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Climate activists and pipeline protesters turn to civil disobedience in the Northeast
2016-02-17 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Nine climate activists are facing charges in New York state for an act of civil disobedience. One day in November, they blocked the entrance to a parking lot in Montrose, N.Y., where work is being done on a major natural gas pipeline expansion, the Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) Project. Now they plan to defend themselves in court on the grounds that their actions were necessary to protect humanity from climate disruption. Consider it a form of self-defense. The Montrose 9, as theyre calling...
Steel protesters call for EU help
2016-02-15 10:24:48| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Thousands of steel industry workers will protest in Brussels on Monday to call for help from the European Union against Chinese steel imports.
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A judge just dealt a bitter setback to US climate change protesters
2016-01-14 23:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Quartz: A jury in Washington state is hearing the final arguments today (Jan. 14) in a huge case for the environmental movement. Five activists have been charged with criminal trespassing for blocking a train full of crude oil. The judge initially allowed the so-called "Delta Five' to use a so-called "necessity defense,' which argued that their criminal actions were justified by the threat of climate change. It is the first such case in the United States, and environmentalists were hoping for a precedent-setting...
Land company fires worker for slurs toward protesters
2015-12-31 11:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A Pennsylvania property maintenance company has fired a worker caught on video using racial slurs toward anti-fracking activists. WPXI-TV (http://bit.ly/1IG1dX6 ) in Pittsburgh says the incident happened outside the offices of Rex Energy, a drilling firm, in Mars. That's about 30 miles north of Pittsburgh. The man worked for MMC Land Management, which maintains commercial properties, and was apparently angered that people were picketing the drilling firm. After harassing the picketers, the MMC...
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Murder in Ethiopia as Security Forces Turn Against Protesters
2015-12-20 19:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nazret: Human Rights Watch says as many as 75 people have been killed by Ethiopian security forces in confrontations. The government acknowledges only five deaths. What's at stake is the use of land in the Oromia region, home to the country's largest ethnic group. They are disturbed by expansion plans for Addis Ababa, the capital. But in the last few days the protests have grown in size, and in grievance -- and the government's crackdown has become more violent. We asked our East Africa correspondent...
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