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California drought spurs protest over 'unconscionable' bottled water business
2015-04-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Californians facing the prospect of endless drought, mandated cuts in water use and the browning of their summer lawns are mounting a revolt against the bottled water industry, following revelations that Nestlé and other big companies are taking advantage of poor government oversight to deplete mountain streams and watersheds at vast profit. An online petition urging an immediate end to Nestles water bottling operations in the state has gathered more than 150,000 signatures, in the wake of an...
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Protest held outside Southampton based cruise giant
2015-04-15 16:25:57| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
The protest will support workers at Crown Packaging in Canada who have been on strike since September 2013 over a dispute about scrapping the cost of living allowance and wage cuts. National officer for Unite Ian Tonks, said: "Crown are trying to impose a 46 per cent reduction in wages to new starters.
Hundreds protest against pollution from south China coal plant
2015-04-12 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Hundreds of people in China's southern Guangdong province protested against the expansion of a coal-fired power plant on Sunday, state media reported, the latest sign of public discontent over pollution. Residents had complained of smog in Heyuan city since the power plant there began operations in 2008, and officials recently approved a second phase for the project, the official Xinhua news agency reported. "There has been a strong police presence, though no reports of violence since the protest...
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Students protest UofL apparel maker
2015-04-11 09:38:24| Apparel - Topix.net
What you wear, to some degree reflects what you want to say to the world, and a University of Louisville student group is hoping its school will say with its fan gear that people are important. The group of students wants one brand in particular to be off campus for good.
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Amsterdam Prostitutes Protest Shuttering 'Window Brothels'
2015-04-11 09:28:26| IT Services - Topix.net
Amsterdam prostitutes and supporters staged a protest Thursday against the city's effort to shutter the "window brothels" that the city's sex workers use to attract clients. Prostitution has been legal in the Netherlands since 2000, but recent legislation has allowed officials to shut down 115 of the some 500 window brothels in Amsterdam in recent years, according to Agence France-Presse .
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