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PAKISTAN: Activists seek UK law change for factory compensation
2014-09-11 16:35:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
To mark the anniversary of a deadly fire at a garment factory in Pakistan two years ago today (11 September), campaigners are calling for action from the UK government to make it easier for victims of industrial disasters to get justice through the UK courts.
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Charges Dropped Against Climate Activists
2014-09-09 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: In May 2013, two environmental activists piloted a lobster boat close to the vast pile of coal at the Brayton Point Power Station, the hulking plant that overlooks this industrial inlet near the border between Massachusetts and Rhode Island. With the tiny boat, the two men Jay OHara, 32, and Ken Ward, 57 dropped anchor and for a day blocked a freighter with a 40,000-ton shipment of coal, and they were arrested and charged with conspiracy, disturbing the peace and other violations. The two...
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Activists plan worldwide march on global warming
2014-09-09 05:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Indo-Asian News Service: Thousands of activists are expected to participate in a march in New York, London and eight other cities worldwide, including Delhi, to pressure world leaders to take action on global warming, ahead of a major summit on climate change this month, a British daily reported Monday. Heads of state will Sep 23 will attend a meeting on climate change in New York organised by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. It is being hoped the meeting will provide momentum to efforts to reach a global deal on cutting...
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Activists promise biggest climate march in history
2014-09-08 07:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take to the streets of New York, London and eight other cities worldwide in a fortnight to pressure world leaders to take action on global warming, in what organisers claim will be the biggest climate march in history. On 23 September, heads of state will join a New York summit on climate change organised by Ban Ki-moon, the first time world leaders have come together on the issue since the landmark Copenhagen summit in 2009, which was seen as a...
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Hong Kong Activist's Newspaper Column Scrapped Amid Democracy Row
2014-09-02 09:31:52| Telecom - Topix.net
A well-respected Hong Kong newspaper has axed a weekly column by a political activist and hedge fund manager as the Asian financial center braces for a wave of protests against China's decision to rule out full democracy.
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