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Greenpeace activists prevent coal ship from entering Port of Helsinki
2015-11-03 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Greenpeace activists have attempted to block Alppila, a bulk carrier transporting coal to Hanasaari coal power plant in central, from entering Port of Helsinki, Finland.
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Congolese Activists Honored Fighting Oil Exploration Virunga National Park
2015-10-30 23:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Virunga National Park, home to roughly a quarter of the world's remaining 880 mountain gorillas, was featured in Dian Fossey's Gorillas in the Mist. This week, the Alexander Soros Foundation gave its annual Extraordinary Achievement in Environmental and Human Rights award to two activists from the Democratic Republic of Congo who have resisted the efforts of SOCO International, a U.K.-based oil company, to prospect for oil from Virunga National Park. The park, which is classified as a World Heritage...
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With Activists Circling Siliconware Precision... Is There Opportunity?
2015-10-29 02:58:45| Electronics - Topix.net
Last week, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering sent a letter to Siliconware Precision Industries to "establish the basis and opportunity for exploration of possible avenues of cooperation with your company, in order to face the challenge of intensifying global competition and the growing trend for consolidation of the semiconductor industry." In other words, a merger or partnership of some sorts to combat the growing competition in their space.
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With Activists Circling Siliconware Precision... Is There Opportunity?
2015-10-29 02:54:13| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Last week, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering sent a letter to Siliconware Precision Industries to "establish the basis and opportunity for exploration of possible avenues of cooperation with your company, in order to face the challenge of intensifying global competition and the growing trend for consolidation of the semiconductor industry." In other words, a merger or partnership of some sorts to combat the growing competition in their space.
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Civil society activists cold-shouldered at climate talks
2015-10-28 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: A former UN Secretary-General once paid a supreme compliment to the work of civil society groups when he described non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as the world's "third super power" -- presumably ranking behind the United States and Russia. Still, despite the political clout they wield, NGOs continue to be barred from the Secretariat building in New York every year during the two-week annual high-level summit meeting of world leaders, come September. The U.N.-issued NGO ground pass, security...
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