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'Gasland' Director Josh Fox Arrested at 'Pancakes Not Pipelines' Protest

2016-03-24 16:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

AlterNet: Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Josh Fox (Gasland) and others from the activist group Beyond Extreme Energy were arrested today protesting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for its role in continuing to permit fossil fuel projects that will greatly accelerate climate change. Todays protest draws specific attention to FERCs role in using eminent domain to condemn and clearcut a wide swathe of maple trees across the Holleran family maple syrup farm in New Milford, Pennsylvania. The clearcut...

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France imposes new palm oil tax; Indonesia, Malaysia protest

2016-03-24 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: France has imposed a new levy on palm oil imports, amid protests from the governments of Indonesia and Malaysia, the two largest palm oil producers. The tax, part of a wider biodiversity bill, was imposed in the name of protecting the environment. Rapid oil palm expansion is fueling deforestation and social conflict in the tropics even as it drives economic growth. The two Southeast Asian countries say the tax is discriminatory under World Trade Organization rules, but France disputes that because...

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Jakarta taxi drivers stage apps protest

2016-03-22 07:02:14| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Parts of the Indonesian capital Jakarta are brought to a standstill as thousands of taxi drivers protest against ride-hailing apps, including Uber and Grab.

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Strike at Tata Motors unit: Farmers set to join workers' protest near Sanand plant

2016-03-15 05:43:53| Automakers - Topix.net

As many as 384 workers from Tata Motors' Sanand plant were detained Monday morning when they held a demonstration outside the office of Ahmedabad collector without permission. The Tata Motors' workers, who are on a strike since February 22 against the suspension of 22 co-workers, were joined by the representatives of around 22 central and city-based trade unions.

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Motorola Solutions files protest against New York City transit award of 700 MHz TETRA radio system

2016-03-15 00:22:18| Railroads - Topix.net

Motorola Solutions files a formal protest against a decision by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York City to award with a contract to build a TETRA radio network for the MTA bus system that would operate on 700 MHz public-safety spectrum. has filed a formal protest against a decision by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York City to award Awarded last month, the MTA radio contract for the bus system was awarded to Parsons Transportation Group of NY and PowerTrunk, which developed the TETRA radio solution.

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