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Lack of Water in Kabimba

Consequences of the lack of drinking water in the Kabimba settlement in Kalemie. The town of Kabimba in Kalemie, Tanganyika Province, has been without drinking water for several days. According to loc...
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The Whanganui River as a “legal person”

Discover how the groundbreaking recognition of the Whanganui River as a “legal person” in Aotearoa New Zealand offers vital lessons for upholding Indigenous water rights worldwide.  Indige...
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Lawsuit for the Caspian Sea

The Central Asian Blue Community ‘Save the Caspian Sea’ published a press release: Save the Caspian Sea Campaign Announces Lawsuit Calling for Oil Companies’ Transparency at Astana Roundta...
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Blue Volunteers wanted!

Are you a water expert, a water activist, a water enthusiast? Or just a person with some time and good will to support our cause? Whatever your commitment to water, and whatever your skills, we are su...
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Battle to Restore Drinking Water

Inside the battle to restore drinking water in Altadena and Pacific Palisades. The Rubio Cañon Land & Water Assn.’s tiny Altadena office building had turned into a command post by early morning J...
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US: Budget Cuts are a Safety Risk

The US organisation ‘Food & Water Action’ posts: From cutting food safety inspections that stop foodborne illness to gutting state revolving funds for clean water projects, Trump, Musk...
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Australia: Water for Nuclear Energy?

Coalition’s nuclear plan for Australia would consume an extra Sydney Harbour’s worth of water a year, Labor says. New analysis warns of serious implications for water supply given nuclear plants...
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Water Crisis: Threat to Public Safety

National water crisis poses a huge threat to public safety. South Africa is facing an imminent water crisis that is quickly rearing its ugly head. For almost two decades, the nation has been contendi...
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Ghana: Struggle for Potable Water

Ningo-Ahwiam residents struggle for potable water. Residents of Ahwiam in Ghana’s Ningo-Prampram Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, have expressed worry over the lack of access to potabl...
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African Nations: Hygiene & Sanitation

Pan-African Association of Sanitation Actors, PASA, challenges African Nations to prioritise Hygiene and Sanitation. The Pan-African Association of Sanitation Actors, PASA, has urged African governmen...
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Detroit pushes back against Trump

Detroit rally pushes back against Trump efforts to dismantle climate and health protections. More than 200 people rallied in Detroit during Saturday’s “Climate Can’t Wait” rally. The event was design...
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Costa Rica: Plan for Water Needed

The drinking water crisis in Costa Rica’s Talamanca will get worse without a plan from the institutions. In Tanagra de Celia de Sixaola, a barefoot boy arrives to carry water in a plastic contai...
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France: Water Back to Public Service

Cergy-Pontoise creates a local public company to manage its drinking water. Within the next two years, the Val-d’Oise conurbation (communauté d’agglomération) will end Veolia’s manag...
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Scottish Water Spills Sewage

Water giant admits 80 per cent of ‘high-priority’ sewage spills not fixed. Campaigners condemn ‘slow pace’ of promised upgrades by Scottish Water to stop wet wipes, sanitary pads and other toilet was...
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Mass Murder: The Soda Business

Addicted to sugary drinks: the big soda business in Mexico (DW). Sugary soft drinks kill more people in Mexico than organised crime. In the main consumer countries of Latin America, with Mexico at the...
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Ofwat Rewards Failure with Pay Rise

Ofwat (the regulator for the privatised water industry in England and Wales) is accused of ‘rewarding failure’ after handing a £15,000 pay rise to its chief executive despite consumers str...
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UN Global Biodiversity Framework

For humans to survive, the death of nature must be stopped. The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework – adopted at the UN Biodiversity Conference – aims to safeguard biodiversity,...
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Cimate Models and Drought

How climate models could be underestimating drought. After a record fall, when nearly the entire United States experienced drought—unprecedented in US Drought Monitor history—water managers and planne...
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Panama Canal Could Displace Thousands

The Panama Canal needs more water. The proposed solution would displace thousands. The Rio Indio dam – it doesn’t exist yet, but authorities intend to start building it in just a couple y...
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Lake Victoria is turning green

Lake Victoria is turning green — the deadly bacteria behind it. Cyanobacteria in lakes are harmful to livestock, wildlife, pets, people and aquatic organisms like fish. Lakes, natural and man-made...
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Trump’s EPA Kills Grant to Climate Nonprofit

Trump’s EPA Kills Grant to Climate Nonprofit Over Its Support for Palestine. In a tweet announcing his attack on the Climate Justice Alliance, EPA head Lee Zeldin linked it to the group’s protected s...
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Mauritius: New Water Restrictions

Drought: new water restrictions. Faced with a worrying drought situation, the Mauritian government has announced strict measures to regulate water use. At a Cabinet meeting on Friday 14 February 2025,...
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Water: Consequence Management Essential

Consequence management now essential to ‘give teeth’ to HRC findings on water crisis – AfriForum. Effective consequence management in South Africa’s municipalities is now essential, according t...
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US: The President’s Plastic Trigger

President Trump delights in alarming opponents and aiding friends in polluting industries Opinion by Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue  In mid-December 2020, a month before he left office, President Don...
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