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All News Articles for 2016-09-19

Monday, September 19, 2016
	With CEO in Hot Seat, Wells Fargo Fallout Just Beginning "Shouldn't WellsFargo CEO return $10 million in performance pay when said performance yields a $185 million fine?" Read more
	Big Bank 'Greenwashing' Exposed as Major Climate Week Sponsors Fund Fossil Fuels 'If these banks aspire to be climate leaders, they must accelerate their exit from coal, and commit to getting out of extreme oil and fracked-gas terminals as well' Read more
	'Widely Violated' Syrian Ceasefire Collapses Announcement from Syrian military comes on heels of US strikes hitting Syrian soldiers instead of ISIS Read more
	Indonesia's Illegal Deforestation Fires Killed Over 100,000: Study Illegal fires used to deforest land for palm oil and pulpwood plantations are raging again today Read more
	As CETA Advances, Reports Warn Deal Will Ruin Economies, Cement Corporate Power Germany's minority Social Democratic Party backs trade agreement despite 300,000-strong protest on Saturday Read more
	Supplying White Phosphorus to Saudis? New Claims Reinforce US War Crimes Complicity in Yemen Human rights organization also says US bomb used in deadly coalition strike on MSF hospital Read more
	Pivoting Off NY Bombing, Trump Doubles Down on Hate, Fear, and Muslim Ban Republican presidential nominee argued Monday that U.S. police should follow the model of Israel and employ religious profiling Read more
	Seizing Electoral Power, Women Demand 'Solutions as Complex as Our Existence' "Women's economic well-being doesn't hinge on any single issue but rather the intersection of several," declares We Won't Wait coalition Read more
	Canada Scrambles to Create National Climate Plan, But May Sign COP21 Without One One step forward, two steps back? Trudeau prepares to sign COP21 while Alberta approves $4 billion worth of new tar sands projects Read more
	Mining Leaves a Wisconsin Tribe's Hallowed Sites at Risk Modern boundaries complicate —and stymie—the Menominee Tribe's effort to protect burial grounds. Read more