je.st
news
Tag: charged
British Green MP charged over part in fracking protest
2013-09-25 15:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Britain's only elected member of parliament from the Green Party, Caroline Lucas, was charged with public order offences on Wednesday after taking part in a protest last month against the shale gas extraction process known as fracking. Lucas was among 36 activists arrested on August 19 as they tried to block access to an exploration site operated by Cuadrilla Resources near the picturesque village of Balcombe in Sussex, southern England. The Crown Prosecution Service said there was sufficient evidence...
Tags: part
green
british
charged
United Kingdom: Caroline Lucas to be charged over anti-fracking protest
2013-09-25 14:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Green party MP Caroline Lucas is to be charged over her part in an anti-fracking demonstration in Sussex. Lucas was arrested last month at Balcombe where campaigners have been protesting about oil drilling in the village amid fears that it could lead to fracking in the area. The Crown Prosecution Service said Lucas was to be charged with breaching a police order on public assemblies and wilful obstruction of the highway. Nigel Pilkington, a senior lawyer with the CPS, said: "After careful...
Tags: united
kingdom
united kingdom
charged
United Kingdom: Green MP charged over anti-fracking protest
2013-09-25 14:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Dr Lucas was arrested in August when she joined hundreds of other activists staging a series of protests in the West Sussex village of Balcombe, against the controversial method of extracting shale gas. Activists allegedly blockaded the road leading to the drilling site to prevent traffic moving in and out of the area. The protests, which were largely organised by the No Dash for Gas group, sought to raise public awareness of the controversial method of gas extraction that involves pumping...
Tags: united
kingdom
green
united kingdom
Panasonic exec charged with Toyota price fixing
2013-09-25 01:21:33| Auto Parts - Topix.net
A federal grand jury in Detroit Tuesday returned an indictment against a high-ranking Panasonic Automotive Systems Corp. executive for his alleged role in an international conspiracy to fix prices of switches and steering angle sensors - the latest move in the Justice Department's widening auto parts price-fixing investigation.
Tags: price
charged
panasonic
toyota
2 charged in Chicago park shooting that wounded 13
2013-09-24 08:38:04| Agriculture - Topix.net
Two men have been charged in connection with last week's shooting that injured 13 people, including a 3-year-old boy.
Tags: that
park
chicago
charged
Sites : [112] [113] [114] [115] [116] [117] [118] [119] [120] [121] [122] [123] [124] [125] [126] [127] [128] [129] [130] [131] next »