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  1. The US government is illegal, not migrants

    advantage of cheaper rent, water, electricity and labour, then sending the goods and profits to the US. ...

  2. 'Odd couple' in South African water privatisation plan

    'Odd couple' in South African water privatisation plan By Norm Dixon The Congress of ... South African Trade Unions has hit out at moves to privatise parts of South Africa's water supply, ... COSATU said on April 10 that it would fiercely resist any attempts to privatise water services. ...

  3. Veterans join Standing Rock water protectors

    Economy Mining Anti-racism Imperialism & war Environment Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) US veterans Come December, North Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) protesters will likely be receiving support from hundreds of US veterans who have committed to their ...

  4. Mining industry slammed at Queensland Water Summit

    Agriculture Environment Elena Garcia Mining Water Lock the Gate Alliance Dalby dams mine ... rehabitation About 50 people attended the Queensland Water Summit in Dalby on September 23. Despite its midweek ... increasingly severe drought and mining company pollution of their water sources, to community members, doctors ...

  5. Who鈥檚 excited for the federal budget? PricewaterhouseCoopers

    water supply and it accidentally awarding 聽Academy Awards to the wrong films. PwC are one of the 鈥渂ig ...

  6. Unions, health organisations call for total ban on silica products

    Some companies would attempt to water down regulations, Smith said, but he urged the government to hold ...

  7. New battles at Standing Rock for water and life

    a wave of brutality on Native American 鈥water protectors鈥 seeking to block pipeline construction. About ... property. One water protector, Red Fawn Fallis, was聽 charged with attempted murder 聽for firing three shots ... tried to infiltrate the protest. He was chased down by water protectors, and finally arrested by Bureau ...

  8. NSW water protection laws 'worthless'

    Conservation Council of NSW (NCC) Centennial Coal Coxs River Water 4nature Wilderness Australia Gadigal ... extremely disappointed by the court decision to allow the continued discharge of polluted mine water into ... Sydney's drinking water supplies. They chanted "Wild rivers, not waste water" and "Clean ...

  9. Fight over water privatisation in South Africa

    Fight over water privatisation in South Africa By Anna Weekes JOHANNESBURG 鈥 Attempts by the ... African National Congress government to privatise the water of Dolphin Coast municipality in kwaZulu-Natal ... Coast's water was announced at a glitzy press conference by the minister for constitutional development ...

  10. Activists tell National Australia Bank to end support for Whitehaven Coal

    serial offender Whitehaven聽Coal聽鈥 a company聽that destroys First Nations heritage, drains precious water ...

  11. United States: Flint water poisoning ' a crime against humanity'

    Democracy Economy Environment Healthcare Water Flint Poisoned water in Flint, Michigan, has ... the toxic water contamination as a crime against humanity. Flint's water source was switched from ... the Detroit water system to the long-polluted and corrosive Flint River in 2014 in a bid to save ...

  12. Walk highlights gas risk to Sydney鈥檚 water

    Coal Gas Climate crisis Environment Walk for Water Hundreds of people started a week-long walk ... water. Beginning at Cataract Dam the route will continue for 160 kilometres through Camden, Campbelltown, ... Conservation Council of NSW. Organisers of the walk said in a statement: 鈥淲e need to protect Sydney鈥檚 water for ...

  13. Ireland: Political arrests target water protesters

    attending a peaceful rally against water charges last November, amid claims of 鈥減olitical policing鈥 and ... newly introduced water charges that took place in Jobstown, Tallaght 鈥 an area in south-west Dublin. ... "There were no early morning arrests or prosecutions. The contrast with the treatment on anti-water ...

  14. Water in northern Australia: a history of Aboriginal exclusion

    Godden Lily O'Neill Water Ord River Scheme Northern Land Council In May, the Northern Territory ... government granted a major water licence for a cattle station near Pine Creek, west of Kakadu National Park, ... to use almost 14 million megalitres of water a year to irrigate crops. In response, the Northern Land ...

  15. Ireland: Huge water protest keeps pressure on government

    Economy Environment Duroyan Fertl Sinn Fein Water Nearly 90,000 people took to the streets of ... water charges by the Irish government. The sea of flags, banners and placards was addressed by a range ... of politicians, community activists and union leaders. The protest was organised by the Right2Water ...

  16. Murray-Darling basin water buybacks capped

    Environment Mel Barnes Water Murray-Darling Basin Water buybacks for the Murray Darling basin will ... able to buy back only 1500 gigalitres of water entitlements from farmers each year. But the volume of ... water taken out of the basin for human purposes, such as agriculture, industry or town water supplies, ...

  17. Coal seam gas a threat to water resources

    industry brings risks to Australia鈥檚 limited water resources. It draws contaminated water out of the ... campaign to stop CSG mining. Images in the documentary Gasland of people setting their tap water on fire ... have made many question the impact of unconventional gas on water supplies. Yet research into the ...

  18. People power win protects water

    Environment Climate crisis Gas Mel Barnes Water In a massive win for people power, the Planning ... around drinking water catchments for greater Sydney. Stop CSG Illawarra spokesperson Jess Moore said: ... 鈥淭his is huge win for the campaign to stop CSG and protect our water. "It is the result of the ...

  19. Water: a right, not a commodity

    The Age of Commodity: Water Privatisation in Southern Africa Edited by David A. McDonald and Greg ... access to safe drinking water and two billion lack access to sanitation. Access to water is literally ... on the commodification and privatisation of water show, for some people, their moral arithmetic ...

  20. Looking out: The water here

    The water here By Brandon Astor Jones "Penology... has become torture and foolishness, ... industrial 20-litre water coolers. This is an example of the prison administration's feeble attempt to ... prison administration's water coolers, chains, locks and scrapers. That brings me to the reason I am ...

  21. El Salvador: Right blocks reform to make water and food human rights

    Democracy Economy Latin America & the Caribbean Environment food food shortages Water During ... a vote to ratify a constitutional reform that would have enshrined water and food as human rights. In ... water resources. In response, tens of thousands of environmental, religious, labour, community and youth ...

  22. Communities unite to save land and water

    short-term interests of big coal and CSG companies to come ahead of the protection of water supplies and ... regardless of land and water concerns. Duddy said: 鈥淭he ability under the plan for the cabinet to declare ... concern over water security grows, the group Save Our Water Catchment Areas (SOWCA) says it is outraged ...

  23. MEXICO: 'Water is a human right'

    World Water Forum. The first WWF was held in Morocco in 1997 and is an initiative of the World Water ... development, planning, management and use of water in all its dimensions on an environmentally sustainable ... a battering ram to achieve the privatisation of the world's water resources. In an article posted on ...

  24. Sydney water: consequences of corporatisation

    On August 25, the latest twist in Sydney's contaminated water saga occurred with the ... announcement that most of Sydney's 4.5 million residents must once again boil all drinking water. The ... alert, the second in a month, has focussed attention on the operations of the Sydney Water Corporation, ...

  25. Sydney water crisis: Is desalination plant the solution?

    Zoe Kenny Sydney is facing a water crisis. One of the worst droughts in Australia's history ... has left the Warragamba Dam, which provides Sydney with 80% of its water needs, only 43.1% full. This ... is far below the 60% mark which triggered mandatory water restrictions in 2003. The level will need ...

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