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Protesters bash American Apparel CEO look-alike pi ata
2015-09-06 03:32:33| Apparel - Topix.net
Six American Apparel employees got the boot on Aug. 28 after they participated in a large protest outside the retailer's headquarters, during which a piA ata made to look like the company's new CEO was bashed to smithereens with a stick, our Lisa Fickenscher reports . American Apparel workers protest demanding the resignation of Paula Schneider outside the company headquarters in Los Angeles on July 22. The struggling hipster apparel company said the predominantly Latino employees' actions simulated "violence" that "a reasonable person would find threatening, intimidating or humiliating," according to termination letters obtained by On the Money.
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Protesters bring fight against Hawaiian telescope to astronomy meeting
2015-08-05 07:35:09| Airlines - Topix.net
Until now, the biggest controversy involving the International Astronomical Union may have been its 2006 vote to demote Pluto to a dwarf planet. But on 4 August, the ongoing fight over a telescope planned for a sacred Hawaiian mountain spilled over to the IAU general assembly in Honolulu.
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Shell Icebreaker Eludes Protesters, Leaves Portland
2015-07-31 07:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Greenpeace activists who rappelled from the St. John's Bridge in Portland and hung there overnight, today blocked Shell Oil`s Arctic drilling support icebreaker, the MSV Fennica, as it attempted to leave dry dock early this morning. At about 6:30am local time, the 380-foot long icebreaker approached the St. John's Bridge across the Willamette River and moved toward the bridge where the activists were suspended, but the ship turned back at about 8:00 am and returned to dry dock. The Fennica...
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Protesters heckle Clinton over climate change
2015-07-16 23:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: A group of protesters demanded Hillary Clinton take a strong stance on climate change on Thursday, chanting to interrupt the Democratic presidential candidate during a town hall event in New Hampshire. Clinton was asked about her stance on banning fossil fuel extraction on public land, something she said she couldnt support until we get alternatives into place, according to CNN. An audience member followed up, saying she was disappointed by the answer and asking if it was because of campaign...
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United Kingdom: Heathrow protesters win third runway court victory
2015-07-13 08:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The government's plans for a third runway at Heathrow were dealt a blow today after a high court judge agreed with campaigners that climate change threats had not been taken seriously enough. In a complex judgment, Lord Justice Carnwath declined to quash the controversial planning proposal but branded the original position adopted in the government's authorisation as untenable. The judge ordered Whitehall officials to give a formal undertaking that they would carry out a further policy review....
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