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Climate Activists Gather in Paris to Protest Outcome of Conference

2015-12-12 17:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: Several thousand climate activists from across Europe and many from farther afield gathered peacefully near the Arc de Triomphe on Saturday to protest the outcome of the COP 21 climate conference about 12 miles away. The demonstration was an official exception to a ban on public gatherings across France after the Paris terrorist attacks in November. Even as the delegates at the official conference center were announcing a final draft of an agreement and applauding their achievement, the crowds...

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Activists to defy protest ban giant civil disobedience end Paris climate talks

2015-12-10 17:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: As negotiators try to finalize a UN climate pact being hailed as dangerously insufficient, a network of groups will express their outrage and pledge continuing action in the new year with massive civil disobedience at an iconic French site. Organizers hope to send a message that leaders should not try to claim the agreement is a success - with industrialized countries refusing to commit to a fair share of emissions reductions, putting the world on a path toward a catastrophic 3 degrees of warming....

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Students at Dallas high school protest building conditions (with Video)

2015-12-07 19:00:00| American School & University

They say construction work at South Oak Cliff High School has created poor learning conditions. read more

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Indigenous activists take to Seine river to protest axing of rights from Paris climate pact

2015-12-07 15:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Indigenous groups from across the world staged a paddle down the Seine river in Paris on Sunday, calling on governments to ensure Indigenous rights are included in the United Nations climate pact currently being negotiated in France. The United States, the EU, Australia and other states have pushed for Indigenous rights to be dropped from the binding parts of the agreement out of fear that it could create legal liabilities. Indigenous representatives from North and South America, Indonesia...

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