Saturday, February 7, 2015

RSN: EPA: Keystone XL to Emit 1 Billion Extra Tons of Greenhouse Gases, Tensions High in South Dakota After Alleged Assault on Native Students







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Glenn Greenwald | Western Spy Agencies Secretly Rely on Hackers for Intel and Expertise
The Intercept's Glenn Greenwald. (photo: AP)
Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept
Greenwald writes: "The U.S., U.K. and Canadian governments characterize hackers as a criminal menace, warn of the threats they allegedly pose to critical infrastructure, and aggressively prosecute them, but they are also secretly exploiting their information and expertise, according to top secret documents."
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Joe Biden Will Not Attend Israeli PM Netanyahu's Speech in March
The Guardian
Excerpt: "US vice-president Joe Biden will not attend Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu's controversial address to Congress next month because he will be travelling abroad, Biden's office said on Friday."
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White House Drug Czar: DC Should Be Allowed to Legalize Marijuana
German Lopez, Vox
Lopez writes: "The head of the White House's drug policy office on Friday suggested Washington, DC, should be able to legalize marijuana without federal obstruction."
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Tensions High in South Dakota After Alleged Assault on Native Students
Massoud Hayoun, Al Jazeera America
Hayoun writes: "An alleged hate crime against a group of Native American students at a hockey game in Rapid City, South Dakota, last month has raised racial tensions between local Native Americans and non-Natives, sparking a series of reported assaults against Native community members and a firestorm on social media."
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Mexican Social Activist Found Dead in "Political Crime"
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Alejandro Gustavo Salgado, an activist with the Popular Revolutionary Front (FPR), was found dead Wednesday only hours after being reported missing."
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EPA: Keystone XL to Emit 1 Billion Extra Tons of Greenhouse Gases
Bobby Magill, Climate Central
Magill writes: "The energy it will take to process Canadian tar sands oil and pipe it through the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline is so great that it will lead to about 1.3 billion more tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the pipeline's 50-year lifespan than if the pipeline were carrying conventional crude."
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