Water Justice News
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Observations from the Budapest water summit
Prepared by: David Boys, Public Services International Reza Hanifa and Sigit Budiono, KruHa Meera Karunananthan, Blue Planet Project Satoko Kishimoto, Transnational Institute Jorgen Magdahl, FIVAS Gabriella Zanzanaini, Food & Water Europe From October 8-11, we attended the Budapest Water Summit as a fact-finding initiative to further our understanding about corporate influence within the global water…
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Fighting the corporate agenda in Budapest
I am at the Budapest Water Summit this week working with friends from Public Services International, the Transnational Institute, KruHa Indonesia, Food and Water Europe and IBON. The Budapest Water Summit is yet another UN event dominated by the corpo…
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Blue October Continues!
Ecuador: From October 14 to 18 the 5th Waterlat Network meeting will take place with the theme: Is Latin-American heading to post neoliberal water management? Colombia: The Women’s Festival in Defense of Water took place and during the whole month a…
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Canadian Mining Company Infinito Gold Seeks to Extort $1 Billion from Costa Rica
Minera Canadiense Infinito Gold Busca Extorsionar Mil Millones de Dólares de Costa Rica »October 10, 2013 – 12:00am
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Blue October 2013 starts!
Today Blue October begins and we already have activities in Mexico, two events: one in Puebla and the other en Chiapas. Both states are going through important battles against water privatization.October 2, 2013 – 12:55pm
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Blue October: Global Action Month to Defend Our Water
This is the 8th year that we celebrate Blue October! Blue October is an international month of action to challenge the corporate control of water and to protect it as a human right and a shared natural resource available to all. The battle to defend …
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From Burnaby to Bern: Municipalities are Protecting the Water Commons
When the Council of Canadians and CUPE first created the Blue Communities Project we weren’t sure how to convince cash-strapped municipalities to come on board. How would we get local government who faced federal and provincial restrictions forcing …
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European Groups applaud Bern for becoming first Blue Community in Europe
Social justice, environmental, and labour organizations in Europe are applauding the city of Bern for taking a bold new step to protect water as a commons. Launched by the Blue Planet Project based in Canada, the Blue Communities certification requires municipal governments to pass legislation recognizing water as a human right and pledging to promote…
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UPDATE: Barlow at the International Women’s Earth and Climate Summit
Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow will be at the International Women’s Earth and Climate Summit in New York City this coming September 20-23.September 16, 2013 – 11:50am
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Can the South African government give the Green Light to Fracking while “protecting the environment and water resources”?
There are clear indications that oil and gas companies will be given the green light soon to start “fracking” South Africa. Last week Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa made a speech that addressed fracking in South Africa. She r…