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Chatsworth stunt car maker builds life-size Hot Wheels for Mattel
2015-01-05 01:37:30| Toys - Topix.net
Billy Hammon with a 2013 Camaro at Action Vehicle Entertainment, which builds life-size versions of fictional cars, has seen a spike in business, as toy, film and video game producers try to make their fantasies a reality., CA. December 18, 2014.
Greenpeace stunt wrong approach to climate change: Bob McDonald
2014-12-12 16:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: A stunt by Greenpeace activists, intended to draw attention to the climate talks in Lima this week, did more harm than good. Kumi Naidoo, executive director of Greenpeace, has officially apologized to the government of Peru for defacing that countrys worldfamous Nazca Lines. Defacing historic monuments is illegal and immoral. In this case, 20 Greenpeace activists trespassed on the huge line drawings on high plateaus of Peru, made 1,500 years ago by ancient Nazca people. These incredibly...
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Greenpeace apologizes for Nazca lines stunt
2014-12-12 05:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Greenpeace said Wednesday that its executive director will travel to Peru to personally apologize for the environmental group's stunt at the world-famous Nazca lines, which Peruvian authorities say harmed the archaeological marvel. The group said it was willing to accept the consequences. A senior Peruvian official told The Associated Press on Tuesday evening that his government would seek criminal charges against Greenpeace activists who allegedly damaged the lines by leaving footprints in the...
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Greenpeace apologizes for stunt at ancient Peru site
2014-12-10 20:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Environmental group Greenpeace apologized Wednesday after Peru accused it of damaging a millenia-old archaeological site when its activists displayed a protest banner there calling for action on climate change. The stunt at the ancient Nazca lines, enormous drawings etched in the earth some 2,000 years ago by a pre-Inca civilization, drew a furious reaction from Peru, which is currently hosting UN talks aimed at curbing global warming. Greenpeace set up large letters beside one of the designs,...
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Peru to press charges Greenpeace over Nazca lines stunt
2014-12-10 20:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Peru has said it will press criminal charges against the Greenpeace activists who, it says, damaged ancient earth markings in Perus coastal desert by leaving footprints in the ground during a publicity stunt meant to send a message to the UN climate talks delegates in Lima. This is extreme environmentalism which ignores what we Peruvians consider to be sacred, said Perus vice minister of culture, Luis Jaime Castillo, after the protest at the world renowned Nazca lines, a Unesco world heritage...
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