All News Articles for 2016-10-27

Thursday, October 27, 2016
US Votes 'No' As UN Adopts Landmark Resolution Calling to Ban Nuclear Weapons
Co-sponsored by 57 nations, L41 calls for a 2017 conference 'to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination'
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'Major Win for Environment': Bill to Ban Fracking in Ireland Moves Forward
Bill approved by nation's House of Representatives as environmental advocates celebrate progress
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The Skeena River, in British Columbia First Nations, Conservation Groups Sue to Block Massive LNG Project in BC
'They couldn't have chosen a worse place for an industrial facility'
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'Building Walls' Will Worsen Coming Climate Crisis, Top General Warns
Nations must abandon 'narrow nationalistic instincts' and find a 'global solution' to plight of climate refugees
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'Silence Is Not Acceptable': Indigenous Youth Demand Clinton Take Stand on DAPL
' By refusing to stand against DAPL, Hillary is putting our environment, wildlife, culture, and land at risk,' says 16-year-old William Brownotter
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FCC Passes Sweeping Internet Privacy Rules in 'Big Win for Civil Rights'
New rules require internet service providers to get customers' explicit consent before sharing data with third parties
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'This Must Stop': School Bombing Kills 22 Syrian Children, Six Teachers
"Syria's children, like children anywhere else in the world, deserve the chance to learn and play without running the risk of being killed in their classrooms."
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Exxon gas station Bad Week for Exxon: Outlook Plunges as NY Court Says Climate Criminal Must Comply
'There are more red flags than a 10-car pileup at a NASCAR race'
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Absent Radical System Change, World Faces Two-Thirds Wildlife Loss by 2020
'We are at a decisive moment in time when we can seize the solutions to steer our food, energy, and finance systems in a more sustainable direction'
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Armed With Riot Gear, Militarized Police Begin Forcibly Clearing DAPL Protest Camp
'We will be peaceful, we will be prayerful, we will not retreat'
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As CETA Rises from Ashes, Campaigners Vow: 'The More You Insist, the More We Resist'
Belgium delegates reached 11th-hour consensus, which grants the Court of Justice of the European Union the ability to rule on final inclusion of ISDS
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