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Eagle-Tribune
April 16, 2018
Fenway Park already has its Green Monster — and now environmental activists want the whole ballpark to "go green." They're asking the Red Sox to commit to relying exclusively on energy from renewable sources. The activists from Environment Massachusetts and MASSPIRG Students have announcedÃâà...
TheBlaze.com
April 15, 2018
An environmental activist and prominent gay and transgender rights attorney committed suicide by setting himself ablaze in Brooklyn's Prospect Park in a shocking protest over what he called the Earth's ecological destruction, the New York Post reported.
Mirror.co.uk
April 14, 2018
A famous lawyer and environmental activist has been found burned to death in New York in an apparent act of self-immolation. The charred body of David Buckel, known for his work on gay rights in the US, was discovered by horrified visitors to Prospect Park in Brooklyn early on Saturday morning.
Times of India
April 9, 2018
HYDERABAD: With the uranium rich village of Tummalapalle in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh all set to turn into another Jaduguda, officials of the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) on Monday conducted an 'awareness' meeting with select people of Tummalapalle and nearby villages.
Deccan Chronicle
April 5, 2018
Bengaluru: The 2018 Draft National Forest Policy though has stressed on tackling issue like climate change, but its proposal to have a public-private partnership to improve afforestation has met with derision from activists, who term it as unnecessary bureaucratic intervention. Recognising the effects of 1988Ãâà...
New Zealand Herald
March 29, 2018
A former Green Party leadership contender, Vernon Tava, is seeking the National Party nomination in the Northcote byelection. He confirmed speculation today that he is putting his hand in the ring but said he could not comment further. He would not say when he joined National. Tava stood for the GreensÃâà...
Pune Mirror
March 15, 2018
Aiming to tap the scenic beauty of the 25 dams around Pune city and district and promote development near the backwaters, the state water resources department has decided to open them up as tourist hubs. Private entities will be allowed to start entertainment facilities, including budget hotels, food courts,Ãâà...
The Australian
March 14, 2018
Rio Tinto has committed to remain in the Minerals Council of Australia despite an activist shareholder push that last year led BHP to threaten to leave the lobby group if did not tone down its lobbying for clean coal and Australian energy policy that prioritised cost and reliability. The commitment was madeÃâà...
Mirror.co.uk
March 12, 2018
Plot to kidnap cloned sheep Dolly was foiled when green activists couldn't tell her apart from other animals. Campaigners broke into a shed where the first clone of an adult mammal was kept – only to find it full of sheep. Share; Comments. By. Stuart Macdonald. 17:29, 11 MAR 2018; Updated 17:38, 11 MAR 2018. News.
The New Indian Express
March 7, 2018
JEYPORE: Precious flora and fauna perished after local miscreants set ablaze the sal reserve forest in Kusumi under Kotpad block of Koraput district on Wednesday. For the last few days, several forested areas under Jeypore and Koraput Forest Divisions have been set on fire by miscreants, evoking aÃâà...
Deccan Chronicle
March 4, 2018
Meanwhile acting on the long time request of co-green activists and the motorists of Coimbatore Syed personally spoke to government officials and jumped into action on removing the dried trees. Persons from the Revenue department, Electricity Board, Police and highways helped him to remove two treesÃâà...
Washington Examiner
February 27, 2018
022718 anti-nukes SCOTUS js-pic Beyond Nuclear have petitioned the Supreme Court to block the construction of a transmission line for the Fermi 3 nuclear reactor in Detroit, similar to the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio, pictured. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane, File). Ron SchwaneÃâà...
Times of India
February 25, 2018
SHIMLA: Green activists have started opposing the construction of dams along the Yamuna basin. They claimed that cumulative geological impacts of three huge impoundments – Tehri, Kishau and Renuka Dam in almost parallel valleys of a Himalayan region – adjacent to one another are not even beingÃâà...
Deccan Chronicle
February 24, 2018
Karnataka: Repeal of Lake Act upsets green activists. DECCAN CHRONICLE. Published Feb 25, 2018, 4:05 am IST. Updated Feb 25, 2018, 4:05 am IST. 'It violates 74th amendment of the Constitution'. The BBMP has also done an exemplary job as far as lakes are concerned and it should be empowered. Bengaluru:Ãâà...
Courier Mail
February 22, 2018
GREEN activist Ben Pennings has offered to drop a police complaint and cook a “non-vegan dinner” for rogue Nationals MP George Christensen. The Mackay-based politician sparked uproar with a post of himself holding a pistol and a caption: “Do you feel lucky, Greenie punks”. Stop Adani protestor MrÃâà...
Deccan Chronicle
February 15, 2018
KOCHI: The Kerala High Court has granted anticipatory bail to green activist and one of the leaders of Periyar Malineekarana Virudha Samithy, Purushan Eloor, in a case connected with the alleged fabrication of a report of the Kerala State Pollution Control Board. The court directed Purushan to appearÃâà...
Top Speed
February 8, 2018
Recently, we were contemplating about Harley's upcoming new models, 'Bronx', '48X' and 'Pan America', as part of their new strategy to add 100 new models in the coming decade. But it looks like the Milwaukee Bar & Shield brand is not able to register any success stories today due to its currentÃâà...
Inquirer.net
February 7, 2018
The Philippines is now the second deadliest country globally for environmental defenders, next only to Brazil, according to 2017 data gathered by London-based nongovernment organization Global Witness. The Philippines accounted for 41 of the 197 killings recorded in 2017 worlwide, also making it theÃâà...
Business Standard
February 4, 2018
The announcement had invited the ire of the local green activists, who have now launched a campaign called "Say No to PAC shifting". Shravan Kumar Singh, the vice-president of the Braj Mandal Heritage Conservation Society, told PTI, "The Keetham reserve forest area is a sensitive eco zone, which hasÃâà...
Times of India
December 31, 1999
Coimbatore: South taluk revenue officials seized a tipper truck carrying river sand parked on the Ukkadam Bypass Road on Friday night. The officials had reached the spot after receiving a tip-off about sand smuggling. To the officials' surprise, truck driver R Prabhu turned out to be a member of NoyyalÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
December 31, 1999
It is a state famed in popular imagination for its oil barons, rugged ranchers and gun-slinging, God-fearing Republican leaders. Yet, against the odds, Texas has emerged as a remarkable flashpoint in America's battle on plastics pollution, as ranchers speak out against the damaging impact of plastic wasteÃâà...
Washington Examiner
December 31, 1999
Anti-nuclear power activists took their fight to the Supreme Court on Monday night in a rare petition asking the justices to require federal regulators to change rules that exclude nuclear power plants' transmission lines from environmental review. The group Beyond Nuclear asked that the court take up itsÃâà...
Bulatlat
December 31, 1999
“Green activists are being terror-listed, slapped with harassment charges, faced with martial rule, and even murdered as if environmental activism is a crime,” said Leon Dulce, national coordinator of Kalikasan PNE. The group observed that Duterte's counterinsurgency and anti-terrorism programs are beingÃâà...
Tehran Times
December 31, 1999
TEHRAN — More than 700 Iranian celebrities and environmentalists have signed a letter calling on President Hassan Rouhani to legally shed light on the case of 13 environmental activists arrested on espionage charges some 90 days ago. “As you know the environmental activists have been jailed forÃâà...
Times of India
December 31, 1999
BENGALURU: In a green move, a group of activists has come forward to break the concrete bases of trees along footpaths so roots can access water and soil. Volunteers from Save Green, a city-based NGO, have so far removed concrete bases of 25-30 trees in Thippasandra and Jeevan Bima Nagar.