The privatisation of global water services means billion-dollar profits for corporations and pollution, disconnection and soaring prices for consumers
… The privatisation of water Jon Luoma | 1st March 2004 News Water Pollution Corporations Privatisation Bottled Water Human Rights Violations Fresh Water …
California's drought is a harbinger of things to come around the world, writes Maude Barlow. Because of global warming, yes - but also because the Golden State is an exemplar of the 'water as property for corporate profit' neoliberal paradigm that's taking over the world. It's now essential to assert water as a Commons - to be both justly shared, and fiercely protected!
… drought Maude Barlow | 1st July 2015 News Water Commons Corporations Health water-bottles-cut.jpg California's drought is … the Golden State is an exemplar of the 'water as property for corporate profit' …
Following a series of disastrous failures in India, one of Coca-Cola's most important markets, the company is desperate to rebuild its reputation by claiming 'water neutrality'. But the idea is absurd, writes Amit Srivastava, and does nothing to benefit the communities that suffer from the depleted aquifers it pumps from.
… mind the greenwash - Coca Cola can never be 'water neutral' Amit Srivastava | 25th August 2015 Comment Water India Corporations Society … to rebuild its reputation by claiming 'water neutrality'. But the idea is absurd, …
In California, water no longer runs to the sea - it runs towards money, writes Will Parrish. Most of the state's water is already controlled by agribusiness elites. Now, backed by politicians, they are planning to grab the little that's left, leaving nature and indigenous communities high and dry.
… River - California agro-barons' last huge water grab Will Parrish | 17th June 2014 News Water USA Indigenous Peoples Farming … In California, water no longer runs to the sea - it runs …
Private water companies have never been more aggressive in their sabotaging of efforts to 'make water public', writes Satoko Kishimoto, with legal threats and challenges launched under 'free trade' agreements. But as citizens worldwide reject corporate water profiteering, the trend of water re-municipalisation has gathered unstoppable momentum.
… Our public water future - closing out the corporate … Satoko Kishimoto | 17th April 2015 News Water Corporations Commons Trade … aggressive global companies running public water supply in cities around the world. But …
The US and other governments are pushing a failed model of water privatization, writes Victoria Collier - but water is a human right, not just a commodity to be traded for profit or monopolized by corporations, and citizens and communities worldwide are fighting back, from Detroit to Cochabamba, from Berlin to Malaysia, to reclaim their water commons.
… Citizens worldwide mobilize against corporate water grabs Victoria Collier | 15th February 2015 News Water Corporations Commons water-is-life-cut.jpg The US and other …
Across Europe water is going public - no silly, going into the public sector! Except in England, writes David Hall, where politicians (except the Greens) adhere rigidly to the failed, expensive model of corporate water supply ...
… UK must step up on access to water David Hall | 17th March 2014 Comment Water Corporations UK Europe France EU burst-water-main.png Across Europe water is going …
California has responded to the drought by rationing water, with $500 fines for domestic 'water wasters', writes Evan Blake. But agribusiness and water-intensive industries like fracking remain untouched by the restrictions, even though they consume over 90% of the state's water.
… drought: agribusiness, fracking untouched by water rationing Evan Blake | 5th April 2015 News Water USA Corporations Farming Oil Gas … has responded to the drought by rationing water, with $500 fines for domestic 'water …
Using sophisticated financial engineering, Thames Water is making its customers pay almost the whole cost of its £4.2 billion London sewage tunnel. Is it time England ditched corporate ownership of its utilities and adopted Wales's 'non-profit' model?
… Soaking the customer - Thames Water's £4 billion sewage money grab John … Allen Michael Pryke | 4th July 2014 Comment Water UK Finance Corporations … sophisticated financial engineering, Thames Water is making its customers pay almost the …
Four years ago today the world's biggest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl took place at Fukushima, Japan. Total clean-up costs are estimated around $0.5 trillion, writes Jim Green - but work to defuse the dangers has barely begun, the site is flooded with radioactive water making its way to the sea, and underpaid and illegally contracted workers are suffering a rising toll of death and injury.
… Energy Japan Pollution Corporations fukushima-water-sampling-cut.jpg Four years ago today … begun, the site is flooded with radioactive water making its way to the sea, and underpaid … with the increasing amount of contaminated water posing a short-term challenge that must …
First the Pepsi-Cola bottling company in south India caused outrage by depleting groundwater. Next it was found to be operating without valid permits.Then as protests grew the company won a High Court order giving it police protection. Now locals are vowing to keep the plant shut for good.
… protection The Ecologist | 20th May 2015 News Water India Corporations Law … south India caused outrage by depleting groundwater. Next it was found to be operating … - and will receive - police protection for water being trucked in to the disputed plant …
Maude Barlow, Chair of the Council for Canadians, has dedicated her life to fighting injustice, and so-called 'free trade' deals in particular. In this interview with Nick Dearden, Maude explained how CETA, the Canada-EU trade and investment agreement, is every bit as dangerous as TTIP, but has somehow escaped the same level of media and campaign focus - and what we can do about it.
… to take European governments to court and to water down regulations. Already, thanks to … who knows when this might start applying to water too. We've fought it off until now, but … future. So imagine, Canada exporting limited water supplies to California to maintain …
The latest country to be hooked under 'free trade' agreements is Colombia, writes Pete Dolack, sued for tens of billions of dollars by US and Canadian gold mining companies for valuing its national parks and the high-altitude Andean wetlands that provide 70% of the nation's water above the profits of foreign corporations. Free trade or clean water? You can't have both.
… Colombia: there's no place for clean water under 'free trade' Pete Dolack | 14th … 2016 News Colombia Mining Trade US Canada Water Conservation Corporations … wetlands that provide 70% of the nation's water above the profits of foreign …
Now it's Argentina's turn to be sued in a secret 'free trade' court run by the World Bank, writes Nick Dearden. After bringing a profiteering water company that was missing all its service and quality targets back into public ownership, the country has been ordered to pay $405 million 'compensation'.
… Nick Dearden | 17th April 2015 Comment Trade Water Corporations Law Argentina argentina-water-protest-cut.jpg Now it's Argentina's … Nick Dearden. After bringing a profiteering water company that was missing all its service …
After eleven years of campaigning by local people suffering from water shortages, state authorities have closed Coca-Cola's bottling plant at Mehdiganj, Uttar Pradesh - inspiring campaigners at another three Coca Cola sites in India.
… | 19th June 2014 News Corporations India Water Pollution Law Food … of campaigning by local people suffering from water shortages, state authorities have closed … in Mehdiganj since 2003 as a result of water shortages - blamed on over-extraction by …
Local campaigners fearful of water shortages and industrial pollution have forced state authorities to cancel an unpopular plan to allocate land for a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Tamil Nadu, India.
… The Ecologist | 21st April 2015 News India Water Pollution Corporations … Local campaigners fearful of water shortages and industrial pollution have … because it would worsen the already existing water shortages in the area, and bring more …
For over two years the small community of San José del Golfo has maintained a 24-hour barricade against the US-owned mine El Tambor that threatens to destroy their land and water. The non-violent resistance, led by women, is transforming the traditional 'macho' culture, and attracting support across Guatemala, and beyond.
… women lead the struggle for life, land, clean water Jeff Abbott Waging Nonviolence | 1st April 2015 News Mining Water Pollution Guatemala Corporations Trade … that threatens to destroy their land and water. The non-violent resistance, led by …
Brazil has suffered its biggest ever industrial disaster, write Ana Luisa Naghettini & Geraldo Lopes. Breached and overflowing dams have released a massive slug of toxic muds and tailings from iron mining into the country's fifth largest river system that provides drinking water for downstream cities, destroying ecosystems in rivers and vast areas of biologically fragile ocean.
… Geraldo Lopes | 19th November 2015 News Water Waste Pollution Brazil Ecocide Law … largest river system that provides drinking water for downstream cities, destroying … and Civil Defense (Sedec) announced that water treatment and distribuition is already …
London-listed copper giant Antofagasta has been entangled in scandals in Chile involving water depletion, dangers to local communities, corruption of national politics and environmental contamination, write Ali Maeve & Liam Barrington-Bush. Yet the London Stock Exchange remains silent. Following the company's AGM last week, a new London Mining Network report puts their actions and operations into the spotlight.
… June 2017 Ethical Living Chile Mining Finance Water Pollution UK Corporations … been entangled in scandals in Chile involving water depletion, dangers to local communities, … further. A scientific report on the local water supplies near the mine by a respected …
International corporations are decimating nature, destroying lives and manipulating opinion. Here's how to stop them..
… Peru Latin America Corporations Mining Water ENEL Glencore Editor’s Picks … an assumed name and takes over its public water system. A Canadian mining company seeks … even at the cost of poisoning its drinking water. An Italian energy conglomerate floods …
Fed up with being gouged by profit-driven corporations, let down by state neglect and under-investment, urban communities across the US are taking control of local services like public transport, energy, water, internet and telecoms, writes Max Holleran - bringing better service, lower prices and clean energy.
… USA Corporations Politics Cities Energy Water Solar we-love-local-power-cut.jpg Fed up … local services like public transport, energy, water, internet and telecoms, writes Max … As anyone who has paid a giant electric or water bill knows, utilities are big business. …
A unique and pristine coral reef in the mouth of the Amazon is threatened by oil drilling planned by oil giants Total and BP, say the scientists who recently explored it. But the oil companies are determined to press ahead despite the risks, writes Lawrence Carter, and Brazil's environment ministry is set to give its approval.
… year. Together the oil majors own five deepwater exploration licences in the Foz do … State - lies beneath the thick plume of muddy water where the Amazon pours into the Atlantic … discovery amazed scientists because the murky waters shield the ocean floor from sunlight …
The corporate war on traditional farming is nowhere fiercer than in India, writes Colin Todhunter. After decades of the 'Green Revolution' that have impoverished the nation's soils, water, biodiversity and cultivators alike, agribusiness is poised for its final strike. But now the small scale farmers who produce most of the country's food are rediscovering ancient agroecological alternatives.
… 9th May 2016 News India Corporations Farming Water The Land Seeds Agroecology Finance … that have impoverished the nation's soils, water, biodiversity and cultivators alike, … suicide in the past few decades. While water shortages are one of the problems faced …
Montana legislators have brushed off the attempts of farmers, ranchers and landowners to effect 'zoning' regulations to protect them, their land, their water and their livestock from the toxic impacts of fracking. Now they say: 'See you in Court!'.
… to protect them, their land, their water and their livestock from the toxic … establish solid protections for land, air and water quality, giving landowners an essential … are few requirements for protecting our water or how far drilling must be set back …