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China battery plant protest gives voice to rising anger over pollution
2013-05-11 13:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Hundreds of protesters gathered in the Chinese financial hub of Shanghai on Saturday to oppose plans for a lithium battery factory, highlighting growing social tension over pollution. Police stood by as residents marched peacefully along a busy street in the Songjiang district of the city, gathering at an intersection near the site of a Carrefour hypermarket, chanting and holding signs saying "No factory here, we love Songjiang." Many wore matching t-shirts with an image of a smoky factory...
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VIDEO: Parliament protest amid Portuguese cuts
2013-05-04 10:21:40| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Portugal is planning to cut 30,000 civil service jobs and to raise the retirement age by one year to 66 as it tries to meet the terms of a bailout.
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BANGLADESH: Factories close as deaths rise and workers protest
2013-04-26 16:11:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Bangladesh ready-made garment (RMG) factories will stay closed over the weekend, after the death toll in Bangladesh's worst ever industrial accident climbed to around 300 and garment workers took to the streets to protest.
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BANGLADESH: Workers protest as death toll nears 300
2013-04-26 15:38:22| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
As the death toll in Bangladesh's worst ever industrial accident climbs to around 300, and the search for survivors stretches into a third day, garment workers have taken to the streets to protest.
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Greenpeace Activists Board Ship in Protest of Australias Coal Export Boom
2013-04-24 20:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: At sunrise, the six activists left the Rainbow Warrior on inflatable boats and drew up alongside the MV Meister, a ship carrying thermal coal loaded at Abbot point in Queensland. Using steel ladders, they climbed the side of the ship and 18 hours later remain on the vessel. Greenpeace boarded the ship just after it left the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. The six activists come from five countries in the Asia Pacific region where Greenpeace is campaigning to end the age of coal: Australia,...
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