Water

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 because the Indians were, after all, defeated and now drive cars, watch television, and shop at Walmart. Not so. That classic American narrative […]

Climate Change

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

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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 rivers in the ancestral territories of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. Using nonviolent means, their goal is to stop the building of the […]

Fracking

Native American Resistance Camp Fights Oil Pipeline

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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. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has sued the company, Energy Transfer Partners, and a decision on the lawsuit is expected Sept. 9. Until […]

Pollution

Michigan Prosecutor Charges 6 in Flint Water Scandal: Report

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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 the city of Flint’s drinking water, the Detroit Free Press reported. The criminal charges were filed by Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette against […]

Arab World

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

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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 territories in terms of water resources, including Bahrain, Djibouti, Gaza, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. This shortage […]

Israel/ Palestine

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

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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 to purify water. According to municipalities, it’s working.” AJ+: ” In Gaza, One Man Wields Solar Power To Purify Water”

Egypt

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

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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 filling will start this year and will begin in earnest in 2017. The idea of a dam on the Nile in Ethiopia – […]

Pollution

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

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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 water bills. American filmmaker and author Michael Moore appeared on the show Real Time With Bill Maher and called the Flint water crisis […]

Climate Change

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

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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 growing global water crisis amid warnings that the world may face a 40 percent shortfall in water availability by 2030. The pastoralists of […]