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Heeding Pressure From Activists, Harvard Pledges To Take Climate Change More Seriously
2014-04-09 15:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: After mounting pressure from both students and the public, Harvard on Monday announced that it will heed calls to take climate change more seriously. In a release on its website, Harvard President Drew Faust said the prestigious Ivy League school would become the first American university to pledge, via a United Nations-backed program, to make more environmentally responsible and sustainable investments. The program, called the Principles for Responsible Investment, will guide the investment decisions...
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Activists to appeal US judge's ruling on Baidu's 'censorship as free speech'
2014-03-31 13:46:17| InfoWorld: Top News
A group of activists are hoping to appeal a U.S. judge's ruling that treated the censorship on Chinese search engine Baidu as free speech. In making the ruling, District Judge Jesse Furman equated the censorship to a newspaper exercising its editorial right to publish what it wants. But Stephen Preziosi, lawyer for the eight pro-democracy activists, said in an email Saturday that the comparison was wrong, and that the court had a "fundamental misunderstanding" of how search engines work.
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Greenpeace activists break into French nuclear plant
2014-03-18 09:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: French police arrested 34 Greenpeace activists on Tuesday who forced their way into a nuclear power plant operated by EDF in Fessenheim, eastern France, the company said. The activists hung anti-nuclear banners from the plant, France's oldest in operation, but France's nuclear safety authority said they did not enter into its buildings and its security was not compromised. The protesters used a truck to force their way into the site early in the morning, according to activists outside. Police gendarmes...
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Activists campaign to rid Binghamton University of Coca-Cola Co. and Reynolds Group products
2014-03-14 10:55:23| Beverages - Topix.net
Ray Rogers, founder of Corporate Campaign, Inc., speaks to students Thursday night about the "Killer Coke" campaign.
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The age of (brand) activists.
2014-03-11 03:37:43| Beverages - Topix.net
A few months ago, we sat in Atlanta, sipping a Coke Zero with the people who oversee Coca-Cola's global marketing.
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