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Activists march in Poland against climate change
2013-11-17 21:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Press TV: Around one thousand environmental activists have held a demonstration in Poland to call on world leaders to address the issue of climate change, media reports say. On Saturday, the campaigners marched in central Warsaw, which currently hosts a two-week UN climate conference. People from around the world took part in the event that was organized by Poland's small Green Party. Demonstrators were holding banners reading, "Social justice and positive energy for everyone", Heat up your brain,...
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Protests held at UK petrol stations in support of Greenpeace activists
2013-11-16 15:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Greenpeace protesters gathered at petrol stations across the country on Saturday to plead for the release of 28 activists and two journalists from a prison in Russia. The Arctic 30 were arrested after protesting at an oil rig in international waters off the coast of Russia in September and face criminal charges. Greenpeace is protesting at Shell outlets in the UK following reports that the company is to join with Russian oil giant Gazprom in drilling off the Arctic shore. In a letter handed...
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Climate-change activists are playing a dangerous game with their 'enemy' narrative
2013-11-16 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The argument between the British political parties over energy prices appears, on the face of it, to be another tedious, media-fuelled battle of words shaped by focus groups. Yet it is more interesting than that: it is proof of the power of cognitive frames and shows how easily the real and overwhelming threat of climate change can be sidelined because of its failure to fit a classic narrative. Let me explain. Our evolution as a social animal has left us highly attuned to threats posed by visible...
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Anti-fracking activists celebrate victory in a fourth Colorado city
2013-11-15 17:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: It turns out that it was a clean sweep for opponents of fracking during last week`s elections in Colorado. Voters in the city of Broomfield narrowly approved a five-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing. The initial vote tally indicated that the ballot measure had failed by 13 votes, but by the end of an exhaustive recount on Thursday it was revealed it had actually succeeded by 17 votes. The result is expected to be legally certified today, but because the vote was so close there may still...
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Activists Press UN to Ban Killer Robots
2013-11-13 19:35:42| TechNewsWorld
The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots -- this is a real thing -- has implored the United Nations to use this week's talks in Geneva to ban the development of fully autonomous weapons -- aka, killer robots. Hearkening to the plot of Terminator 2, the group said that such weapons would be able to select and engage targets without human intervention.
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