The following rush transcript probably contains errors and/or omissions…
Headlines for 2/3/2014
Produced by: Minka Bito
Rex Latchford with another DayPage:
Here are headlines for THIS day, Monday February 3rd, 2014
Environmentalists Urge Protests After State Deptartment Says Keystone XL Would Have Minimal Impact. A long-awaited report from the State Department has dealt a potential major blow to efforts to stop the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
And now, the NSA is shown to be targeting spying on environmentalists, who are no-doubt seen as a threat to National Security.
In one of the latest revelations based on the leaks of Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency spied on foreign governments before and during the 2009 U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen. An internal NSA document says its analysts and foreign partners briefed U.S. negotiators on other countries’ “preparations and goals,” saying, “signals intelligence will undoubtedly play a significant role in keeping our negotiators as well informed as possible throughout the two-week event.”
Three environmentalists have just been convicted for their role in nonviolently protesting the construction of tar sands pipelines in Michigan. Last summer, they tied themselves to excavators at an Enbridge Inc. construction site to stall work on a pipeline that had ruptured in 2010 and dumped about 800,000 gallons of crude oil into a tributary of the Kalamazoo River. On Friday, the protesters — Barbara Carter, Vicci Hamlin and Lisa Leggio — were found guilty of misdemeanor trespassing, as well as resisting and obstructing police, which carries a maximum two-year felony.
- Obama Issues Protections for Long-Term Jobless
- Syrian Peace Talks Face 1-Week Pause
- Activists: 150 Killed in Aleppo Bombings
- Ex-Rebel Leads 1st Round of El Salvador Presidential Vote
- Al Jazeera Cameraman Acquitted in Egypt
- Ex-New Jersey Official Says Christie Knew of Bridge Closures
- California Drought Threatens Water in Rural Areas
- Undocumented Attorney Sworn In to California Bar
- Obama Urged to Use Executive Powers to Reclassify Marijuana
- Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman Dies of Apparent Overdose
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