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North Face Co-Founder Dies in Kayaking Accident
2015-12-10 14:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Douglas Tompkins, co-founder of The North Face and Esprit and a life-long environmentalist, died Tuesday at the age of 72 in a kayaking accident in the Patagonia region of southern Chile. Tompkins and five friends` kayaks capsized on General Carrera Lake. Tompkins spent a considerable amount of time" in waters below 40 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the New York Times, and ultimately died in the intensive care unit at a hospital in the area due to severe hypothermia. RIP Doug Tompkins --...
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You have to see these pictures of Seattles kayaking climate protesters
2015-05-17 06:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: An estimated 500 climate activists took to kayaks, canoes, paddleboards, and even a solar-powered party barge on Saturday to tell Shell to get the hell out of Seattle. Rallying cry: #sHellNo! The oil giant brought a huge drilling rig, the Polar Pioneer, to the city`s port on Thursday, over objections from the mayor, city council, and a whole lot of pissed-off Seattleites. Shell plans to use the port as a staging ground for oil drilling operations in the Arctic over the next two years. The kayaktivists...
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