Water Justice News
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Argentina ordered to pay Suez millions after cancellation of water contract
April 11, 2015 – 6:05am Argentina has been ordered by the World Bank’s International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes to pay $405 million to the French transnational Suez for cancelling the corporation’s water and sewage services contract. …
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Construction continues on El Zapotillo dam project despite court order
April 9, 2015 – 10:52am ‘We do not want the dam, we want to live in peace’. Photo by Marco Von Borstel. The Blue Planet Project is opposed to the El Zapotillo dam in Mexico. The dam would be 105 metres tall, divert the course of the Verde River, in…
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Suez & Veolia see profit in India’s water
April 7, 2015 – 4:30pm What are Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s water policies? Why are for-profit water corporations like Suez and Veolia seeking to expand their operations in India? Bloomberg reports, “Modi’s agenda includes reviving a 30-year-…
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Blue Planet Project in Indonesia and South Korea
April 7, 2015 – 10:43am Blue Planet Project campaigner Meera Karunananthan is in Indonesia this week and South Korea next week for key global water justice interventions. In Indonesia, she will be meeting with various allies, including representatives …
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Big Ag, Big Oil and the water crisis in California
April 2, 2015 – 11:31am The Los Angeles Times reports, “Gov. Jerry Brown [has] ordered cities and towns across California to cut water use by 25% as part of a sweeping set of mandatory drought restrictions, the first in state history. Emphasizing that …
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This World Water Day, a Recovery Plan Is More Important Than Ever
March 22, 2015 – 9:00am Twenty-two years ago, the United Nations General Assembly declared March 22 to be World Water Day. In a world is facing a severe and growing water crisis without a roadmap, this day is more important than ever. Our collective a…
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World Water Day Statement 2015
Español | Français We commemorate World Water Day 2015 by celebrating the struggles and victories of the global water justice movements. These achievements are a testament to the strength of our ties of solidarity and the resolve of communities to protect watersheds and maintain control over water services. We supported campaigns instituting the right to…
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TAKE ACTION: Water shut-offs in Detroit to resume
March 19, 2015 – 10:56am In May 2015, the city of Detroit will start shutting off water to 28,000 people. Last summer, the Blue Planet Project worked with the Detroit People’s Water Board and Food and Water Watch to sound the alarm on the city’s p…
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Council of Canadians backs protest defending El Salvador’s water from World Bank tribunal
March 13, 2015 – 2:33pm Barlow speaks at protest outside World Bank office in Washington, DC, September 2014. The Council of Canadians is endorsing a protest in Washington, DC against the World Bank on March 19. The outreach for the protest says, “…
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Williams Lake chapter to screen ‘Defensora’ about mining injustice in Guatemala
March 13, 2015 – 9:10am The Council of Canadians Williams Lake chapter will be screening the documentary Defensora on March 16. As noted on the film’s website, “Defensora documents the historic and on-going land and community defense struggles of Mayan…