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Without any concrete results, activists stage walkout U.N. climate talks
2013-11-22 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Japan Times: With just one day remaining, hundreds of environmental activists walked out of U.N. climate talks Thursday, saying they were deeply disappointed by the lack of results. Wearing "Polluters talk, we walk" T-shirts, the activists streamed out of Warsaw`s National Stadium, where delegates from rich and poor countries were arguing over who should do what to fight global warming. The two-week session in the Polish capital was never expected to produce any big decisions or breakthroughs, but the protesters...
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Mass Walk-Out at UN Climate Talks Protests Lack of Progress
2013-11-21 21:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: It is first time in 19 years of tortuous annual negotiations over targets and timetables for saving the Earths climate from overheating that the non-governmental organizations have felt sufficiently frustrated to take such a step. Organizations frustrated with the pace and progress of the UN climate talks in Warsaw, Poland, staged a walk-out today. Photo credit: Czarek Sokolowski /AP Many of the 800 people involved are members of national delegations and are an important part of pushing the...
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India backs unprecedented climate walkout
2013-11-21 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times of India: In a rare show of strength against rich nations, the G77+China Group, comprising almost all developing countries, walked out of the negotiations on crucial Loss and Damage (L&D) issue early Wednesday morning. The move sent a strong message that poor nations are not going to give an elbow space to the US-led group unless they get commitment over financial aid. Though the Indian representative was not there in the contact group meeting where the discussion on L&D was held through the night at the...
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UPDATE 1-Freeport Indonesia union threatens walkout from Friday
2013-06-13 14:21:47| Real Estate - Topix.net
Trade union workers at the Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc mine in Indonesia will stop work indefinitely from Friday if the company does not suspend those suspected of being at fault for a deadly tunnel collapse last month, a union official said.
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