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Campaigners Launch Petition to Halve EUs Food Waste by 2030

2017-02-08 11:02:29| Waste Age

A petition called This is Rubbish urges MEPs to halve the amount of food waste generated in the EU by 2030.

United Kingdom: Trying to bribe public to accept fracking won't work, say campaigners

2016-08-07 15:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Environmental campaigners have accused the government of trying to bribe the public to accept fracking, after Theresa May unveiled plans to give households cash payments worth thousands of pounds if shale drilling occurs in their areas. The prime minister personally intervened with proposals for households to get direct cash handouts in areas where fracking takes place, changing plans that would have given money to local communities. Announcing the plans on Sunday, No 10 said the cash model...

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FEATURE-Thai land rights campaigners' most powerful weapon? Access to information

2016-07-13 20:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Trust: Suraphon Songruk, an advisor and coordinator for the Southern Peasant Federation of Thailand, looks on after a meeting with government officials in Klong Sai Pattana, Surat Thani province in southern Thailand, on July 1, 2016. Along a mud road deep inside oil palm and rubber plantations in the southern Thai province of Surat Thani, handwritten signs tag grim evidence of a struggle for land that began two decades ago, and then turned violent and deadly. One sign points to the area illegally used...

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India's first human trafficking law: draft falls short, campaigners say

2016-07-04 07:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Charities and activists have criticised the draft of India's first anti-human trafficking law, saying the proposed legislation is flawed and does not address all aspects of the fast-growing crime. The Trafficking of Persons bill, unveiled in May, seeks to unify India's existing anti-trafficking laws, prioritise survivors' needs and provide for special courts to expedite cases. Consultations on the draft bill ended last week, and women and child rights campaigners have demanded numerous revisions....

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