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Air technology and the busting of the Berlin Blockade
2013-06-25 13:00:00| CNET News.com
Personal bravery and a deft use of air technology settled the first major crisis of the Cold War. [Read more]
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New Documentary Celebrates the Voices of the Tar Sands Blockade
2013-02-25 15:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Blockadia Rising: Voices of the Tar Sands Blockade is an hour-long documentary film written and directed by Garrett Graham in collaboration with the Tar Sands Blockade and features exclusive video footage shot by the blockaders during the course of more than six months of sustained resistance. In 2012, Texas landowners and environmental activists came together to organize resistance against a dangerous pipeline being built by a Canadian corporation to bring tar sands oil from Alberta Canada to...
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Blockade at PA Fracking Site Highlights Risks to Farms and Food
2013-01-27 22:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Residents of Western Pennsylvania and friends of Lawrence County farmer Maggie Henry locked themselves to a giant paper-mache pig today in the entrance to a Shell natural gas well site in order to protest the companys threat to local agriculture and food safety. The newly-constructed gas well is located at 1545 PA Route 108, Bessemer, PA , 16102, less than 4,000 feet from Henrys organic pig farm. The farm has been in the Henry family for generations and has been maintained as a small business...
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Third Railroad Blockade in Marysville Forces VIA Rail to Stop Trains
2013-01-17 03:00:12| Railroads - Topix.net
Although this situation will cause substantial additional expenses and force our employees to work long hours, VIA Rail's foremost priority is to ensure that our customers reach their destinations as comfortably and safely as possible.
A First Nations' Railroad Blockade in Marysville Forces VIA Rail to...
2013-01-06 01:45:31| Railroads - Topix.net
There is no definitive timeline when the blockade will be lifted. Some delays can be expected VIA Rail's foremost priority is to ensure that our customers reach their destinations as comfortably and safely as possible.