Water Justice News
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Barlow calls for a Marshall Plan for water in Colorado speech
March 12, 2015 – 11:11am Poster for Barlow’s event in Colorado. Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow spoke in Colorado last night. The Vail Daily reported, “As part of the Women in Philanthropy Distinguished Lecture Series, international b…
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WIN! Controversial Mexican water law is delayed indefinitely
March 11, 2015 – 8:20am Blue Planet Project organizer Claudia Campero. Blue Planet Project founder Maude Barlow has tweeted, “Huge victory!” This is because, as Telesur reports, “A Mexican congressional vote on proposed legislation that could lead …
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New Protocol for Mexican Judges to Avoid Human Rights Violations in Development Projects
March 2, 2015 – 2:37pm Mural at the Supreme Court, Mexico. Back in November 2012, Maude Barlow was invited to be a judge at the hearing regarding dams for the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal. After this important hearing, the organizers arranged a me…
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Thousands march in Ireland against water meters and for the release of water warriors
February 21, 2015 – 3:30pm Thousands marched today to Mountjoy prison to demand the release of right to water activists. Twitter photo by Pedestrian View. The Blue Planet Project stands in solidarity with the water justice movement in Ireland. Ther…
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Win! Indonesian Court rules against World Bank water law
February 20, 2015 – 3:53pm In a landmark ruling, the Indonesian Constitutional Court ruled earlier this week to annul a water law passed by the Indonesian government in 2004 under pressure from the World Bank. Law No. 7 on Water Resources was part of a…
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Council of Canadians sends letter to Greek government about CETA
February 11, 2015 – 4:10pm George Katrougalos, Maude Barlow and Thanassis Petrakos Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow has written George Katrougalos, the Deputy Minister for Administrative Reform with the new Syriza government in Greece….
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Eldorado Gold CEO to press Syriza government on Skouries mine
February 11, 2015 – 8:48am Twitter photo of the Skouries mine, January 15, 2015. The chief executive officer of Vancouver-based Eldorado Gold will meet with representatives of the Syriza government in Athens today. The Globe and Mail reports, “The …
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UN special rapporteur on water says human rights should be a component of all SDGs
February 10, 2015 – 2:45pm The Blue Planet Project is calling for the explicit recognition of the human right to water and sanitation in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs, which will supersede the Millennium Development …
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Water as a right in Delhi Elections
January 28, 2015 – 9:54am Elections to the Delhi Legislative Assembly are scheduled for February 7, nearly a year after Aam Aadmi Party [translated as the Common Man’s Party] resigned on February 14th, 2014. Continuing with its earlier position, AAP in…