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1. Kevin Buzzacott: ‘Time for Santos to get off its bike’

   springs. Since the 1980s, the Australian mining industry has further drained the basin’s water resources. ... of water per day from the basin for use in ore processing. And, while BHP is sucking water out of the ... basin in South Australia, Buzzacott noted, other firms are poisoning the water where it flows in — the ...

2. How cars took over our cities

   interest, similar to water, gas, telephones and railways. Automobiles, the most spatially inefficient mode ...

3. How the Murray-Darling River was killed

   waters on the driest inhabited continent. But rather than providing yet another detached survey of ... sustainable diversion limits, extraction monitoring and water trading, Simons actually speaks to the people ... dependent upon the inland waters. She gives voice to a cross section of these people as she moves along the ...

4. 'Its a big mistake to be a journalist in Mexico'

   Pearson Mexico: Indigenous communities take over water-bottling plant to use as a social centre Mexico: ...

5. The British Empire’s dirty secret

   little food and water, and no place to even lie down — resulting in disease and/or death for many. Those ...

6. Helping drought-stricken farmers requires recognising global warming and planning

   Agriculture Climate crisis Environment Elena Garcia Mining Water This autumn was the ... considerations, including the free provision of water and laws to enable farmers to take advantage of mining ... should go underneath farm boundaries to get to the resource. The impact of these mines on water tables is ...

7. Joining the dots: Pandemics and political economy

   water, housing and land as public goods and the expansion and support of small scale farming. In the ...

8. Farmers need real income support, services to deal with drought crisis

   Agriculture Environment Elena Garcia Water Farmers cannot get the dole. However, if they are ...

9. Kuku Yalanji woman Pat O’Shane: ‘I’m fired up about education, injustice and sovereignty’

   take the kids down to the Cairns Esplanade where, when the tide went out, the water still trickled down ...

10. Spring into Pilliga protest against coal seam gas

    Gas Environment Coral Wynter Santos Pilliga Forest Great Artesian Basin saline water Pilliga State ... consequences of mining CSG in the Pilliga, is the destruction of the fresh water supply. The Pilliga Forest ... level, the sandstone was covered by a layer of marine sedimentary rock, which trapped water in the ...

11. International security and the climate crisis

    populations faced with food and water shortages due to environmental mismanagement is a recipe for disaster. ... than 90% to less than 50% in ten years. People are now more concerned about pandemics and water ...

12. Ecosocialist Bookshelf, November

    pollution of the air, soil and water. The authors explore the many environmental changes that undermine ...

13. Ecosocialist bookshelf, May 2021

    fascism be stopped? Moving Water: The Everglades and Big Sugar By Amy Green John Hopkins University Press, ...

14. Behind the protests in Kazakhstan

    measures against unemployment, solution to the drinking water shortage, resignation of the government and ... brought water and food for the protesters. “In Kazakhstan today there is no legal opposition, the entire ...

15. Ngemba elders say no to a development at Brewarrina’s ancient Fish Traps

    Resources, Water and Northern Australia announced a new project, supposedly to “boost tourism”, at the Ngemba ... because it stopped “the proper flow of the river”. Like all North West towns water rights are contested in ... irrigation pumps, the river flows backwards causing destruction. As a result of water theft, in 2019 ...

16. Tackling NSW’s rivers crisis

    blue-green algal bloom, triggered what is known as the Water Reform in New South Wales. The reform sought to ... balance the needs of rivers and water extractors. At the time, Inland Rivers Network (IRN) was formed to ... address the degradation of the basin’s rivers, wetlands and groundwater. The Water Reform established ...

17. The US is destroying the people of Afghanistan

    water engineers, garbage collectors, public workers were on the payroll of Western development donors. ... medicines, fresh water, food and heating fuel. According to DN!, the UN is warning that if urgent ...

18. Adani, India and COP26: How to support climate justice?

    and water-sources. Instead of fostering an energy democracy — through decentralised electricity ... by think tank, Council of Energy, Environment and Water, India’s net zero target of 2070 is also when ... variability on agriculture — on which 65% of the population relies — and risks to water supplies. The latest ...

19. From White Australia to stopping the boats

    Tampa entered Australian waters. This was just the first of a slew of policy changes that transformed ...

20. Torres Strait Islanders say: ‘Our Islands, Our Home’

    a result of climate-induced drought and hotter seasons, and fresh water wells are contaminated by salt ... water. The meeting was told how Torres Strait culture includes women, after giving birth, placing their ...

21. ‘All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others’

    action; and think about how fair dinkum we really are about equality. They are water equality and ... employment equality. Water equality In parts of Australia, particularly in remote communities in the Northern ... conditions in terms of their levels of access to safe water and sanitation. For a range of reasons ...

22. Murray-Darling deal leaves Basin high and dry

    Environment Water Viv Miley Murray-Darling Basin Authority Wilderness Society Wentworth Group of ... amendments to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan (MDBP) on May 8, effectively ensuring less water will flow to the ... getting the water we were promised coming through the system." The Murray-Darling Basin Authority ...

23. COP26: The climate cost of war

    of air and water and have led to birth defects, cancer and suffering of thousands of people.” Neta ... the fuels used on aircraft and ships in international waters are also not accounted for. “Most of the ... United States Navy ’ s operations are in international waters,” said Crawford. “In 1997, the Department ...

24. Wealth, power and corruption in China

    water, called Tibet 5100, on China's high-speed rail network. That reportedly was landed by ... relatives of Deng Xiaoping, who paid next to nothing for the rights to bottle the water in Tibet”. [p. 108] ... When the bottled water company was listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange it was worth $1.5 billion. ...

25. Climate strike: Fund our future not gas

    The Morrison Government could be protecting our climate, land and water, and creating thousands of new ... climate crisis, devastating our land and water, wrecking our health and creating very few jobs.  On May ...

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