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At top of the world, activists says exploiting Arctic is 'utter madness'
2013-04-17 15:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Four young explorers including American actor Ezra Miller have planted a flag on the seabed at the north pole and demanded the region is declared a global sanctuary. The expedition, organized by Greenpeace, saw the flag lowered in a time capsule that contained the signatures of nearly 3 million people who are calling for a ban on exploitation in the region. Climate change is causing record losses of sea ice in the Arctic, which is driving exploration for new oil and gas fields and the increasing...
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Activists Campaign for Rear View Cameras in New Cars
2013-04-11 09:45:33| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
Two member of Congress, and some parents of children harmed by vehicle back-ups, are urging regulators to confirm legislation to require rear-view cameras in new cars. Reps. Peter King, R-N.Y., and Jan Schakowsky, D-III., will advise the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration at a Capitol Hill press meeting April 11 to complete a regulation that [...]The Article Activists Campaign for Rear View Cameras in New Cars appeared first on Automotive Digest.
Activists Take Protest to the Heart of the 'Drone Zone'
2013-04-07 22:51:18| Biotech - Topix.net
Anti-drone protesters made their presence known in one of the epicenters of the drone technology industry, San Diego, Calif., over the weekend - protesting in several locations including the home of Neal Blue, chief executive officer of General Atomics which manufactures the Predator drone.
Businesses, privacy activists wrestle over California privacy bill
2013-04-04 14:00:02| InfoWorld: Top News
Businesses and privacy advocates are squaring off over a proposed law that would make California the first state in the nation to give people the right to see all the information companies have on them and to find out who the data is shared with. Groups such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union say California Assembly bill AB 1291 would help consumers decide whether they wanted to continue doing business with a company, based on the way it handled their personal information.
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Amazon dam activists threaten to wage war on Brazil over military incursion
2013-04-03 16:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: An Amazonian community has threatened to "go to war" with the Brazilian government after a military incursion into their land by dam builders. The Munduruku indigenous community in Para state say they have been betrayed by the authorities, who are pushing ahead with plans to build a cascade of hydropower plants on the Tapajós river without their permission. Public prosecutors, human rights groups, environmental organisations and Christian missionaries have condemned the government's strong-arm...
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