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Protesters Demonstrate Against Planned Tar Sands Mine in Eastern Utah
2013-02-22 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salt Lake Tribune: More than 100 protesters pounded drums, marched in a circle and decried a proposed fuel-producing tar sands mine in eastern Utah -- drawing curious onlookers under the dome of the state Capitol Thursday evening. The demonstration wasnt aimed at any particular piece of legislation but instead was focused on a planned operation between Vernal and Moab by Alberta-based U.S. Oil Sands. The Utah Division of Oil Gas and Mining gave the approval for the first stage of the mine in January. It will cover...
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The nation's capital wasn't the only place climate-change protesters challenged business as usual
2013-02-19 15:20:26| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
In addition to the tens of thousands of protesters who showed up in Washington, D.C., Sunday to urge President Barack Obama to reject a permit for TransCanada to build the northern leg of its Keystone XL pipeline and generally call for action on climate change, there were smaller protests across the country.
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Protesters Call On Obama To Reject Keystone XL Pipeline
2013-02-18 11:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Tens of thousands of protesters turned out on the National Mall Sunday to encourage President Obama to make good on his commitment to act on climate change. In his Inaugural address from outside the U.S. Capitol, the president said: "We will respond to the threat of climate change knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations." Just a few weeks later, next to the Washington Monument, Paul Birkeland was one of a couple dozen people holding a long white tube above...
Protesters Call on Obama to Reject Keystone Pipeline
2013-02-18 02:19:11| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Auto companies once used auto shows to guage reaction to features and vehicles they were only thinking about creating, but now they're bringing cars to events like the Chicago Auto Show that are much closer to production.
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Keystone XL protesters pressure Obama on climate change promise
2013-02-17 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Thousands of protesters descended on Washington DC on Sunday demanding Barack Obama shut down the Keystone XL pipeline project to show he is serious about taking action on climate change. Organisers said a crowd of 35,000, carrying placards in the shape of bright red stop signs, gathered at the Washington monument on a bright but bitterly cold day for the march on the White House. The event, billed as the largest climate protest in US history, was intended as a show of force before Obama renders...
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