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Twenty years ago, the world came together in Rio de Janeiro for a historic summit meeting to tackle the environmental issues that threaten the very sustainability and preservation of our planet. More: This Forest Is Our Forest

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WASHINGTON, May 30 (IPS) - According to a report released by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) here on Wednesday, at least half of the U.S. corporations under review have actively supported the misrepresentation of the science around climate change.Many more have offered contradictory statements on the issue. Originally posted here: U.S. Corporations Send Mixed Messages on Climate...

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By Gary Mandinach, Attorney at Law, California Appellate Project, Los Angeles, California 1. People v. Durant (2012) Cal.App.4th , reported on April 23, 2012, in 2012 Los Angeles Daily Journal 5007, the First Appellate ... View original post here: Criminal Law Case Summaries – April – May 2012

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California’s presidential primary election will happen on June 5, 2012. Your employees may be entitled to time off for voting. If an employee does... Read this article: Time Off For Employees To Vote

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The New York Times – by IAN LOVETT – May 29, 2012 HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Convicted sex offenders are barred from surfing at the famous pier in this Orange County city. In nearby Dana Point, they ... Read the original here: New York Times: Public-Place Laws Tighten Rein on Sex Offenders

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KTVU Channel 2 TV San Francisco – May 29, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO –  Most but not all members of a drug-law-reform panel convened Tuesday by San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi supported reducing simple drug possession ... Read the original: California – Drug laws panel supports reducing possession crimes to misdemeanors

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KGO Channel 7 News San Francisco – May 29, 2012 - SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — On Tuesday, in San Francisco there was an attempt to tackle the drug and gang problem head-on. A cross-section of people ... Read more from the original source: California – Justice summit tries to tackle drug, gang problems

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The Sacramento Bee – May 29, 2012 The years-long political war among California’s judges took another turn Friday, when a special commission appointed by Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye to investigate the Administrative Office of the Courts ... See the original post here: California – Scathing report on judicial bureaucracy bolsters rebel judges

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NRA-Backed CRP Signs-Up 3.9 Million Acres Read the original here: NRA-Backed CRP Signs-Up 3.9 Million Acres

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SAN FRANCISCO DE MACORIS, Dominican Republic - An elusive songbird that wings its way each year from austere mountaintops of the northeastern U.S. to the steamy forests of the Caribbean has inspired the creation of what conservationists hope will be a new model for nature reserves in a country that has long struggled with deforestation. View post: Saving...