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All forms of advocacy, esp. environmental groups.

Protesters Urge Smithsonian To Cut Ties With Climate Denier David Koch [1]

"Protesters in Washington, D.C. gathered outside of the National Museum of Natural History on Monday, urging the Smithsonian Institution to cut ties with noted climate denier David Koch, who sits on the museum’s board."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Science [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Climate Progress [8], 06/16/2015
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Shell's Arctic Oil Rig Leaves Seattle as Kayaktivists Warn of Disaster [9]

"Activists argue oil drilling in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea takes US in wrong direction on combatting climate change and ignores environmental difficulties of region".

"After a final protest by kayak-paddling activists, Shell’s deep-sea oil drilling rig left the port of Seattle on Monday morning, headed for Alaska’s Chukchi Sea – and, environmentalists say, towards imminent disaster.

Activism [2]
Disasters [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Guardian [12], 06/16/2015
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"Keystone Protesters Tracked at Border After FBI Spied on 'Extremists'" [13]

"An activist was placed on a US government watchlist for domestic flights after being swept up in an FBI investigation into protests of the Keystone XL pipeline, linking a breach of intelligence protocol with accounts of continued tracking that environmentalists fear could follow them for life."

Activism [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Guardian [15], 06/09/2015
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"North Carolina’s Chilling New Twist on “Ag-Gag”" [16]

"Up until now, there have been three main ways that states have tried — in some instances successfully — to keep the truth about what happens on factory farms hidden."

Activism [2]
Agriculture [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
Public [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Source: Salon [20], 06/05/2015
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"Companies Fight Back Against Protesters; Invoke Restitution Laws" [21]

"Duncan Tarr was arrested during a protest against an oil pipeline in Michigan. The company used crime victim restitution laws to charge Tarr for the work that couldn't be done during the disruption."

Activism [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NPR [22], 06/02/2015
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"How an American With a Knack for Math Saved India From Famine" [23]

"Lester Brown has spent his career making shrewd projections about the food, water, and energy people need to survive, and pushing governments to respond. None of this math brings tears to his eyes except the time in 1965 he made some calculations and risked his career advising the president of the United States to save India from starving."

Activism [2]
Environmental Studies [24]
People & Population [25]
Science [5]
Public [6]
International [26]
Source: Bloomberg [27], 05/21/2015
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Is Wyoming Ban on Reporting Environmental Harm Unconstitutional? [28]

A newly enacted Wyoming law seems to be aimed at criminalizing the collection and reporting of stream pollution or other environmental harm. It creates a unique new category of crime called "data trespass." Just what the law, signed in March by Gov. Matt Mead (R), means or does is being debated hotly.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [29]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [2]
Agriculture [17]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [30]
Region: 
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [31]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
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"‘Paddle in Seattle’ Protesters Gather Against Shell Oil Rig" [32]

"Conrad Ely drove from Olympia with three friends, a double kayak and a canoe."

Activism [2]
Disasters [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Public [6]
Northwest (OR WA) [33]
Source: Seattle Times [34], 05/18/2015
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"U.S. Green Groups Sue in Challenge To Oil Train Safety Rules" [35]

"Seven environmental groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging safety rules issued earlier this month for trains carrying oil, arguing the regulations are too weak to protect the public."

Activism [2]
Disasters [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: Reuters [36], 05/15/2015
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"More Protests Planned After Giant Oil Rig Muscles In" [37]

"Paddle-powered activists hit the waters of Elliott Bay in kayaks Thursday to throw an 'unwelcome party' for a massive Shell drilling rig as it reached the Port of Seattle."

Activism [2]
Disasters [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Public [6]
Alaska and Hawaii [38]
Northwest (OR WA) [33]
Source: Seattle Times [39], 05/15/2015
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