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New York City Discloses Polystyrene Foam Ban Plan; Protests Resume

2013-06-13 16:25:00| Waste Age

New York City lawmakers announced a bill to ban polystyrene foam for food products, prompting renewed protests from opponents. read more

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State agency: Protests do not affect real estate market activity in Turkey

2013-06-10 16:36:05| Real Estate - Topix.net

The recent protests in Turkey did not affect the country's real estate market, the Turkish State Agency for Land Cadastre and Purchase and Sales told Trend today.

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Russian protests block UN climate talks

2013-06-08 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: Procedural protests by Russia held up part of the UN climate talks on Friday for the fifth successive day, according to frustrated delegates at the labyrinthine negotiations in Bonn. Russia has been blocking a key technical panel whose work feeds into the 12-day negotiation round. The Russians, supported by Belarus and Ukraine, are demanding a debate on how decisions are agreed at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the 20-year forum for addressing global warming and its impacts....

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Climate protests in the UK courts - timeline

2013-06-06 18:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: 2008 the Kingsnorth six Six Greenpeace campaigners were found not guilty of causing 30,000 of criminal damage to Kingsnorth power station in 2007 after arguing that they were legally justified because they were trying to prevent climate change causing greater damage to property around the world. This set a precedent in English law. 2009 the Drax 29 Convicted with obstruction for hijacking a train carrying coal to Drax power station in Yorkshire in 2008, they failed to convince the jury...

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