Emily Johnston | I Shut Down an Oil Pipeline - Because Climate Change Is a Ticking Bomb

24 November 17

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FOCUS: Emily Johnston | I Shut Down an Oil Pipeline - Because Climate Change Is a Ticking Bomb 

Emily Johnston, Guardian UK
Johnston writes: "Normal methods of political action and protest are simply not working. If we don't reduce emissions boldly and fast, that's genocide."
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RSN: Over Eight Years, President Barack Obama Has Created the Most Intrusive Surveillance Apparatus in the World. To What End?, Dozens of US, Canadian Tribes Unite Against Proposed Oil Pipelines

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James Bamford | Over Eight Years, President Barack Obama Has Created the Most Intrusive Surveillance Apparatus in the World. To What End? 
 
James Bamford, Foreign Policy 
Bamford writes: "Over his two terms, Obama has created the most powerful surveillance state the world has ever seen. Although other leaders may have created more oppressive spying regimes, none has come close to constructing one of equivalent size, breadth, cost, and intrusiveness." 
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Charlotte Police Video of Keith Scott's Killing Released 
Robert Mackey, The Intercept 
Mackey writes: "Bowing to demands for greater transparency into the circumstances surrounding a fatal shooting that sparked protests in Charlotte, North Carolina this week, the city's police department on Saturday released video of the deadly encounter recorded by its officers." 
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Former Employees File Class Action Against Wells Fargo 
David Bailey, Reuters 
Bailey writes: "Two former Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N) employees have filed a class action in California seeking $2.6 billion or more for workers who tried to meet aggressive sales quotas without engaging in fraud and were later demoted, forced to resign or fired." 
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Are Judges for Sale? The Supreme Court Could Decide in Pending Corruption Case. 
Billy Corriher, ThinkProgress 
Corriher writes: "Chisholm v. Two Unnamed Petitioners asks whether conservative justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court violated the Constitution by failing to recuse from a criminal investigation targeting groups that spent millions of dollars to get them elected." 
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New Sexual-Misconduct Claims Hit Yosemite, Yellowstone in Widening Park Service Scandal 
Lisa Rein, The Washington Post 
Rein writes: "Complaints of sexual harassment and hostile workplaces in the National Park Service have spread to Yosemite and Yellowstone, two of the crown jewels in the system." 
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The Prawn War: The Deadly Fight Over Dwindling Fish Stocks Between Sri Lanka and India 
Michael Snyder, Slate 
Snyder writes: "Weekly reports surface of Indian fishermen being detained, assaulted, and having their equipment confiscated by the Sri Lankan navy. 'They're like pirates, thieving everything,' Chenatam Fernando says of the Sri Lankan navy. 'The nets, the fish, even the rice.'" 
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Dozens of US, Canadian Tribes Unite Against Proposed Oil Pipelines 
Merrit Kennedy, NPR 
Kennedy writes: "U.S. Native American tribes and Canadian First Nations are banding together to 'collectively challenge and resist' proposals to build more pipelines from tar sands in Alberta, Canada. At least 50 First Nations and tribes signed a treaty on Thursday at ceremonies held in Vancouver and Montreal." 
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