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UPDATE: Barlow says we must both defend and expand the right to water

Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow spoke at the main plenary session on ‘the implementation of the right to water’ at the ‘Forum Alternatif Mondial de l’Eau’ this evening in Marseille, France. She began by challenging the United Nations statement that the Millennium Development Goal on drinking water had been met. She said that building…
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UPDATE: Barlow says public pension funds must support public water services

We are at FAME (Forum Alternatif Mondial de l’Eau/ Alternative World Water Forum) this afternoon in ‘Cabaret Rouge 1′ for a Municipal Services Project (MSP) session on the need to connect research and activism. The session was introduced by saying that researchers need to be activists, and activists need to be researchers. Council of Canadians…
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UPDATE: Blue Planet Project and KruHa together on the right to water

In July 2010, the Blue Planet Project joined with people around the world to celebrate the United Nations General Assembly adoption of Resolution 64/292, the recognition of the right to water and sanitation. But we all knew this UN vote was only one major step to ensure water justice for all. In order to ensure…
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UPDATE: The Blue Planet Project team in action in Marseille

After an early-morning planning meeting over breakfast, Ottawa-based Council of Canadians/ Blue Planet Project campaigner Meera Karunananthan, Mexico City-based Blue Planet Project organizer Claudia Campero Arena, New Delhi-based Blue Planet Project organizer Madhuresh Kumar, and Durban-based Blue Planet Project organizer Mary Galvin fanned out across Marseille for various water justice actions: Meera Karunananthan Forum Alternatif…
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UPDATE: Barlow speaks at opening ceremony of FAME

Several thousand people have gathered for the opening ceremony of FAME (Forum Alternatif Mondial de l’Eau/ Alternative World Water Forum) at ‘Dock des Sud’ in Marseille, France. Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow is on stage now with numerous water justice activists including Oscar Olivera, Anne Le Strat and other movement leaders. FAME is…
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Radioactive Steam Generators on the Great Lakes

Bruce Power has applied for a licence at the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) to ship 16 radioactive steam generators through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway to Sweden. Bruce Power plans to recycle 90% of the 16 steam generators by contracting Swedish company Studsvik to ship, decontaminate, melt down and sell the metal…
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UPDATE: Eleven countries remind ministers in Marseille about the UN-recognized right to water and sanitation

Bangladesh, Brazil, Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, Maldives, Morocco, Slovenia, Spain, and Uruguay have sent a communiqué to all World Water Forum stakeholders that highlights, “The recognition of the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation by the United Nations General Assembly resolution 64/292 and Human Rights Council resolution 15/9 is a momentous step forward.”…
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UPDATE: Barlow speaks at labour-organized panel on the right to water

Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow just finished speaking at a labour-organized forum titled ‘Implementation of the human right to water and sanitation’, that took place inside the World Water Forum in Marseille. Barlow highlighted that the Blue Planet Project has commissioned a series of country reports on the implementation of the right to water…
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NEWS: Governments back track on right to water at ‘Davos of water’ forum

The Guardian UK reports, “Governments have been accused of backtracking on their commitments after ministers at the World Water Forum were charged with failing to define water and sanitation as human rights. In a ministerial declaration, eighty-four government ministers and dozens of other national representatives endorsed the five-page statement calling for a ‘new approach’ to…
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Water On The Table

Water On The Table is a character-driven social issue documentary by Liz Marshall featuring Maude Barlow, who is known as an “international water-warrior” for her crusade against the privatisation of water. The film asks the question: Is water a commercial good like running shoes or Coca-Cola? Or, is water a human right like air?
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