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The Canadian Union of Public Employees and Blue Planet Project join call to end water privatization in Nagpur, India
In light of mounting evidence of the failures of the private water system in Nagpur, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) – Canada’s largest union – and the Blue Planet Project (BPP), a global advocate for the human right to water and sanitation are standing in solidarity with the Nagpur Municipal Corporation Employees Union…
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Vancouver-based Eldorado Gold suspends its controversial Skouries mine in northern Greece
January 13, 2016 – 9:16am Vancouver-based Eldorado Gold has suspended work on its controversial Skouries mine. The Associated Press reports, “[Eldorado Gold CEO Paul] Wright accused the Greek government of using the mining project as a ‘political toy’…
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Michigan poised to allow Detroit refinery to pollute even more
January 8, 2016 – 9:16am The Marathon oil refinery and the emptied Oakwood Heights neighbourhood. Photos by Brent Patterson. On Oct. 26, 2015, the Council of Canadians visited Detroit to learn more about environmental and water justice issues …
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Trial of Detroit water activists delayed, City to release new water plan in January
December 19, 2015 – 3:45pm Maude Barlow in Windsor, October 2015 In July 2014, nine people blocked trucks from leaving Homrich Inc., the company contracted by the City of Detroit to disconnect water services for people behind in their water bill pa…
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The Blue Planet Project on fact-finding mission in Indonesia
December 5, 2015 – 8:30am Karunananthan: “The headwaters of the Citarum River – source of drinking water for Jakarta, vital to food production in the Indonesian province of West Java and subject to tremendous industrial pollution.” Blue Planet Projec…
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Water justice gathering in Jakarta celebrates 2015 victories and highlights struggles ahead
December 4, 2015 – 8:00pm Bandung Dec 4, Jakarta – As 2015, comes to an end, Indonesian water movements are at a critical moment in their history. A decade-long campaign came to fruition earlier this year, when Indonesian civil society groups won…
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A blue and just future is possible
December 1, 2015 – 9:00am Keynote speech from the International Conference on Water, Megacities and Global Change, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, December 1, 2015 The challenge is stark. Peri-urban slums ring most of the developing world’s megacities w…
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An overview of water sector reforms in India
November 23, 2015 – 2:44pm By Gaurav Dwivedi, a water expert from Manthan Adhyayan Kendra. During the past decade and half, India has seen reforms to the water sector based on the financial sustainability model put forward by the international institut…
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TransCanada threatens water and climate with pipeline expansion plans in Mexico
November 18, 2015 – 9:30am Mexican Alliance against Fracking rally In December 2013, the Mexican government passed an ‘energy reform law’ that means corporations can now explore and extract the vast oil and gas reserves in Mexico. Bloomberg describ…
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Barlow meets with Right2Water Ireland activists in Dublin
November 10, 2015 – 11:58am Barlow meets with Right2Water Ireland activists. Blue Planet Project founder Maude Barlow met with Right2Water Ireland activists in Dublin yesterday. On Facebook, Right2Water Ireland commented after the meeting, “Today w…