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Australia's drive for coal seam gas raises protests
2016-01-28 22:16:52| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Australia's controversial drive for coal seam gas
Germany to deliver patrol boats to Saudi Arabia amidst public execution protests
2016-01-28 01:00:00| Naval Technology
Germany's Bremen-based dockyard Luerssen has reportedly commenced construction of 15 patrol vessels for Saudi Arabia amidst global condemnation of the Middle East country's public executions.
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United Kingdom: Twenty years after protests, what is legacy of Newbury bypass?
2016-01-24 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Blink and you miss it. Just past the Tot Hill McDonalds, 20ft above the northbound carriageway of the Newbury bypass in Berkshire, an old oak stands over hundreds of young saplings. Named Middle Oak by people who lived up it for months in the bitter winter of 1996, it is the only physical reminder of the 35 protest camps built high in the trees on the route of the most controversial new road in recent British history. Middle Oak was the only one of 10,000 mature trees in the path of the road...
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Royal Caribbean cancels docking at Haiti port amidst local protests
2016-01-22 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Royal Caribbean has cancelled docking at the port of Labadee, Haiti, for the second time in a week due to protests by local people.
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Despite Protests, State OKs Drainage of Coal Ash Ponds
2016-01-16 05:57:38| Waste Management - Topix.net
A procession of more than 100 disappointed citizens filed out of a Virginia State Water Control Board meeting late Thursday afternoon after the agency approved permits for Dominion Virginia Power to begin draining water from coal ash ponds on sites in Fluvanna and Prince William counties into the James and Potomac rivers. Over the past few months, the permit applications have stirred opposition against Dominion Virginia Power by local and regional environmental groups such as the James River Association and the Southern Environmental Law Center.
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