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Activists block Shell's Arctic drilling rigs from Seattle waterfront
2015-05-07 17:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Royal Dutch Shell wants to park two massive Arctic oil drilling rigs in Seattles waterfront but the petroleum giant will have to get around protesters in kayaks and a mayor determined to take on climate change. The fast-approaching battle with so-called kayaktivists is unfolding in the northwestern coastal city well known for embracing environmental causes, laying bare the high-stakes feud over oil exploration in the icy waters off Alaska. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray took up the cause on Monday,...
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As climate talks belch hot air, activists putting their lives on line
2015-04-21 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: How is it that in a year stuffed with conferences on environment and human development, from climate talks in Paris and on new development goals in New York, those actually trying to save the environment are at best dismissed as enemies of progress, and at worst are being killed at an increasing rate and with almost complete impunity? There is a recognisable theatrical form at UN summits where environmental agreements get negotiated and signed. It starts with general anticipation, the unreasonable...
Killings of environmental activists jumped by 20 percent last year
2015-04-20 21:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The assassination, murder, and extrajudicial killing of environmental activists rose by 20 percent last year, according to a new grim report by Global Witness. The organization documented 116 killings in 2014 across 17 countries with the highest number in Brazil, which saw 29 environmental and land defenders killed. Still, the report is a major understatement of the problem as data across much of Africa, China, the Middle East, and Central Asia remains scarce to non-existent. "Across the world...
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Six Greenpeace activists leave Arctic-bound oil rig
2015-04-12 02:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Six Greenpeace activists rappelled down from an oil rig in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday after spending six days living on the structure to protest against drilling in the Arctic, the environmental organization said. The multinational team climbed aboard Polar Pioneer, an oil rig leased by Royal Dutch Shell Plc that is bound for the Arctic, on Monday as it was being transported by a heavy-lift vessel about 750 miles (1,210 km) northwest of Hawaii. Worsening weather conditions that were expected...
Canada: Activists rally Quebec City, calling for climate action ahead premiers meeting
2015-04-12 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Thousands of climate change activists snaked through the streets of Quebec City on Saturday to demand action from Canadian premiers who are in town to discuss environmental issues next week. The crowd at the Act on Climate Change march included representatives from First Nations, environmental activists and political groups, said journalist Yasmine Hassan, who was there covering the event for Ricochet. "It was very festive. There were children, there were adults, there were older people, there...
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