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Environmental Activists Take to Local Protests for Global Results
2016-03-20 00:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: They came here to get arrested. Nearly 60 protesters blocked the driveway of a storage plant for natural gas on March 7. Its owners want to expand the facility, which the opponents say would endanger nearby Seneca Lake. But their concerns were global, as well. Theres a climate emergency happening, one of the protesters, Coby Schultz, said. Its a life-or-death struggle. The demonstration here was part of a wave of actions across the nation that combines traditional not-in-my-backyard protests...
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Protests disrupt Bangladesh power-plant plan
2016-03-13 16:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Protests in the southern Bangladesh province of Khulna have forced the postponement of government plans to build a coal-fired power station near the world's biggest mangrove swamp. Campaigners insist on use of clean energy, arguing that the mangrove swamp, which is a World Heritage site, will be damaged by the smoke, ash and noise from the power plant. Coal is the cheapest option to provide energy to Bangladesh's population of 160 million, a third of which has no access to electricity. Sundarban,...
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Chloramine Sparks Protests In California City
2016-03-07 10:28:09| chemicalonline Home Page
Residents of Stockton, a city in northern California, are protesting at city hall over tap water safety.
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Oil Leasing Protests a New Front in Climate Policy Fight?
2016-02-19 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Federal oil and gas lease sales are often dour bureaucratic affairs, but 100 climate protesters hope their actions at a sale in Salt Lake City this week represent the growth of a new front in the national policy fight over global warming. Climate activists, part of what's known as the "Keep It in the Ground' movement, have pivoted from their successful fight against the Keystone XL Pipeline last year to protesting oil and gas leasing on public lands. Public lands are a major source fossil fuels,...
Albany: Protests continue at UC project site
2016-01-31 14:25:56| Grocery - Topix.net
Protesters continued working to disrupt a development on University of California-owned land, breaking into the property along San Pablo Avenue and pulling up surveying sticks. In a video posted on the Facebook page of project opposition group Occupy the Farm, several protesters can be seen breaking into the property.
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