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oil
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The Point is to Change It
Read more: The Point is to Change ItWhen President Trump announced the US departure from the Paris Climate Accord on 1 June 2017, his enjoyment at walking over the efforts of national delegations and hundreds of pressure groups across the world who fought for that deal was…
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Life Pods
Read more: Life PodsIn Jan. 2016 Karl Mattson from Rolla, BC displayed some of his unique sculptures for exhibition at Lantern Gallery in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His ‘Life Pods’ are sculptures constructed using only found objects.Tools, metal fragments, debris, and fuel tanks are some…
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World Without Oil
Read more: World Without OilWorld Without Oil (WWO) is an alternate reality game (ARG) created to call attention to, spark dialogue about, plan for and engineer solutions to a possible near-future global oil shortage, post peak oil. It was the creation of San Jose…
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Peng! Collective Slams Shell at their PR event in Berlin
Read more: Peng! Collective Slams Shell at their PR event in BerlinIn 2013, Shell sent out press releases about their upcoming event, the Science Slam, which would aim to “celebrate the company’s responsible oil production” and “showcase ideas for renewable energy by scientists and students.” Essentially, Shell organized this event in…
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SaveCanada
Read more: SaveCanadaSave Canada is a direct action that began in Ontario in fall 2013. In reaction to TransCanada’s public relations tour of townships affected by the Keystone XL pipeline, Save Canada decided to infiltrate the meetings, which were being held as…
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Davos Shell Station Shut Down By Arctic Oil Drilling Protesters
Read more: Davos Shell Station Shut Down By Arctic Oil Drilling ProtestersDAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Activists with a big fake polar bear have occupied a Shell service station in the Swiss resort of Davos to protest Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s oil drilling in the Arctic. About 25 activists from around Europe…
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Human Cost, Tate Britain Performance – First anniversary of the Gulf of Mexico disaster
Read more: Human Cost, Tate Britain Performance – First anniversary of the Gulf of Mexico disaster“Human Cost, Tate Britain Performance (87 minutes), charcoal and sunflower oil 20 April 2011 – First anniversary of the Gulf of Mexico disaster. On the same day, 166 people who work in the arts published a letter in the Guardian…
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Disarm the Gallery: Protests end National Gallery’s arms trade links
Read more: Disarm the Gallery: Protests end National Gallery’s arms trade linksThe National Gallery’s long-standing sponsorship arrangement with weapons manufacturer Finmeccanica has ended, following a campaign by Campaign Against Arms Trade to ‘Disarm the Gallery.’ The arrangement has been terminated one year early and just weeks before the next protest event…
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Lawmaker Arrives at Parliament on Donkey
Read more: Lawmaker Arrives at Parliament on DonkeyTurks Party (CTP) deputy Arif Albayrak arrived at the Parliament of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) on a donkey on Monday in protest of rising oil prices and a recent government decision to purchase new cars. Addressing the…