je.st

Home › banned

Tag: banned

Vermont Governor Who Banned Fracking Supports Fracked Gas Pipeline

2014-10-29 20:48:10| Paper - Topix.net

Despite Vermont becoming the first state in the U.S. to ban the practice of fracking more than two years ago , Vermonters are, to this day, willfully risking arrest to stop more fracking infrastructure from coming into their state. On Monday, 64 Vermonters were arrested at Governor Peter Shumlin's office in protest of a new fracked gas pipeline proposal - the largest civil disobedience action the state has seen since the Winooski 44's protest of the Iran-Contra scandal in 1984.

Tags: gas supports vermont governor

Tesla's sales model could get it banned in Michigan

2014-10-19 23:20:26| Auto Dealers - Topix.net

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has until Tuesday to sign a bill that includes an amendment many believe is directed at Tesla's business model. CAROLYN CLIFFORD VIA WXYZ : "An amendment added to the bill earlier this month bars auto companies from selling to consumers.

Tags: in sales model michigan

Safeway, London Drugs and other pharmacy chains threaten legal action if cigarette sales banned

2014-10-16 08:06:52| Grocery - Topix.net

Sockeye salmon are completing a several hundred kilometre journey from the Pacific Ocean back to the Adams River in Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park to spawn and die. Sylvia Gung, a Burnaby mayoral candidate, says if she is voted into office in the Nov. 15 municipal election she will ban acts that violate public decorum - things such as wedding kisses and hand holding.

Tags: legal action sales london

Asahi beer ad banned over link to "social success" - video

2014-10-13 14:06:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com

Asahi Premium Beverages has fallen foul of Australia's advertising authorities after a TV spot for its namesake beer brand was found to link alcohol with "social success".

Tags: video link social success