Sentences with phrase «protests by environmental activists»
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Organized by an Asheville, N.C. - based environmental group called the Dogwood Alliance, the protest is the latest move by activists to draw attention to the wood pellet industry's growth in the South, where they allege forests are being chopped down unsustainably so European nations can meet renewable energy targets.
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Israeli police arrested 17 Greenpeace activists on Thursday after a group of them infiltrated an Israeli power station by sea to protest the use of coal to fuel power plants, the environmental organization said.
At least 640 land and environmental activists have been killed since the 2009 climate negotiations in Copenhagen - some shot by police during protests, others gunned down by hired assassins.