deliberate homicide."
READ MORE
Kathryn Haake, Missoulian
Haake reports: "A collective cry erupted on the third floor of the Missoula County Courthouse on Wednesday as a jury of eight women and four men found Markus Hendrik Kaarma guilty of deliberate homicide."
READ MORE
Iran Unveils
Monument to Jewish Soldiers Killed in Iran-Iraq War
Haaretz and Associated Press
Excerpt: "Iran this week unveiled a monument to Jewish soldiers killed in the Iran-Iraq War, which lasted from 1980 to 1988 and saw both countries suffer millions of casualties and billions of dollar in damage."
READ MORE
Haaretz and Associated Press
Excerpt: "Iran this week unveiled a monument to Jewish soldiers killed in the Iran-Iraq War, which lasted from 1980 to 1988 and saw both countries suffer millions of casualties and billions of dollar in damage."
READ MORE
The Latest
Twist in the Bizarre Prosecution of Barrett Brown
Michelle Garcia, The Intercept
Garcia reports: "The hearing followed a plea deal negotiated with prosecutors last spring, in which Brown agreed to plead guilty to charges related to threats he made in a YouTube video against an FBI agent named Robert Smith."
READ MORE
Michelle Garcia, The Intercept
Garcia reports: "The hearing followed a plea deal negotiated with prosecutors last spring, in which Brown agreed to plead guilty to charges related to threats he made in a YouTube video against an FBI agent named Robert Smith."
READ MORE
6 Ideas for a
Cop-Free World
Jose Martin, Rolling Stone
Martin writes: "While law enforcers have existed in one form or another for centuries, the modern police have their roots in the relatively recent rise of modern property relations 200 years ago, and the 'disorderly conduct' of the urban poor."
READ MORE
Jose Martin, Rolling Stone
Martin writes: "While law enforcers have existed in one form or another for centuries, the modern police have their roots in the relatively recent rise of modern property relations 200 years ago, and the 'disorderly conduct' of the urban poor."
READ MORE
Largest Tar
Sands Pipeline to US Shut Down Indefinitely After Spill of 50,000+
Gallons
Scott Haggett, Reuters
Haggett reports: "Enbridge Inc said on Thursday it has no restart date yet for its 796,000-barrel-per-day Line 4, the largest oil-export pipeline to the United States, after it was shut a day earlier after a spill of 1,350 barrels."
READ MORE
Scott Haggett, Reuters
Haggett reports: "Enbridge Inc said on Thursday it has no restart date yet for its 796,000-barrel-per-day Line 4, the largest oil-export pipeline to the United States, after it was shut a day earlier after a spill of 1,350 barrels."
READ MORE
No comments:
Post a Comment