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17 Dec 2020 Glasgow, Scotland

US Will Host A Climate Summit In First Quarter Of 2021

United States President-elect Joe Biden has announced that the US will host a climate summit of the world’s major economies before the end of March 2021. Biden has already committed the US re-joining the Paris Climate Agreement on the day of his inauguration in January.The announcement follows a virtual "Climate Ambition Summit" co-hosted by the UN, the United Kingdom, Britain, France, Italy, and Chile on 12-13 Decmber which was organised to mark the fifth anniversary of the Paris accord and was held in lieu of the originally-scheduled COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, which will now happen in November 2021...

11 Dec 2020 SAN JOSE, Costa Rica

Hurricanes Aggravate Economic Crisis In Central America; Migration Expected To Rise; Waterborne Disease Risk

Back-to-back tropical storms in Honduras, Guatemela, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Costa Rica in recent weeks, have caused widespread destruction of crops and homes, precipitating the need for urgent humanitarian assistance.Countries are already suffering from food insecurity, economic downturn and the loss of jobs and livelihoods due to COVID-19...

8 Dec 2020 MEXICO CITY

Serious Water Well Contamination In Mexico's Rio Sonora Valley

Mexico's Commission for Protection Against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris) said in a letter this month that about 99% of wells tested in the Rio Sonora valley contain concentrations of arsenic, lead and other heavy metals that exceed Mexico’s safety standards, and pose a serious health risk. For more than six years, residents of communities downstream from Grupo Mexico’s Buenavista copper mine have pushed the government to ensure the water they use in their homes, for agricultural purposes and livestock is safe...

5 Aug 2020 MEXICO CITY

Mexico: Canadian Silver Mine Cleared Of Water Contamination Accusations

Mexico’s Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection issued a report stating that the subsidiary of Canada’s Fortuna Silver Mines, Compañía Minera Cuzcatlán, has not caused any pollution to rainwater collection ponds in the Magdalena Ocotlán municipality in the southern Oaxaca state. The government agency reached its conclusion after inspecting Fortuna Silver Mines’ San José silver-gold mine...

19 May 2020 Mexico CITY

Mexico Trade Union Accuses Mining Company Of Polluting Freshwater Supply

The Mining, Metallurgical, Siderurgical and Similar Workers Union of the Mexican Republic, known as Los Mineros, has accused Minera Adularia Exploración, a mining company linked to New York-based The Electrum Group of polluting the Neutla community freshwater supply.The union says that Adularia has been dumping tonnes of toxic waste from its Celaya- ANP mine in the town’s drinking water well...

12 Mar 2020 MEXICALI, Mexico

US Corona Exporters' Plans Will Be Subject To Mexico Referendum

Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has announced plans to conduct a binding public vote March 21-22 on whether a controversial brewery in the northern city of Mexcali should proceed. The local community and farmers have resisted the US brewers Constellation Brands plant since 2016 on the basis that the demands of the brewery will further strain already scarce regional water resources...

11 Jan 2020 Tucson, AZ, United States

Trump Wall Guzzles Water, Threatens 96 Endangered Species

Environmental consequences of US President Donald Trump’s southern-border wall are causing concern in Arizona as 96 endangered species come under threat due to water consumption required for construction of concrete base structures.Four species of endemic fish will be affected by consumption 50 million gallons of water required to help construct the wall, agricultural ecologist Gary Nabhan told the Guardian newspaper last week...

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27 Dec 2019 MEXICO CITY

New Measures To Clean Up Mexico's Rio Sonora

Mexican Secretary of Environment Victor Toledo promised to transform the Sonora River Valley from the site of a disaster into a region of hope. In August 2014, Grupo México’s Buenavista copper mine spilled nearly 11 million gallons of toxic waste into the Sonora and Bacanuchi rivers. It’s considered the worst mining disaster in Mexican history...

11 Nov 2019 EDINBURGH, Scotland

TUNE IN TODAY For "AquaNow Audience: The Future Of Water Stewardship"

Tune in 4.30 PM UK time TODAY Monday 11 November HERE for the next “aquaNOW Audience”!The event will be livestreamed HERE (LINK)The Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh, Scotland, will host the interactive panel discussion, produced by OOSKAnews and supported by “Scotland, the Hydro Nation”, engaging international water experts and Scottish expertise in global water-related challenges and solutions, filmed before a live audience and streamed online to a global viewership, with the theme "The Future Of Water Stewardship"...

5 Nov 2019 EDINBURGH, United Kingdom

"The Future Of Water Stewardship": aquaNOW Audience 11 November

Tune in 4.30 PM UK time Monday 11 November HERE for the next “aquaNOW Audience”!The Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh, Scotland, will host the interactive panel discussion, produced by OOSKAnews, engaging international water experts and Scottish expertise in global water-related challenges and solutions, filmed before a live audience and streamed online to a global viewership, with the theme "The Future Of Water Stewardship"...

29 May 2019 MEXICO CITY

Water Dispute Halts Production At Huge Mexico Gold Mine

Ongoing stoppages at Newmont Goldcorp Peñasquitgold mine in Mexico are costing millions every day to both public coffers and the company, a Mexican minister said on Thursday, urging a solution that will restart operations. He did not give more details of the losses to the nation or the company, which is the world's biggest gold producer...

17 Apr 2019 MEXICO CITY

Six Imprisoned Water Rights Activists Freed By Mexican Government

The Mexican government has freed six activists who fought to protect their community's water supply, acknowledging that their rights were "seriously violated" during more than a dozen years in jail. The six activists from the town of Tlanixco had been sentenced to up to 50 years for the death of a Spanish flower grower...