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The Council of Canadians & Blue Planet Project call on the OTPP to support public management of water in Chile
April 7, 2017 – 7:31am Retired teacher Roy Brady helps those attending the OTPP annual general meeting understand what it means to lose access to water. Council of Canadians Peterborough-Kawarthas chapter activist Roy Brady called on the Board of Directors of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) at their annual general meeting in Toronto yesterday…
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Internationally renowned environmentalists urge water committee to end domestic water charges
Two of the worlds most prominent environmentalists and leading experts on water have written to Green Party Senator Grace O’Sullivan, member of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Water, urging her not to support metered charges for so-called ‘excessive use’. Maude Barlow, National Chairperson of the Council of Canadians and founder of the Blue Planet Project, wrote…
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Sale of state park in Brazil could lead to corporate takeover of the country’s most pristine waters
Maude Barlow, founder of the Blue Planet Project, sent a letter today to Governor Fernando Pimental of the State of Minas Gerais in Brazil urging him to halt all plans to sell a state-run water park. The region is famous for its mineral waters, which is reputed as the most pristine source of water in…
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Global water rights advocates support WCC joining Blue Communities
October 27, 2016 – 3:18pm Children at the WCC event. Photo: Ivars Kupcis/WCC I was very pleased to award the World Council of Churches (WCC) a ‘blue community’ certificate on October 25. The WCC could potentially reach more than 500 million Christi…
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Aucun gagnant dans l’affaire opposant la minière Pac Rim à El Salvador
October 14, 2016Media Release L’arbitrage entre investisseur et État fait chanter El Salvador et pervertit la démocratie CABAÑAS, EL SALVADOR / WASHINGTON, DC / OTTAWA, MONTRÉAL, CANADA / MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIE – Des groupes de la société civile du monde entier appuyant les communautés et les organisations salvadoriennes qui interviennent sur les enjeux miniers et environnementaux ont…
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There are No Winners in Pac Rim Mining Company vs El Salvador
October 14, 2016Media Release Investor-State Arbitration Blackmails El Salvador, Subverts Democracy CABAÑAS, EL SALVADOR / WASHINGTON, DC / OTTAWA, CANADA / MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – Civil society groups worldwide that support Salvadoran communities and organizations working on mining and environmental issues reacted to today’s decision by the ICSID. In 2009, Pac Rim Cayman LLC brought an…
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Gold mining and the abuse of environmental and human rights in South Africa
October 14, 2016 – 9:43am We KNOW that mining abuses the environment and miners and residents’ rights to water, health and a healthy environment. But maybe policy makers will hear this when it comes from Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic. Its newly released report is entitled “The Cost of Gold: Environmental, Health, and Human Rights…
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City of St.Gallen and University of St.Gallen become Blue Communities
October 13, 2016 – 12:49pm From left: Peter Jans, city councillor, representative of the City of St.Gallen; Sybille Minder Hochreutener, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Applied Sciences; Prof. Dr. Thomas Dyllick, Professor of Management with special focus on Sustainability Management; and Stefanie Graf, Leader of the Rectorate Staff Unit of the University of Teacher Education…
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Three Submissions That, Taken Together and Adopted, Protect Our Human Right2water
Our human Right2Water is of such fundamental importance that it should not be used as a political football by political parties, none of whom can claim the support of a majority of Irish citizens. Since 2014 Irish Citizens have led the way in defending our human Right2Water against commodification and privatisation. In doing so Right2Water,…
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Mercy Event at UN Stresses Human Rights-based Implementation of SDG 6
On Monday, 11 July, Sisters of Mercy joined the Republic of Palau, the NGO Mining Working Group, Salesian Missions, and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in hosting an insightful side event discussing the ways in which the human right to water and sanitation is central to Sustainable Development Goal 6.