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Archives: Water

Is the European Refugee Crisis being Driven by Drought and Climate Change?

By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | - - ROME (IPS) - Water–everybody talks about it, warns against its growing scarcity, excessive waste, the impact of climate change, the frequent severe…

CO2 putting Oceans on verge of Oxygen Starvation for next Million Years

University of Exeter | - - Scientists believe the modern ocean is “on the edge of anoxia” – and the Exeter researchers say it is “critical” to limit carbon emissions to prevent…

When it comes to Climate Change, you are what you Eat

By Sarantis Michalopoulos | ( EURACTIV.com) | - - Governments are “trapped” by lobbyists, and it’s hard to fight climate change. But if young people are mobilised and turn to healthy lifestyles,…

DAPL: This Thanksgiving, Time to Listen to Native Americans again on Climate & Survival

Revised and updated. By Juan Cole | --- The popular story about Thanksgiving is an environmental parable that we would do well to remember today. It was a harvest festival in 1621,…

Native American Rights and Health versus Pipeline Cowboys

By Chip Ward | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Americans who don’t live in the West may think that the historic clash of Native Americans and pioneering settlers is long past…

Is the Native American pipeline resistance in N. Dakota about climate justice?

By Kyle Powys Whyte | (The Conversation) | - - Over the past months, hundreds of indigenous persons and their allies have gathered near the crossing of the Missouri and Cannon Ball…

Native American Resistance Camp Fights Oil Pipeline

AJ+ | (video News Report) - - "We take you inside the resistance camp in North Dakota that's protesting the Dakota Access pipeline, a 1,170-mile oil pipeline project that has been halted.…

Michigan Prosecutor Charges 6 in Flint Water Scandal: Report

TeleSur The accusations mark the second round of charges related to the investigation into the Flint water crisis. Six Michigan state employees were charged Friday in connection with dangerous lead levels in…

Arab World’s biggest Problem not Terrorism or Fundamentalism but Water!

By Brahma Chellaney | (Project Syndicate) | - - BERLIN – Nowhere is freshwater scarcer than in the Arab world. The region is home to most of the world’s poorest states or…

Under Israeli Blockade and Running out of Water, Gaza turns to Solar

AJ+ | (Video News Report) | - - "People are struggling to find clean drinking water in Gaza, but one resident has a solution. Fayez al-Hindi has built a solar power system…

Nile Valley Water Conflict: Can Egypt live with Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam?

By Dale Whittington | (The Conversation) | - - The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, or GERD, under construction on the Blue Nile near the Ethiopian-Sudanese border, is now approximately 50% complete. Initial…

Michael Moore Says Flint Water Crisis Is a Racist ‘Hate Crime’

TeleSur | - - Filmmaker Michael Moore calls the Flint water crisis an issue of racism, as the mostly Black and poor residents of the town will now be faced with expensive…

Climate Change, Water Wars to create 40% Water Shortfall in 15 Years: UN

By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS, Apr 28 2016 (IPS) - Ten presidents and prime ministers from around the world will work together to resolve the…

Does Fracking give you Cancer?

By Tom Giesen | (Informed Comment) | - - Alarming and world-shaking new findings have emerged about the dangers of waste water from hydraulic fracturing ("fracking"). Researchers have assessed the potential health…

US Says Mosul Dam faces serious risk of Collapse; Could Kill 1.4 Million

TeleSur | - - The U.S. Embassy in Iraq warned its citizens to be ready to leave the country as the Mosul Dam faces a "serious and unprecedented" risk of bursting. The…

New Resignation Calls: MI Gov. Snyder’s Aides Knew Flint Water Was Toxic in 2014: “Scary”

By Nika Knight, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | - - New emails reveal that top advisers knew about problems with Flint water as far back as 2014, reinvigorating calls that 'the…

Not just the Children of Flint: Has Industrial Society Poisoned Us?

By David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - “I know if I was a parent up there, I would be beside myself if my kids’ health could be…

While Flint Was Being Poisoned, Gov.’s office sent State Workers Water Coolers

By Common Dreams staff | ( Commondreams.org) | - - Following release of new document and emails, Gov. Snyder told he must 'explain to the people of Flint why his administration trucked…

Why Flint’s Tainted Water is a Human Rights Disaster

By Amanda Klasing, Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division | (Human Rights Watch) | - - Nearly two years ago, the city of Flint, Michigan switched to a less expensive water source that…

Flint’s water crisis is a blatant example of environmental injustice

Robert D. Bullard | (The Conversation) | - - Many observers see race and class as factors in Flint, Michigan’s drinking water crisis. Earlier this week Flint’s mayor, Karen Weaver, said, “It’s…