All News Articles for 2015-10-08

Thursday, October 8, 2015
'Big Win' for Divestment Movement as California Public Pensions Dump Coal
New law affecting nation's two largest publicly-held funds championed as demonstration of strength of global efforts to defund dirty fuels
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NATO Rattles Sabers as Russia Escalates in Syria
NATO head says alliance is 'implementing the biggest reinforcement of our collective defense since the end of the Cold War'
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Lead Poisoning Fears Finally Stir Action, But Does It Come Too Late for People of Flint?
'Governor Snyder’s announcement confirmed what we already knew, that his emergency manager poisoned children and families in Flint.'
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Autopsy Shows Oklahoma Used Wrong Drug to Kill Man Who Said His Body Was 'On Fire'
State ACLU chapter says events show 'incompetence'
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'We Will Stand for Ourselves': Global Movement Stakes Claim for COP21
'The Paris moment will be defined not by what happens in the negotiating halls, but in the streets of Paris and around the world.'
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Unsealed Documents Show Pinochet 'Directly' Involved in Capitol Hill Assassinations
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt became 'symbols of the broader human rights catastrophe of the Pinochet dictatorship'
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Locals Say US-Backed Saudi Coalition Bombed Yemeni Wedding Party. Again.
Up to 30 killed in strike that hit house in southern Yemen
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Warming Oceans Behind Historic Coral Bleaching Events: Scientists
Destruction of vital ecosystems threatens marine biodiversity... and much more
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After Years of Backroom Secrecy, Public Will Finally Get to See Full TPP Text
Legislative clock starts ticking as Obama administration prepares to release text of pro-corporate trade deal
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Not Satisfied With Obama Apology, MSF Repeats Demand for Independent Probe
Head of aid organizations says only acceptable response is US endorsement of an independent, global investigation into what happened in Kunduz
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