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Activists blockade Seattle port to protest Shells Arctic drilling plans
2015-05-19 03:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: For the second time in three days, Seattle is the vibrant center of the global climate movement. On Saturday, hundreds of kayaktivists took to the water to protest the recent arrival of a Shell oil drilling rig. On Monday, hundreds of activists blocked road traffic to the port where the rig is stationed, preventing the majority of port workers from getting to their jobs. The immediate target of protest is Shells Polar Pioneer rig, which arrived in Puget Sound last Thursday. Shell intends to...
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Hundreds activists launch floating protest new Arctic drilling rig
2015-05-17 09:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Hundreds of activists decked out in neoprene wetsuits and life jackets took to the water off Seattle in kayaks, canoes, paddleboards and other vessels to send the message that Royal Dutch Shell should cancel its plan to drill in the Arctic Ocean. The "Shell No" protest was held nearby to where Shell's Polar Pioneer drilling rig is docked. Once out on the water, kayakers gathered in formation and hoisted signs and banners that read: "Climate Justice," "Oil-Free Future" and "We can't burn all...
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What's behind India crackdown social justice & climate activists?
2015-05-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: India has recently ramped up attacks on environmental and development organizations that work on climate, clean energy and sustainability issues. The worlds largest democracy has frozen bank accounts, restricted international donations, and in some cases prevented the organizations staffers from traveling abroad. The actions come just seven months ahead of international climate treaty talks in Paris in December, and are inspired by fear that foreign interests are trying to curb the nation's...
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More Conservative Thinkers Want Tax Carbon. Will Politicians, Activists Follow?
2015-05-15 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Were in one of those moments again. One of those moments where people (yes, mostly liberals) get together and hope really hard that the climate issue is becoming less divisive, that theres going to be a breakthrough on the Republican side, and that well finally achieve consensus to take action. You can see it in the recent celebrations of former South Carolina GOP congressman and now climate crusader Bob Inglis, who just won the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award for trying to convince...
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Tribal water activists organize to stop the California Water Heist
2015-05-09 23:56:01| Agriculture - Topix.net
The speakers explained to a crowd of 40 people that Northwestern California water from the Trinity River and Shasta reservoirs are shipped hundreds of miles to benefit California's agriculture industry, which continues to use 80 percent of California's water on water intensive crops during the record drought.
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