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6 Dec 2018 - 09:04 - TOKYO - Local Press Report
The Upper House on Wednesday passed a controversial bill by a majority vote to revise the Water Supply Act to allow private companies to run municipal water services.
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6 Dec 2018 - 09:04 - LIRA - Local Press Report
The Ministry of Water and Environment with support from the German government-owned development bank KfW on Thursday launched a new phase III of water and sanitation project worth sh46b for refugee
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6 Dec 2018 - 09:04 - RAMALLAH - Local Press Report
Head of the Palestinian Water Authority (PWA) Mazen Ghonim said yesterday that the Palestinian water crisis will end only when the Israeli occupation does.
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6 Dec 2018 - 09:04 - CLUJ - Local Press Report
A new European project worth more than EUR 355 million, which targets the development of the water and wastewater infrastructure in the counties of Cluj and Salaj, is ready to kick off after the au
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6 Dec 2018 - 09:41 - READING, United Kingdom - OOSKAnews Correspondent
The UK’s largest water and waste services provider, Thames Water, has agreed a $1.8 Billion Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) with the interest rate conditional on annual performance against Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) metrics.
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6 Dec 2018 - 08:53 - BISHKEK, Kyrgyz Republic - OOSKAnews Info
The Kyrgyz Republic is to benefit from $38.6 Million USD loan and grant funding from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to modernize irrigation systems, improve agriculture and land management, strengthen disaster risk management, and enhance data collection and analysis.
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4 Dec 2018 - 11:07 - Islamabad, Pakistan - OOSKAnews Correspondent
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered mineral water companies to pay a correct price for groundwater extraction and fix water quality or be shut down.
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4 Dec 2018 - 10:22 - Tegucigalpa, Honduras - OOSKAnews Correspondent
A court in Honduras has found seven men guilty of the murder of renowned environmental activist Berta Caceres who was shot dead in her home by gunmen in 2016 after receiving death threats for her opposition to the Aqua Zarca hydro-electric dam.
Judges at the court in Tegucigalpa November 29 said two officials from the construction firm Desa - Sergio Rodríguez and Douglas Bustillo - had helped organize the killing along with former soldier Mariano Díaz. Desa has strongly denied any involvement in the murder.
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4 Dec 2018 - 09:11 - TOG WAJAALE, Somaliland - OOSKAnews Info
An EU-funded UNICEF project to address water scarcity issues in four towns, affecting 800,000 people in Somaliland, an autonomous region of Somalia, was inaugurated December 2.
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4 Dec 2018 - 09:50 - LONDON, United Kingdom - OOSKAnews Correspondent
The UK Environment Secretary was forced last week to reassure a parliamentary committee that the country’s drinking water would be safe in the event of a “no-deal Brexit”, whereby the UK leaves the European Union without an agreed exit deal.
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4 Dec 2018 - 08:01 - Washington DC, United States - OOSKAnews Correspondent
As the world’s governments meet in Katowice, Poland for COP24, The World Bank Group has announced a new set of climate targets for 2021-2025 with a key priority described by the Bank as boosting support for climate adaptation, recognizing that millions of people across the world are already facing the severe consequences of more extreme weather events.
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4 Dec 2018 - 08:54 - NEW YORK NY, United States - OOSKAnews Info
The UN Human Security Unit (HSU), in cooperation with Uzbekistan, Japan, Nigeria and Norway, has launched a "Multi-Partner Human Security Trust Fund" (MPHSTF) for the Aral Sea Region. The initiative marks a “new chapter for communities in the region,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said November 27.
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4 Dec 2018 - 07:03 - Washington DC, United States - OOSKAnews Correspondent
Cities in emerging markets have the potential to attract more than $29.4 Trillion USD in cumulative climate-related investments by 2030 according to a new report from the International Finance Corp
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4 Dec 2018 - 07:32 - NEW YORK NY, United States - OOSKAnews Correspondent
A panel of judges in New York, United States has heard arguments for and against consolidation of more than 70 pending lawsuits related to PFAS chemical contamination of groundwater in the country.
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4 Dec 2018 - 06:17 - PEMBROKE - Local Press Report
Bermuda-based Fidelity International has launched a sustainable water and waste fund, which will invest in sustainable investment opportunities within the water and waste management sectors.
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4 Dec 2018 - 06:17 - QUETTA - Local Press Report
The Senate Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Reforms here on Thursday expressed its annoyance over the non-functioning of two million gallons desalination plant at Karwat in Gwadar an
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4 Dec 2018 - 06:17 - EL PASO TX - Local Press Report
One of the city of El Paso's prime sources of water is the Rio Grande. Typically the river can supply as much as half of the city's water needs.
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4 Dec 2018 - 06:17 - Port-of-Spain - Local Press Report
The Climate Resilience in Grenada's Water Sector (G-Crews) project, whose US$42- million budget will be mostly met by the US$35-million grant from the Green Climate Fund, is designed to tackle wate
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4 Dec 2018 - 06:17 - NAIROBI - Local Press Report
Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko on Saturday offered city dwellers rewards for arresting water cartels and rogue Nairobi City County officials. Residents were promised a Ksh300,000 (approx.
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4 Dec 2018 - 06:17 - GENEVA - Local Press Report
A UN human rights expert has called for urgent action by the Government of Ecuador to protect the rights of indigenous peoples as a surge in demand for extractive resources and new development proj
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