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China arrests anti-smog campaigners
2015-03-09 14:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Police in northern China have arrested two citizen activists who took to the streets with placards reading: "The government has a duty to control smog". Feng Honglian and Zhang Hui were taken into custody on Sunday, one day after China's environment minister promised to "guarantee the public's rights to supervise the fight against air pollution". Earlier in the day, the pair had been among a small group of activists who held an anti-pollution protest in Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province....
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Campaigners urge renewed pressure on Uzbekistan
2015-02-04 13:57:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Campaigners are urging the US government to maintain pressure on the government of Uzbekistan to improve its record on people trafficking and forced labour.
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Campaigners warning of bus crisis
2015-01-12 03:07:30| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Budget cuts by councils have left bus services facing a crisis, a report by the Campaign for Better Transport says.
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London will follow Paris and ban diesel cars, campaigners warn
2014-12-08 14:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: London will follow Paris and introduce an outright ban on diesel cars which are causing "serious health damage" in the capital, campaigners warn. The Mayor of Paris has announced radical plans to ban diesel cars from the French capital by 2020 due to concerns about how much pollution the cars cause. Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, is also grappling with the issue of how to tackle pollution from the fuels fumes which contain tiny particles and nitrogen oxides and have been increasingly proven...
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University of New South Wales criticised by campaigners for refusing to divest from fossil fuels
2014-10-27 15:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The vice chancellor of the University of New South Wales has said the school will not drop its $50 million investment in coal, oil and gas companies but would rather work closely with the industry, despite calls from students and academics to show leadership in tackling climate change. After receiving pressure on the issue of fossil fuel divestment, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) outgoing vice chancellor Fred Hilmer replied in a statement, The University Council recently considered...
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