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Climate change protest outside British parliament
2015-03-07 13:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Around 5,000 protesters marched on the British parliament Saturday demanding greater action on climate change, exactly two months ahead of the general election. Designer Vivienne Westwood, who was giving a show at the Paris Fashion Week but sent a video message, said: "I believe this demo is super important for the whole world. "We must keep up the fight against climate change -- the clock is ticking." Caroline Lucas, the Green Party's only lawmaker, told the crowd: "What's lacking isn't...
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10 People Found Not Guilty in Flood Wall Street Protest
2015-03-06 20:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: You probably remember the polar bear getting arrested in the Flood Wall Street protest in September the day after the historic Peoples Climate March. Several thousand people took to the street in the Financial District to identify and protest against Wall Streets central role in fueling climate destruction. At the end of the day, 102 people were arrested for sitting in the street at the intersection of Broadway and Wall. Ten of the arrestees subsequently decided to fight their charges in court....
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Southwest Airlines baggage handlers protest carrier's - Airline of the Year' award
2015-02-26 01:43:54| Airlines - Topix.net
As Southwest Airlines is getting Air Transport World's "Airline of the Year" award Wednesday evening, its ground workers are picketing outside the Washington, D.C., hotel where the award is being presented. The employees, who include baggage handlers and other ground workers, are members of Transport Workers Union Local 555.
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Not Under Our City Oil train protest speaks defiance to power
2015-02-24 21:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Post-Intelligencer: Derailment and fires of two oil trains last week, in a remote region of Ontario and a populated West Virginia river shore, have intensified opposition here even as oil refiners step up shipments along waterfronts of Puget Sound population centers. Not Under Our City, said the sign behind speakers at a Tuesday rally outside King Street Station above the entrance to Seattles century-old railroad tunnel, through which trains pass en route to Anacortes and Cherry Point refineries. The railroad...
Iran MPs wear medical face masks to protest air pollution
2015-02-16 09:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Iranian lawmakers wore medical face masks in parliament on Sunday in a show of solidarity with residents of their areas battling pollution from strong sandstorms. Sixteen MPs from the western provinces of Khuzestan, Ilam and Kermanshah donned the masks to draw awareness to the plight of their constituents, said official news agency IRNA. Media reports said many Khuzestan residents have been hospitalised suffering respiratory problems, while schools have been closed for the past week. Iran...
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