Activists

Activists are individuals that typically seek social or political reform through protest, community organization, boycotts and rallies. Their opposition to the status quo reflects their belief that through community awareness their needs can be met.

Activists usually solicit the assistance of politicians and community leaders in seeking to have their needs and the needs of the community satisfied. They usually implement a grassroots approach, though many activists are affiliated with national causes.

The goal of many activists is to call attention to an otherwise overlooked issue affecting their community, so that governmental or social change may arise from that awareness.

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• Toss Him In The Gulag

  
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  By William Warren See more Cartoons by William Warren, and Great Articles at NetRight Nation Blog Posted in America (USA), Blundering Bureaucrats, Cartoons, Climate Alarmists, Climate Change, Conniving Politicians, Democrats, Environment, Environmental activists, Fanatics, Fear-mongering, Global Warming, ...
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• EU should cut emissions by at least 30% to retain leadership, MEPs say

  
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  The EU should cut its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% if’a global target of limiting warming to 2�C is to be achieved, Green activists and politicians urged ahead of this week’s�two-day European Council�in Brussels (10-11 December).
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• EU split over size of emissions cut

  
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  A damaging east-west split has opened up among EU countries over how quickly and deeply they should cut their carbon emissions to combat climate change.
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• Soggy Pork … and Other Climate Change Choices

  
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  With meat production expected to double by 2050 and methane from cows contributing a sizeable chunk of GHG emissions, any successful, long-term global solution to climate change will have to address livestock. And that could include lab-grown meat. 
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• NGOs: UN carbon-offsetting scheme ‘in urgent need of reform’

  
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  International carbon emission offsets are likely to continue to be’based on the UN’s�Clean Development Mechanism (CDM),�as the EU’s proposal to replace it with sectoral crediting will not be feasible for years to come, Eva Filzmoser, coordinator�at CDM Watch, told EurActiv in an interview.
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• Ahead of EU summit, Soros unveils climate finance plan

  
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  While EU leaders are expected to agree on immediate action to provide financial support for developing countries in Brussels today (11 December), in Copenhagen billionaire investor George Soros has unveiled a plan’to provide up to 150 billion dollars�for poor countries to access clean technologies.
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• Copenhagen diary (11/12/09)

  
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  * George Soros, the Hungarian-American billionaire investor, wowed the conference yesterday with his bold proposals to provide up to $150bn to enable poor countries to use clean technology. All that is lacking, he said, is the “political will” to make it happen. Perhaps someone could suggest that Mr Soros lead…
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• U.S. forests and soils store equivalent of 50 years of nation’s CO2 emissions, new estima…

  
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  The first phase of a groundbreaking national assessment estimates that US forests and soils could remove additional quantities of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as a means to mitigate climate change.
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• Africa: ‘We Know Why We Are Dying’ - Continent

  
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  Few are more aware of the devastating legacy failure will leave than the teams of African negotiators in the Danish capital to hammer out a final position.
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• U.S. forests and soils store equivalent of 50 years of nation’s CO2 emissions, new estimates find

  
  Celebrity Paycut Encouraging celebrities all over the world to save us from global warming by taking a paycut. — Authority: 172
  The first phase of a groundbreaking national assessment estimates that US forests and soils could remove additional quantities of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as a means to mitigate climate change.
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• Earth’s atmosphere came from outer space, scientists find

  
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  The gases which formed the Earth’s atmosphere — and probably its oceans — did not come from inside the Earth but from outer space, according to a new study.
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• Swiss scientists measure glacial melting with light

  
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  The glaciers in Switzerland have been melting for years. Researchers now want to know more precisely how much ice is being lost — and they are using the aid of light.
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• Live from Copenhagen: climate denier call protesters Hitler Youth

  
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  Climate deniers are on the offensive, even here. Check out the press release to see the way these guys operate. In the advisory, they call themselves the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) and they are inviting the press to an International Climate Eco-Summit (ICE 2009). Sounds so smooth. Meanwhile ...
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• Copenhagen – Out Of The Mouths Of Babes Come A Conniving Adult’s Words

  
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  By Andrew Bolt The Copenhagen meeting opened with a video of terrified children begging adults to stop global warming . Green fanatic Clive Hamilton writes creepy letters to my children to make them scared, too . A crying 18-year-old confronts Canada’s chief negotiator at a Copenhagen briefing (?). The Age ...
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• Quilting for Peace ~ Grocery Bag Sew-Off

  
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  Sew cloth bags to make a difference. You might just win some fantastic prizes from Fiskars too!
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• Quilting for Peace ~ Morsbags & the Green Bag Lady

  
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  Learn more about Morsbags & the Green Bag Lady, and make some cloth bags today!
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• Copenhagen – It Had To Happen

  
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  This story out of Australia today is just starting to break. It looks like the organised rabble who gather at large conferences like this are planning to take their ‘rent a crowd’ violence into the streets of Copenhagen. Just when will these people learn that violent protest like this only does more harm to ...
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• Shutdown in Andhra, Rayalseema to protest Telangana state

  
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  Hyderabad, Dec 11 (IANS) Life in parts of Andhra and Rayalaseema regions were affected Friday in response to a daylong shutdown to protest the proposed division of Andhra Pradesh.Buses of the Andhra Pradesh Transport Corporation (APSRTC) went off the roads as political activists, students and other groups opposed to ...
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• Fast-Growing Christian Churches Crushed in China

  
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  LINFEN, China — Towering eight stories over wheat fields, the Golden Lamp Church was built to serve nearly 50,000 worshippers in the gritty heart of Chinas coal country.But that was before hundreds of police and hired thugs descended on the mega-church, smashing doors and windows, seizing Bibles and sending dozens of ...
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• Information commissioners’ appointments not transparent: RTI activists

  
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  By Nabeel A. KhanNew Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Two weeks after they served a legal notice on the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the union government for “not being transparent” in the selection of information commissioners, RTI activists say they are yet to receive a reply.“As we indicated in our legal notice, ...
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