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Hundreds Expected at Tar Sands Protests in Maine
2013-01-23 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forecaster: Hundreds of people from across New England are expected to gather this week in South Portland and Portland to protest plans to pump tar-sands oil from Canada to New England. The action will culminate with what organizers are calling "the biggest tar-sands protest the region has ever seen" on Saturday in Portland. On Wednesday, 350 Maine is organizing a noon protest at Portland Pipeline Co. on Hill Street in South Portland. According to the self-proclaimed "Climate Justice" group, Canadian energy...
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Dow delays Enlist corn release amid protests
2013-01-19 04:56:41| Chemicals - Topix.net
A controversial new biotech corn developed by Dow AgroSciences will be delayed at least another year as the company awaits regulatory approval amid opposition from farmers, consumers and public health officials.
United Kingdom: Protests spread on Cumbria nuclear waste dump plan
2013-01-17 09:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Here's more on the growing concern that nuclear waste burial could be considered within the borders of the Lake District national park, following Cumbria Tourism's stand against the prospect earlier this week. A meeting in Keswick saw all but three of 500 present vote against the idea of pursuing research in Ennerdale and Eskdale, one of the few areas of stable geology in West Cumbria, the home of the Sellafield nuclear complex. As well as being in the national park, the lonely valley is the...
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Road protests return: a new generation takes on the bypass builders
2013-01-12 09:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: It's not yet 4pm but the sun is setting at Combe Haven. As it sinks below the winter landscape, its last rays illuminate the scene unfolding in the trees overhead. Half a dozen young men and women, their faces mostly concealed by scarves, are perched on the branches of a big, old oak tree, securing the ropes that support a wooden platform they have suspended between it and another oak. They are discussing how best to hang an enormous net that has been donated by the fishing fleet at Hastings a...
Protests Ignite Nationwide Targeting TransCanadas Keystone XL
2013-01-07 22:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Eight youth climate activists staged a sit-in today at the TransCanada Corporations office in Westborough, MA to protest the Keystone XL pipeline. More than 100 blockaders stormed the lobby of TransCanadas Keystone XL office in Houston this morning. Protesters danced, spilled black tar sands balloons and hung neon orange hazard tape to highlight the deadly effects of TransCanadas corporate greed on communities and ecosystems. After being forced out of the lobby by police, the protesters...
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