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Canada: Protestors Pulled From Cement at the Keystone XL Construction Site
2013-05-16 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KRMG: Police had a hard time trying to figure out how to get three protestors out of solid cement near Wewoka and Holdenville Tuesday morning. The protestors are with the Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance and Cross Timbers Earth First. They put themselves in the cement Monday to protest construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. On the organizations Facebook page, they say, A Deputy from the Hughes County Sheriffs Department is full-force swinging a sledgehammer at one of Holly and Baileys lockdown...
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Protestors dislike Mark Zuckerberg's support of Keystone XL pipeline
2013-05-02 16:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: Dozens of protestors rallied outside Facebook's Menlo Park headquarters on Wednesday after FWD.US, the social welfare organization co-founded by Mark Zuckerberg, funded television ads in support of the Keystone XL pipeline and other oil drilling positions. "Facebook, dislike, Keystone take a hike," the protestors chanted, according to a report from the Mercury Daily News. When it was first announced, Zuckerberg and other FWD.US founders said the organization would focus mostly on immigration...
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United Kingdom: Breaking: EDF drops 5m lawsuit against No Dash for Gas protestors
2013-03-13 14:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: EDF has today confirmed that it has reached a settlement with the group of protesters that it had been suing for 5m following their occupation last year of the West Burton gas power station. In a statement the energy company said it had been working to agree a "compromise agreement acceptable to both parties" that would see the protesters accept a permanent injunction preventing them from entering multiple sites operated by EDF Energy in return for the company dropping its civil damages claim...
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UK: Protestors target Fashion Week sponsor DHL
2013-02-18 16:28:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Two global unions are using London Fashion Week (LFW) as a platform to protest against the abuse of workers who deliver clothes - claiming event sponsor DHL is a key culprit.
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Protestors crank up calls for Obama to block tar sands pipeline
2013-02-18 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: An estimated 35,000 protestors descended on Washington yesterday to call on President Obama to block the controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline once and for all. The "Forward on Climate" event was hailed as the largest climate change protest in US history by organisers and will further crank up pressure on Obama ahead of the crucial decision later this year on whether the pipeline can proceed. The protest, which was backed by a host of green NGOs, including the 350.org campaign, the Sierra...
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