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  1. New Zealand: Water pollution environmental impact report suppressed

    raising serious concerns about the risk of water pollution to a Hawke鈥檚 Bay river has been suppressed by ... prepared a draft 32-page submission on the proposed Ruataniwha Dam. It said the plan poses threats to water ... did not mention the likely water pollution effects. Labour鈥檚 Environment and Conservation spokesperson ...

  2. California: Dire water crisis amid climate change-driven drought

    Famiglietti, a senior water scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, made a dire warning ... in March: there is only one year's worth of water left in the state's reservoir storage and ... river basins. Famiglietti said even nature's oldest water backup supply 鈥攇roundwater 鈥 could be ...

  3. Groups rally united to protect land & water from CSG

    land and water from coal seam gas (CSG) and irresponsible mining. The rally 鈥 called by the NSW Farmers ... together because we want to see land and water protected. 鈥淭he government promised to protect water ... land where food is grown, not our water catchments 鈥 is off limits to CSG. 鈥淚f the Premier doesn鈥檛 ...

  4. Queensland water bill undermines regulation of coal seam gas

    the seemingly innocuous amendments to [Queensland鈥檚] Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 ... emergency releases of CSG recycled water to the rivers and streams of the Queensland section of the Murray ... Darling Basin. 鈥淲e understand the government鈥檚 Healthy Headwaters study into the effects of CSG water on ...

  5. Can the market solve our water crisis?

    Australia, the second driest continent on earth, has the highest volume of stored water per person ... in the world; per capita consumption of water is also one of the world's highest. JANET PARKER ... looks at the problems of water in our most populous state. Australia has a huge investment in water ...

  6. Pacific Island that demanded climate action faces severe water shortage

    Pacific Ocean, is facing a severe shortage of fresh water. Australia Network News said on October 10 that ... only about three days of water left. Tuvalu is in the midst of a crippling drought and had no rain for ... is sensitive to even subtle variations in the global climate, often results in either too much water ...

  7. More NSW police, with water cannons

    water cannons. The use of such "less lethal" technology is a logical outcome of the way ... on-the-spot summary justice? Water-cannon injuries are not caused by the water itself, but by the person being ... violently pushed against the ground or stationary objects. As the aim of water cannons is imprecise, ...

  8. LEBANON: Israel threatens war over water

    highly dependant on irrigation that they require more than half of the 1.55 billion cubic metres of water ... government's insistence that it has the right to use some of the water from Wazzani River. Israeli Prime ... station to supply water through a 100-millimetre pipe to several dozen parched villages in Southern ...

  9. Knitting Nannas ask Turnbull: 'Will you protect our water?'

    (CSG) mining in drinking water catchments?" and 鈥淲ould you move federal legislation to enact a ban ... on CSG mining in drinking water catchments?鈥 "The [Mike] Baird government made draconian changes ... on CSG mining in the Sydney water catchment and until there is our drinking water is not safe. The ...

  10. Human sign protest calls for CSG ban in water catchments

    dedicated to the statewide demand for a ban on coal seam gas development in NSW drinking water catchments, ... water catchments. He said: 鈥淭he next Liberal/National Government will ensure that mining cannot occur ... 鈥 in any water catchment area, and will ensure that mining leases and mining exploration permits ...

  11. Western Sydney drinking water still threatened by CSG

    the health of western Sydney鈥檚 water鈥, said local anti-CSG campaigner, Fred Fuentes. 鈥淪ince those ... water, health and land鈥, Fuentes said. On May 11, many of those activists and other concerned residents ... travelling around NSW to educate the public about the dangers of CSG extraction to people鈥檚 health, water and ...

  12. Ships, planes from US invade Cuban waters

    Ships, planes from US invade Cuban waters In a statement released on July 14, the Cuban government ... United States penetrated into the waters and airspace of Cuba in a flagrant violation of the ... international laws". Cuba said that all the ships penetrated Cuban territorial waters "almost 10 miles ...

  13. Battle for the forests and water

    water catchments continued in Warburton on November 23, when 400 local residents and supporters from ... most important water catchments. Wurundjeri elder Sister Joy Wandin Murphy told the rally that rather ...

  14. Botswana- Bushmen banned from using own water

    the Kalahari Game Reserve from using their own water. The government refused the Bushmen's ... can to stop us. Why else would it stop us using a borehole that nobody else is using? Without water we ...

  15. TANZANIA: Water privatisation defeated

    to bring clean water to the capital, Dar es Salaam, and the surrounding region within five years. The ... privatisation brings the rain." The project was well behind schedule, water quality has declined and no ...

  16. Beattie dammed over water plan

    dammed. The May 6 Courier Mail reported that in 2003 water minister Stephen Robertson declared that there ... calling for more efficient water savings and recycling as an alternative to dams. Jason Cahill From Green ...

  17. BOLIVIA: Martial law declared over water privatisation

    which the public water system of Bolivia's third-largest city, Cochabamba, had been sold to foreign ... organisers of the widely backed water protests, arresting as many as 20 activists. On April 7, tear gas was ... million privatised water project in Cochabamba is to cause a 35% increase in the rates for drinking water ...

  18. New CSG well drilled in Sydney water catchment

    water of people supplied by Warragamba Dam. "There is now more than enough evidence that CSG mining ... brings risks. The contamination of water and soil in New South Wales and Queensland show the need for an ... health and environmental impacts. 鈥淚t is an outrage that water resources are at risk and the government ...

  19. PHOTOS: Country and city unite to defend land and water from CSG mining

    precious farming land and our water supplies. A red-baiting attack by NSW Resources & Energy minister ...

  20. Police move on traditional owners protesting to save Broome鈥檚 water supply

    Broome town water supply, after a convoy of Woodside vehicles entered the compound near James Price Point ... Woodside are planning to extract 35 million litres of water from the Broome Aquifer over 7 days, for ... testing. The Broome community relies on this aquifer for their domestic and commercial water use. Phillip ...

  21. TANZANIA: British water company sues impoverished country

    British water company Biwater has taken legal action against the Tanzanian government after the ... company was kicked out of Tanzania earlier this year, two years into a US$100 million water privatisation ... that were part of the privatisation deal, and water delivery has deteriorated. On December 1, World ...

  22. Photo exhibition celebrates water activism

    Through the use of images of water, its immediacy and realism, some of Australasia's most renowned ... political and corporate efforts to commodify and control our water resources. ME NAM::: Rivers is to be held ... controversy behind the world's fresh water crisis, and hopefully the urge to take action. From 91自拍论坛 ...

  23. Environmental disaster: just add water

    Natural Resources (DNR), the department responsible for dam construction, also reports and monitors water ... water supply source 鈥 the Fitzroy River barrage 鈥 at the highest alert level of contamination. This ... indicates the water is totally unacceptable for drinking or recreation. With no other source available, the ...

  24. Water activists grill election hopefuls

    Often, the water surface in the lakes and lower reaches of the river is more than half a metre below sea ... brackish, the waters of the Coorong once supported rich ecosystems, including an abundance of bird life. Due ... from neighbouring Lake Alexandrina. Studies reveal that for thousands of years the lake waters were ...

  25. NSW gas plan does nothing to protect water catchment

    gas (CSG) mining in Sydney's drinking water catchment, the NSW government鈥檚 gas plan says nothing ... for Stop CSG Illawarra said: 鈥淯nder the plan, CSG projects can still be considered in drinking water ... involves drawing water out of the ground that is high in salt and methane, and can contain toxic and ...

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