Sentences with phrase «environmental protesters»

ALBANY — As his Democratic gubernatorial challenger joined environmental protesters outside the Capitol, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo proposed a ban on single - use plastic bags at stores throughout New York State.

The proposal came during the same hour that activist and actress Cynthia Nixon was joining environmental protesters — critical of Cuomo policies on fossil fuel and renewable energy as inadequate — outside the Capitol.

Of course carbon offsets are always a controversial topic, and the Carbon Neutral Company has even found itself targeted by environmental protesters in the past.

We watched the familiar pantomime of British Columbian environmental protesters outside Kinder Morganâ $ ™ s Burnaby pipeline terminal this weekâ $» earnest young students with the standard piercings, geri...

This co-ordinated police campaign to harass and intimidate environmental protesters is very worrying, as you say.

In court, on a good day, there are four teams representing, variously, two groups of claimants (one from a Cardiff anarchist network, another from environmental protesters), and two police forces.

They may be trickier than trees for environmental protesters to chain themselves to, but it turns out that seagrass ecosystems hold as much carbon per hectare as the world's forests — and are now among its most threatened ecosystems.

Police arrested more than 140 Native American and environmental protesters challenging an oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota, a project touching the raw nerves of water and global warming, reports Dennis J Bernstein.

They were also furious about France's crackdown on environmental protesters, justified by a state of emergency imposed after the November 13 attacks.

There is no denying that, so far, environmental protesters in B.C. have been totally non-violent against people and have routinely shown a commitment to avoid destructive means against property.

Meanwhile, environmental protesters have gathered near Heathrow airport to highlight the role of the aviation industry in climate change.