Common Dreams Highlights Wednesday, 3 December 2014

December 3, 2014 by ohnwentsya Leave a comment

News & Views | 12.03.14 Featured… NYPD Officer Not Indicted for Chokehold Death of Eric Garner http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/12/03/breaking-nypd-officer-not-indicted-chokehold-death-eric-garner Headlines… UN Climate Chief: Investment in Fossil Fuels Becoming ‘More and More Risky’ http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/12/03/un-climate-chief-investment-fossil-fuels-becoming-more-and-more-risky After Three Decades, Quest for Justice Remains Elusive in Bhopal http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/12/03/after-three-decades-quest-justice-remains-elusive-bhopal UN Calls for Israel to ‘Renounce Nuclear Weapons’ http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/12/03/un-calls-israel-renounce-nuclear-weapons To Avert Climate Chaos, Meat Consumption Must Drop: Study http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/12/03/avert-climate-chaos-meat-consumption-must-drop-study 81-Year-Old Completes 400-Mile Trek for Campaign Finance Reform http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/12/03/81-year-old-completes-400-mile-trek-campaign-finance-reform and more… **************************************************** Views… Vandana Shiva: Bhopal: A Metaphor http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/12/03/bhopal-metaphor Naomi Klein: The Ethics of Climate Hope http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/12/03/ethics-climate-hope Jill Richardson: America’s ‘Post-Racial’ Lie http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/12/03/americas-post-racial-lie Lenora Lapidus: Pregnant Employees Have the Same Right to Light-Duty as Other Workers http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/12/03/pregnant-employees-have-same-right-light-duty-other-workers Jeralynn Bluford: Stop Police Officers from Killing Our Children http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/12/03/stop-police-officers-killing-our-children Kate Aronoff: Kinder Morgan Leaves Burnaby Mountain in Win for Pipeline Protesters http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/12/03/kinder-morgan-leaves-burnaby-mountain-win-pipeline-protesters **************************************************** Newswire… NYCLU: Grand Jury Decision Underscores Need for Wholesale Reform of the NYPD http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/12/03/nyclu-grand-jury-decision-underscores-need-wholesale-reform-nypd Human Rights Watch: Iran: Journalist’s Detention Extended http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/12/03/iran-journalists-detention-extended 350: COP20: Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign Launches Global Day of Action http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2014/12/03/cop20-fossil-fuel-divestment-campaign-launches-global-day-action and more…