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United Kingdom: Frack Off protesters bring a little fire engine trouble to Balcombe oil site
2013-08-01 11:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Protests at a planned drilling site of a fracking company took an innovative turn on Thursday after activists stopped work by parking an antique fire engine outside the gates of the facility and locked themselves to the vehicle. The campaign group Frack Off said the fire engine, bought by some of the protesters involved, arrived at the site near Balcombe, West Sussex where the energy company Cuadrilla plans to drill wells in the hope of releasing oil from the rocks at about 7am. Two protesters...
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Protesters to hand-deliver petition to Kellogg Co. about Wilmar over palm-oil trading...
2013-08-01 07:50:08| Agriculture - Topix.net
Members from a consumer watchdog group will hand-deliver a petition to Kellogg Co.
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UK Police Charge 12 Anti-Fracking Protesters
2013-07-27 09:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: British police say 12 people have been charged with a variety of offenses in relation to ongoing protests over shale gas extraction in southern England. Surrey Police said Saturday that they have made two further arrests on top of the 16 a day earlier, of whom 12 are facing charges. The charges range from assault on police to preventing drivers and workers from entering a test-drilling site. The protesters are campaigning against the extraction of gas by hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking....
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UK: Anti-Fracking Protesters Halt Sussex Shale Gas Operation
2013-07-25 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Anti-fracking campaigners claimed a surprise victory on Thursday against attempts to extract oil in the home counties. Dozens of protesters blockaded a drill site outside the West Sussex village of Balcombe. The drill was operated by Cuadrilla, the energy company headed by former BP chief Lord Browne. Earlier in the day, the Department for Energy granted a drilling permit for the site to Cuadrilla, which also operates hydraulic fracturing rigs in Lancashire. It is looking for oil in the Sussex...
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Tampons Seized At Texas Legislature As Pro-Choice Protesters Descend On Austin Ahead of Abortion Vote
2013-07-13 20:30:41| Electronics - Topix.net
Pro-choice protesters armed with tampons saw them seized by security as they entered the Texas capitol in Austin on Friday as they prepared to show their frustration with a law that would restrict abortions to up to 20 weeks.
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