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Environmental Activists Take to Local Protests for Global Results
2016-03-20 00:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: They came here to get arrested. Nearly 60 protesters blocked the driveway of a storage plant for natural gas on March 7. Its owners want to expand the facility, which the opponents say would endanger nearby Seneca Lake. But their concerns were global, as well. Theres a climate emergency happening, one of the protesters, Coby Schultz, said. Its a life-or-death struggle. The demonstration here was part of a wave of actions across the nation that combines traditional not-in-my-backyard protests...
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