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12 Arrested Blockading Controversial Fracking Infrastructure

2013-03-18 17:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Sandra Steingraber PhD., biologist, author and Trumansburg, NY resident, was arrested alongside residents of Seneca Lake and local college students to oppose Kansas City, MO based Inergy, natural gas and liquid petroleum gas storage facility, which would lock in natural gas development in the Marcellus Shale region. Protesters have linked arms and deployed a banner reading Our Future is Unfractured, We Are Greater Than Dirty Inergy across the entrance to the facility on NY State Route 14. The...

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Regulators extend comment deadline for Daimler Trucks' controversial air permit

2013-02-27 23:07:10| Waste Management - Topix.net

Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality is extending the public comment period for Daimler Trucks' draft air permit from March 14 to April 15.

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Controversial palm oil project concession in Cameroon is 89 percent 'dense natural forest'

2013-02-21 18:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Satellite mapping and aerial surveys have revealed that a controversial palm oil concession in Cameroon is almost entirely covered by "dense natural forest," according to a new report by Greenpeace. The activist group alleges that the concession, owned by Herakles Farms, is under 89 percent forest cover. The U.S.-based corporation intends to build a 70,000 hectare palm oil plantation in a region surrounded by four protected areas, including Korup National Park, but has faced stiff criticism from...

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Lawmakers to reintroduce controversial information-sharing bill

2013-02-11 20:45:36| InfoWorld: Top News

Two U.S. lawmakers plan to reintroduce a controversial cybersecurity bill that allows private companies to share customers' personal information related to a wide range of cyberthreats with government agencies.

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