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Russia’s Putin Just Sent Fighter Jets To Iraq To Destroy ISIS Sending Obama A Message That In The Middle East “PUTIN IS ...

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<p>The Iranian-Russian alliance, which wants total control of Iraq and Syria will push Russian hegemony over the Middle East as Russia sent military forces now to Iraq. “They are popping up everywhere” says one senior U.S. official describing the arrival of Russian military personnel in Baghdad, Iraq.</p>
<p>The situation is heating up as Russia is now getting militarily involved not jut in Syria, but also <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/24/russians-syrians-and-iranians-setting-up-military-coordination-cell-in-baghdad/">in Iraq</a>.</p>
<p>Undetected by radar, the Russians were able to move 24 attack jets (12 Sukhoi Su-25 “Frogfoot” and a dozen Sukhoi Su-24 “Fencer” attack aircraft) in “tight formations” under the “steady stream” of the large Russian An-124 cargo planes that have been ferrying supplies from bases in Russia through Iran before traveling into Iraq.</p>
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<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin did his move just prior to the planned meeting between him and President Obama in New York Monday on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. Obama administration has voiced concern regarding Russia’s involvement, at least in Syria.</p>
<p>Putin as it seems has President Obama in check since he is thwarting Obama’s plans as the United States has publicly expressed alarm since Russia-supported Syrian loyalists could clash with U.S.-backed rebel groups. Direct Russian intervention in Syria will help break Russia out of isolation and will force Washington to begin direct military-to-military talks with the Russians on Syria.</p>
<p>Putin as it seems is challenging President Obama and has fostered ties with the governments in both Syria and Iraq and now has moved his chips in both nations sending a message to Obama that Putin is boss.  The situation sends a blow to President Obama’s plan since four years after President Barack Obama’s August 2011 <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-08-18/obama-is-said-to-be-ready-to-urge-assad-to-step-down-after-syria-bloodshed">ultimatum</a> that the Syrian president must go, now Russia’s involvement and world leaders descending on New York for the United Nations General Assembly will send the message that Assad can stay.</p>
<p>But the situation is not only an alarm bell to the U.S., besides challenging the U.S., the interference of Russia in Syria and Iraq what is now a recognized fighting force will provoke the Muslim world, and bring back memories of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.</p>
<p>To understand more on Russia’s involvement read <a href="http://shoebat.com/2015/09/17/are-gog-and-magog-marching-on-israel-as-we-see-russia-deploying-its-military-might-in-syria/">Are Gog And Magog Marching On Israel As We See Russia Deploying Its Military Might In Syria?</a></p>
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Norway Pays Brazil $1bn For Slowing Amazon Deforestation

<p>The incentive is part of an initiative called the Amazon Fund, which encourages developing countries to protect the environment</p>
<p><a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/norway-pays-brazil-1bn-for-slowing-amazon-deforestation/ericpheterson1/" rel="attachment wp-att-41148"><img alt="ericpheterson1" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-41148" height="219" src="http://cdn9.trueactivist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ericpheterson1-400x219.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/police-in-norway-havent-killed-anyone-in-nearly-a-decade/" target="_blank">Norway</a> will soon pay <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/architects-plan-to-turn-brazils-empty-stadiums-into-housing-for-homeless/" target="_blank">Brazil</a> the final installment of a $1bn payment for slowing the rate at which the Amazon rainforest is cut down, giving a massive incentive to the country’s government to protect the ‘lungs of the world’.</p>
<p>As part of an agreement called The Amazon Fund, the Scandinavian country promised to pay Brazil $1bn between 2008 and 2015, in exchange for its commitment to slow down <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/heres-how-starbucks-is-destroying-the-rainforest-and-what-you-can-do-to-help/" target="_blank">deforestation</a>. The Amazon Fund is administered by the <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/250000-people-forcibly-removed-from-their-homes-for-world-cup-in-brazil/" target="_blank">Brazilian</a> Development Bank BNDES, which uses the money to pay for sustainable and innovative ways to develop the <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/gab_gallery/uncontacted-amazon-tribe-first-ever-aerial-footage/" target="_blank">Amazon</a> region.</p>
<p>The UN Secretary General said that the <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/brazil-government-says-amazon-is-improving-vastly-but-independent-researchers-disagree/" target="_blank">Amazon</a> fund was “an outstanding example of the kind of international collaboration we need to ensure the future sustainability of the planet”.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/how-these-brazilian-students-learn-english-is-amazing/" target="_blank">Brazil</a> vowed to cut the rate of deforestation by 75 percent over the past seven years, and has achieved its goal. Between 1996 and 2005, <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/brazilian-artist-is-transforming-womens-scars-from-abuse-into-art-for-free/" target="_blank">Brazil</a> cut down 20,500 km squared, an area the size of Clark County in Nevada, or the entire state of Israel. By the year from August 2013 to July 2014, that had fallen to 4,800km squared. In 2012 the rate of deforestation fell to its lowest in 24 years.</p>
<p>But activists say the rate of <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/watch-over-500000-ants-joined-in-protest-against-deforestation/" target="_blank">deforestation</a> is not slowing down enough, and that Brazil- whose policy of <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/the-world-must-know-what-is-happening-here-the-story-behind-those-shocking-viral-images/" target="_blank">evicting</a> native <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/indigenous-protesters-occupy-oil-field-in-the-amazon-and-threaten-to-shut-it-down-if-they-are-ignored/" target="_blank">people</a> from their ancestral land has proven very <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/the-militarization-of-conservation-and-the-dark-side-of-the-wwf-exposed/" target="_blank">controversial</a>– should be doing much more to prevent the loss of diverse habitats. In July 2014, <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/brazilian-wasp-venom-found-to-kill-cancer-cells-without-harming-healthy-cells/" target="_blank">Brazilian</a> President Dilma Rousseff made it easier for logging companies to clear the rainforest, resulting in a <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/worlds-oldest-tree-accidentally-cut-down-by-loggers-in-amazon/" target="_blank">deforestation</a> spike: 402km squared was cleared in September last year alone.</p>
<p>Norway has put an impressive $670 million into the Amazon Fund so far and is one of the most charitable nations on the planet, with over 1% of its GDP spent on international aid. The country also has a deal with Indonesia, offering it the same $180m installments in exchange for a vow from the country to protect its tropical <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/mind-blowing-what-the-people-of-the-amazon-know-that-you-dont/" target="_blank">rainforests</a>. However, it warned the Indonesian government earlier this year that its progress in reforming its forestry sector will <em>not</em> be sufficient to meet its pledge to reduce carbon emissions by 26% in 2020.</p>
<p>Norwegian environment minister Baard Vegar Solhjell announced on Monday that the government would make the $100m payment to Brazil before the global <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/this-15-year-old-is-leading-a-global-revolution-for-climate-change/" target="_blank">climate</a> summit in December, praising the country’s conservation work: “These efforts have tremendous positive effects for biodiversity, the livelihoods of local communities and indigenous peoples, and local and global rainfall patterns,” he <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/06/us-norway-brazil-aid-idUSBRE8B50WA20121206" target="_blank">sai</a>d. “The importance of what Brazil has achieved on deforestation over the last few years can hardly be overestimated.”</p>
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Finally, Court Rules Whales To Be Protected From Navy Sonar!

<p>It's fantastic news for these majestic creatures, whose mysterious mass deaths have caused many to lay the blame on the US Navy</p>
<p><a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/finally-court-rules-whales-to-be-protected-from-navy-sonar/whales2a/" rel="attachment wp-att-41137"><img alt="whales2a" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-41137" height="219" src="http://cdn11.trueactivist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/whales2a-400x219.jpg" width="400" /></a>Earthjustice, Greenpeace and the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) have won a battle to challenge the US Navy’s training and testing activities off the coasts of <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/hawaii-plans-to-transform-its-old-buses-into-homeless-shelters-with-showers/" target="_blank">Hawaii</a> and Southern <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/california-has-only-one-year-of-water-left/" target="_blank">California</a>, including its highly controversial use of sonar.</p>
<p>Military sonar causes chaos to marine animals’ migration patterns, breeding and feeding ground, and their ability to communicate and hear. We’ve all read stories of dead <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/gab_gallery/two-humpback-whales-attempt-to-save-grey-whale-calf-from-a-pod-of-killer-whales/" target="_blank">whales</a> washing up on the beach, and the navy has now <a href="http://news.sciencemag.org/2002/01/navy-admits-sonar-killed-whales" target="_blank">admitted</a> that its use of  sonar testing activities is helping to kill off these beautiful <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/australia-wins-whaling-case-against-japan/" target="_blank">creatures</a>. As Tim Donaghy, a senior research specialist with Greenpeace <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jun/14/stranded-whales-ocean-navy-sonars" target="_blank">told</a> the Guardian in June last year,  “a deaf whale is a dead whale.” Take into account that many injured and dead <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/how-whales-change-climate/" target="_blank">whales</a> and <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/india-declares-dolphins-non-human-persons-dolphin-shows-banned/" target="_blank">dolphins</a> do not end up stranded on a beach, and it’s easy to see how difficult it is to accurately assess how many marine animals are affected by sonar use in our oceans.</p>
<p>In March, a US district court in <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/hawaii-just-banned-plastic-bags-at-grocery-checkouts/" target="_blank">Hawaii</a> found that the National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) improperly gave approval to the navy’s use of sonar in the Pacific, a cause for celebration for environmental groups. This month, a federal court went one step further by ruling that when the US Navy’s current contract expires in 2018, certain regulations to its activities will apply:</p>
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<li>The deal will prohibit the navy “from using mid-frequency active sonar for training and testing activities in important habitat for beaked whales between Santa Catalina Island and San Nicolas Island” and</li>
<li>“from using mid-frequency active sonar for training and testing activities in important habitat for blue whales feeding near San Diego”.</li>
<li>It also requires that “surface vessels must use ‘extreme caution’ and travel at a safe speed to minimize the risk of ship strikes in blue whale feeding habitat and migratory corridors for blue, fin, and gray whales.”</li>
<li>Special prohibitions already in place in <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/hawaiian-natives-fight-to-keep-telescope-off-sacred-mountain/" target="_blank">Hawaii</a> restrict speed in order to protect humpback whales.</li>
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Women Of The First Nations Shut Down Tar Sands Pipeline Hearing

<p><a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/women-of-the-first-nations-shut-down-tar-sands-pipeline-hearing/native-protest-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-41125"><img alt="native protest" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-41125" height="300" src="http://cdn9.trueactivist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/native-protest-400x300.jpg" width="400" /></a>This week, women representing the First Nations shut down a pipeline meeting in Montreal. The meeting was on the controversial TransCanada Pipeline which could potentially displace tens of thousands of people and create untold environmental pollution. Native communities will be some of the most hard hit by the <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/?s=pipeline" target="_blank">pipeline</a>, as the oil companies are planning on building directly through their ancestral homelands, the land that was promised to them through very early government treaties.</p>
<p>Amanda Lickers of the Seneca-Haudenosaunee community was one of the women who joined the protest. She told reporters on the scene that she was determined to protect her homeland and the environment surrounding it.</p>
<p><em>“What we want TransCanada to understand is that no means no. This is Kanien’ke, this is Mohawk Land, and we are tired of occupation, we are tired of environmental disaster. This is our land and we are going to protect it,</em>” she said.</p>
<p>During the protest, four <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/?s=native" target="_blank">native</a> women held a banner that said <em>“No consent, no pipelines”</em> as the meeting was being canceled.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nopipelinesnoconsent?src=">#nopipelinesnoconsent</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/energyeast?src=">#energyeast</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/pipeline?src=">#pipeline</a> consultantion disrupted <a href="https://twitter.com/defendourlands">@defendourlands</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/unistoten?src=">#unistoten</a> <a href="http://t.co/AhVutlGghY">pic.twitter.com/AhVutlGghY</a></p>
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<em>“The NEB doesn’t even make the call. All they do is put a recommendation to the federal government. We wanted to push home that this is a process of futility, and if we are going to stop pipelines, we need to move forward with direct action. We have a responsibility to future generations to assert our sovereignty,”</em> <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/09/24/no-consent-first-nations-women-shut-down-tar-sands-pipeline-hearing" target="_blank">Lickers told Common Dreams.</a></p>
<p>The police were called to the protest, but luckily no arrests were made.</p>
<p>Earlier this year, <a href="http://www.trueactivist.com/sioux-tribal-president-declares-keystone-xl-pipeline-an-act-of-war/" target="_blank">in Rosebud South Dakota</a>, the Rosebud Sioux Tribal President made an official announcement, stating that the Rosebud Sioux Tribe considers the laying of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline through their lands to be an “act of war.”</p>
<p>One of the most effective propaganda campaigns that the government has going for them is the idea that it is somehow their job to protect the environment.</p>
<p>This is said to be accomplished by punishing those who damage the environment. However, situations like this give a much clearer view of reality.</p>
<p>In this case and in most others, individual private property holders are actually personally invested in the land, thus they have a greater incentive to actually take care of the property and be conscious of the environment.</p>
<p>With the Tar Sands pipeline, we see how the government is actually taking property away from people who would treat it well and then selling it to people who will undoubtedly disrespect it.</p>
<p>Without the strong arm of the government to expropriate the property, the companies that are building this pipeline would be forced to directly negotiate with these property holders themselves or offer them fair deals in return for their property.</p>
<p>Beings that most of these people have so much personal history invested in this land, the majority of them would refuse to negotiate, making the construction of this pipeline completely impossible.</p>
<p>Sadly, politicians have no problem negotiating with other people’s property, so they can be lobbied to use the guns of government to expropriate land on behalf of a third party, making projects that no one wants in their “own back yard” a reality.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jgvibes" target="_blank">John Vibes</a> writes for True Activist and is an author, researcher and investigative journalist who takes a special interest in the counter culture and the drug war.</p>
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Occupiers In London Meet Violent Police Response During Mass Eviction

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<h2>Occupiers In London Meet Violent Police Response During Mass Eviction</h2>
<span>Occupiers In London Meet Violent Police Response During Mass Eviction</span>
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<p>High court enforcement officers used sledgehammers and battering rams in a bid to evict more than 100 people from a north London housing estate awaiting redevelopment.</p>
<p>The confrontation began shortly before 8am on Wednesday and comes six months after the former Ministry of Defence housing estate, Sweets Way in Whetstone, was occupied by housing activists protesting against the eviction of families, many of whom were previously homeless.</p>
<p>Police dog teams, ambulances and fire engines were on standby as several people who have been occupying the homes since March climbed on to the roofs and refused to come down.</p>
<p>Those evicted described how enforcement officers smashed down their doors without warning and gave them 10 minutes to leave. They said there were violent confrontations with some people being carried out, including one man in his seventies. One person reportedly suffered a cut face after a window was smashed in during the evictions.</p>
<p>“We were scared,” said Carolina, 33, who is six months pregnant and said she now had nowhere to sleep. “They pushed in the doors and about eight of the officers came into each house. It is just unfair. Winter is coming and the number of homeless is growing.”</p>
<p>The squatters’ belongings – including Hula Hoops, curtains, washing-up bowls and bicycles – were piled up in the roads as enforcement officers brought a cherry-picker into the area to try to remove protesters from the roofs.</p>
<p>Wednesday’s action against squatters and housing protesters is the final act of a long-running dispute over the estate, which came to national attention when comedian Russell Brand joined a sleepover there.</p>
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<p>The case of the final tenant, Mostafa Aliverdipour, who is severely disabled and refusing to leave because he believes the replacement home he is being offered is not appropriate, is expected to be heard in court on Wednesday afternoon.</p>
<p>Another couple, Jay and Bibi, who are in their early 20s and had squatted in the properties for a couple of months, told the Guardian they were homeless again as they left the estate with a duvet and a few bags of belongings.</p>
<p>“We are going to get a train into central London and try and sleep under a building,” Jay said. “Some people have places to stay, but we are homeless. We are going to sleep rough. It is just part of this corrupt system. When I was working, if I had been paid double, worked twice as many hours and saved everything, I would only have been able to afford a £100,000 house and what can you buy for that?”</p>
<p>He added he had been able to furnish the house with carpets and furniture as if it was his own.</p>
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<p>There were skirmishes between protesters and police, while enforcement officers and squatters played cat-and-mouse as they tried to intercept bags of food and drink being thrown up to squatters on the roofs.</p>
<p>Annington Homes, the property company controlled by Guy Hands’ Terra Firma investment operation, is planning to replace the 142-home estate with 288 new dwellings. It said 20% of the new homes – at least 59 – will be classed as affordable.</p>
<p>“Annington very much supports the argument for more homes, both in London and elsewhere although there is a need for development to achieve this,” a spokesman said. “It is regrettable when homes need to be demolished, but Annington’s decision to develop will see an increase in the number of homes by 100%.</p>
<p>“Today’s action relates to the mass eviction of over 50 properties currently illegally occupied by squatters. Two high court writs of possession have been issued for high court enforcement officers working in conjunction with police to clear the illegal occupation of the estate.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/sep/23/sweets-way-occupiers-report-violent-clashes-during-mass-eviction-london" rel="nofollow">Originally published by The Guardian</a></p>
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<p>Housing activists who were protesting the eviction of families took to the roofs Wednesday as enforcement officers used battering rams in an operation to remove them from housing estate.</p>
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Climate Movement Momentum: Carbon Divestments Top $2.6 Trillion As Hillary Rejects Keystone XL

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<h2>Climate Movement Momentum: Carbon Divestments Top $2.6 Trillion As Hillary Rejects Keystone XL</h2>
<span>Climate Movement Momentum: Carbon Divestments Top $2.6 Trillion As Hillary Rejects Keystone XL</span>
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<p>Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio on Tuesday joined more than 400 institutions and 2,000 individuals who have promised to divest from fossil fuels, as <a href="http://www.arabellaadvisors.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Measuring-the-Growth-of-the-Divestment-Movement.pdf" rel="nofollow">new research showed</a> they hold total assets of $2.6 trillion.</p>
<p>The report by investment experts reveals the movement to take money out of fossil fuels like oil, coal and gas has grown 50-fold in one year. At the same time, more capital is flowing into renewable energy and other solutions to climate change problems, it said.</p>
<p>"Climate change is severely impacting the health of our planet and all of its inhabitants," said DiCaprio, announcing his promise to divest on behalf of himself and the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, which supports conservation projects around the world. "We must transition to a clean energy economy that does not rely on fossil fuels, the main driver of this global problem," the celebrity environmentalist added in a statement.</p>
<p>Local governments and investors from 43 countries have committed to stop supporting fossil fuels, including municipalities, pension funds, medical associations and churches, the coalition backing the movement said. The report, launched in New York by investment consultancy Arabella Advisors, did not specify how much of the $2.6 trillion in overall assets represented by those that have pledged to divest was invested in fossil fuels.</p>
<p>Thomas Van Dyck, managing director of SRI Wealth Management Group, said the research showed a growing number of investors wanted to reduce their carbon risk and switch their money into clean-growth industries. "That underscores what I see every day as a financial advisor – that the demand for fossil-free investment products is increasing," he said in a statement.</p>
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<p><strong>Catching Fire</strong></p>
<p>In the past year, activists have targeted the shareholders and creditors of fossil fuel companies and their corporate and social partners, while ramping up pressure on universities and religious institutions to stop investing in those firms.</p>
<p>The tactics are getting results – particularly in the United States, Britain and some Scandinavian countries, campaigners say.</p>
<p>"If these numbers tell us anything, it's that the divestment movement is catching fire," said May Boeve, executive director of 350.org, an online climate action group. She said the expansion of the movement should send a clear message to world leaders ahead of U.N. talks in Paris, where they are due to agree on a new global deal to tackle climate change in December.</p>
<p>"It's time for them to follow suit, and divest our governments from fossil fuel companies too," Boeve added.</p>
<p>Divestment strategies differ across organizations, the coalition noted. Some are withdrawing their money from all fossil fuel companies, while others are beginning with firms involved in coal or tar sands.</p>
<p>A papal pronouncement issued by Pope Francis in June demanding swift action to save the planet from environmental ruin has influenced religious institutions, experts say.</p>
<p>"The pace of fossil fuel divestment within faith communities worldwide, combined with the growing commitment to investing in clean energy, particularly for the world's poor, show that the world's spiritual and moral leaders grasp the urgency of the climate crisis and are ready to act," said Rev. Fletcher Harper, executive director of GreenFaith, a U.S.-based interfaith coalition for the environment.</p>
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<p><strong>MEANWHILE, Rebecca Leber <a href="http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122898/president-hillary-clinton-could-put-obamas-climate-record-shame" rel="nofollow">reports in The New Republic</a> that Hillary Clinton's announcement Tuesday that she no longer supports the Keystone XL pipeline comes as a huge win for the climate movement:</strong></p>
<p>On Tuesday afternoon, with the nation’s attention turned to Pope Francis making landfall in Washington, D.C., Hillary Clinton gave an Iowa town hall the answer environmentalists have long waited to hear from her on the Keystone XL pipeline. “I oppose it,” she said.</p>
<p>For years, the former secretary of state has insisted she could not come forward with her personal opinion on the project, using an assortment of excuses to explain that she would not comment while the State Department’s review of the project – which has stretched on endlessly, and conveniently for Clinton, since 2009 – was still in progress.</p>
<p>That's recently changed, as the pressure for her to come forward has only grown with Senator Bernie Sanders’ rise in the polls. Last week, she warned, "I'm putting the White House on notice” on Keystone; on Tuesday, she handed Keystone activists a clear win, yet still made clear that she sees the project as one giant nuisance.</p>
<p>"I think it is imperative that we look at the Keystone Pipeline as what I believe it is, a distraction from important work we have to do on climate change,” Clinton said. “And unfortunately from my perspective, one that interferes with our ability to move forward with all other issues."</p>
<p>Ignore Clinton’s grudging comments. This is a huge political victory for environmentalists. It reflects how significantly the politics around Keystone have shifted in a few years – after all, Clinton herself said she was "inclined" to approve it in 2010. Now, the expectation is Obama too will reject it. It also means the leading Democratic candidate has adopted not one, but two of green activists' key issues. Last month, Clinton said she opposes drilling in the U.S. Arctic, in a significant break from the Obama administration. "It's not worth the risk of drilling," she tweeted.</p>
<p>Her reasons for championing the policies that are near and dear to environmentalists probably have more to do with fending off Sanders’ unexpected success early in the campaign cycle. Sanders has long opposed Keystone, and as the White House decision has lingered, Clinton was increasingly painted into a corner. She could dodge endless questions about her position on Keystone, or she could finally silence critics who say Sanders is a better climate ally than Clinton.</p>
<p>But now, in a dramatic shift in perception, Clinton herself has become an ally applying pressure to the administration. Today grassroots groups praised Clinton for shaking her sometimes-aloof reputation on climate change. “Hillary is now standing with us to ask President Obama to reject the pipeline once and for all," said one anti-Keystone activist, Bold Nebraska Director Jane Kleeb, adding, "We are proud Sec. Clinton stood up for clean water today."</p>
<p>The question now: How much further will she go? Was the Keystone announcement politics or principle? The early primary season offers progressive activists the best chance they'll have to push Clinton to stake out aggressive climate policies, and they know it. What they hope to see next is a bold stand against federal policies that promote fossil fuel development. “I think logically the train of thought would lead anyone to say, we have to leave carbon in the ground,” Bill McKibben, a climate activist and journalist who's led the Keystone opposition, told me in an email after Clinton finally spoke out.</p>
<p>If Clinton continues to break with Obama on the areas where he remains weakest on the environment, she could outpace his accomplishments in office if elected president. The key is whether she continues to focus on policies that discourage the production of fossil fuels, like mining and drilling on public lands. The federal government leases 67 million acres to the fossil fuel industry, and Obama has approved leases for a quarter of them. “And the president of the U.S. actually has control over a lot of ground, without even having to ask anyone in Congress.” Clinton has clearly decided to go after the climate vote, but she will have to do more to fully earn it.</p>
<p><a href="http://planetark.org/wen/73674" rel="nofollow">Originally published by Reuters</a></p>
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<p>A new report shows the fossil fuel divestment movement has grown 50-fold in one year, with more than 400 institutions and 2,000 individuals pledging to dump carbon stocks – news that complemented Clinton's promise to oppose the tar sands pipeline.</p>
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<p>Skyrocketing abstention from voting, social demobilization and an impending wave of harsh austerity measures call for critical reflection after Syriza’s "pragmatic" win at the polls.</p>
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<p>Financial fees are sucking cities and states dry – but they can change the terms if they band together and bargain collectively over interest rates and other financial deals peddled to them by Wall Street.</p>
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<p>Margaret Flowers is speaking up loudly, saying it's high time we got activists in the halls of the mighty and powerful – time to move from occupying the streets to occupying Congress.</p>
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<p>Sanders’s rise in this election season is inconceivable without Occupy Wall Street having elevated the conversation around inequality.</p>
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<p>Those displaced after a “just transition” away from fossil fuels should be able to count on decent new green jobs and retraining.</p>
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<p>"This case is not just about me – it's about how much control we allow U.S. corporations and the U.S. government to have over the Internet."</p>
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