21st Century Wire says…
A request by Native American tribes seeking to halt the construction of the final link in the highly politicized and controversial Dakota Access Pipeline has been declined by a federal judge in Washington DC.
Suspects are detained by state police after they were caught looting in Veracruz, Mexico, early Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. (AP/Felix Marquez)
(REPORT) — Protests over a double-digit hike in gasoline prices in Mexico continue in at least 22 states of the country, officials said on Friday, as they confirmed that the wave of violent lootings and blockades has left three people dead and at least 700 arrested.
Business leaders estimate that some 1,000 shops and companies have been looted or vandalized this week as others closed over fears of being robbed.
Ty Edwards, assistant general manager of the Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District, points to brackish water flowing from one of several flowing abandoned wells— originally drilled for oil, but later used for irrigation — that no state agency plans to plug. (Photo: Rafael Aguilera/The Texas Tribune)
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21st Century Wire says…
Many Yorkshire residents are now up in arms regarding a renewed unconventional gas agenda in their midst.
Anti-fracking advocate Ian R. Crane says, “Unless you want to condemn future generations to unimaginable ecological misery, then there is no more important place to be than North Allerton, North Yorkshire this Friday morning.”
A recent survey found 51 percent of people now oppose "fracking."
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21st Century Wire says…
Three geopolitical actors are operating at the expense of millions to fulfil a selfish geopolitical aim.
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