Water Justice News
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Council of Canadians condemns the murder of Berta Cáceres
March 4, 2016 – 10:44am Cáceres: “We must undertake the struggle in all parts of the world, wherever we may be, because we have no other spare or replacement planet. We have only this one, and we have to take action.” The Council of Canadians cond…
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Water justice groups urge UN to consider human rights impacts of PPPs in report on development cooperation
February 11, 2016 – 9:38am The Blue Planet Project joined the Transnational Institute, the Municipal Services Project and other allies last week to submit recommendations for an upcoming report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe d…
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Barlow to speak on the right to water in Ireland, Feb. 13
January 20, 2016 – 10:53am Barlow met with Right2Water Ireland activists in Dublin in November 2015. Council of Canadians chairperson Maude Barlow will be speaking at a major conference of about 800 people in Dublin, Ireland on Feb. 13. The Right2W…
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Flint drinking water compromised to save money, now water disconnection notices are being sent
January 15, 2016 – 4:10pm Photo: Michael Moore says #ArrestGovSnyder. The water crisis in Flint, Michigan continues. Flint is a majority-black city of about 99,000 people, situated an hour north of Detroit. Flint’s drinking water supply became contam…
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The Canadian Union of Public Employees and Blue Planet Project join call to end water privatization in Nagpur, India
In light of mounting evidence of the failures of the private water system in Nagpur, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) – Canada’s largest union – and the Blue Planet Project (BPP), a global advocate for the human right to water and sanitation are standing in solidarity with the Nagpur Municipal Corporation Employees Union…
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Vancouver-based Eldorado Gold suspends its controversial Skouries mine in northern Greece
January 13, 2016 – 9:16am Vancouver-based Eldorado Gold has suspended work on its controversial Skouries mine. The Associated Press reports, “[Eldorado Gold CEO Paul] Wright accused the Greek government of using the mining project as a ‘political toy’…
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Michigan poised to allow Detroit refinery to pollute even more
January 8, 2016 – 9:16am The Marathon oil refinery and the emptied Oakwood Heights neighbourhood. Photos by Brent Patterson. On Oct. 26, 2015, the Council of Canadians visited Detroit to learn more about environmental and water justice issues …
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Trial of Detroit water activists delayed, City to release new water plan in January
December 19, 2015 – 3:45pm Maude Barlow in Windsor, October 2015 In July 2014, nine people blocked trucks from leaving Homrich Inc., the company contracted by the City of Detroit to disconnect water services for people behind in their water bill pa…
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The Blue Planet Project on fact-finding mission in Indonesia
December 5, 2015 – 8:30am Karunananthan: “The headwaters of the Citarum River – source of drinking water for Jakarta, vital to food production in the Indonesian province of West Java and subject to tremendous industrial pollution.” Blue Planet Projec…
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Water justice gathering in Jakarta celebrates 2015 victories and highlights struggles ahead
December 4, 2015 – 8:00pm Bandung Dec 4, Jakarta – As 2015, comes to an end, Indonesian water movements are at a critical moment in their history. A decade-long campaign came to fruition earlier this year, when Indonesian civil society groups won…