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5 protesters blocking oil train arrested
2014-09-03 01:11:41| Railroads - Topix.net
Abby Brockway waves from atop a tripod erected on train tracks to a pair of engines passing on an adjacent track Tuesday, Sept.
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Protesters against coal and oil trains block tracks in Everett
2014-09-02 18:03:56| Railroads - Topix.net
EVERETT, Wash. - About a dozen protesters have blocked railroad tracks at a Burlington Northern Santa Fe yard in Everett.
Protesters who blocked coal shipment set for trial
2014-08-31 15:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Two men who used an old lobster boat to block a coal shipment to New England's largest coal-burning power plant say they plan to argue at trial that their actions were necessary because of the threat posed by climate change. Environmental activists Ken Ward and Jonathan "Jay" O'Hara say they don't intend to dispute many of the facts of the case during their jury trial, which opens Sept. 8 in Fall River District Court. Instead, they want to prove that global warming is real and that bold auction...
Cuadrilla in legal bid to remove anti-fracking protesters
2014-08-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: An energy firm and 10 farmers have made a legal bid to remove an anti-fracking camp from a Lancashire site. About 20 protesters are believed to be on the Little Plumpton site near Blackpool, with the Reclaim the Power group recently using it as a base. Cuadrilla, which has applied to hydraulically fracture for shale gas at Preston New Road, served a "claim for possession against trespassers". It said the camp has had a "detrimental impact" on the landowner's business. A spokeswoman for the protest...
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United Kingdom: Heathrow airport protesters revive Greenham Common spirit
2014-08-15 20:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Some formed defensive positions around underground tunnels, others nervously guarded the greenhouses, and one brave squatter scaled a makeshift watchtower to catch an early glimpse of any mob-handed intruders. Nearby, a 16-year-old girl chained herself to the gates while a human chain of protesters sang a piano-led rendition of the Drunken Sailor sea shanty with the chorus: "What shall we do with the nasty bailiff?" They rose at dawn and, after tending to the vegetable patch for what might...
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