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15 Sep 2020 MEXICO CITY, Mexico

Two Farmers Killed By Military Police At La Boquilla Dam

Two protesting farmers at the Boquilla Dam in Chihuahua, Mexico were killed by military police 9 September following altercations including stone-throwing, Molotov cocktails and occupation the dam’s control centre.The farmers’ protest has arisen as a result of plans to divert more water from the drought-affected region to the United States to fulfill “water debt” obligations accruing under a 1944 water-sharing treaty...

20 Jul 2020 MEXICO CITY, Mexico

More Protests by Mexican Farmers As US Demands Mexico Makes Up Rio Grande Water-sharing Deficit

This news article was updated 22 JulyThe head of the United States section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) issued a formal statement, 9 July, that Mexico is in violation of the 1944 Water Treaty between Mexico and the US, and requested immediate action to restore its obligations under the treaty...

30 Mar 2020 MEXICO CITY, Mexico

Mexico Protesters Succeed In Blocking Plan To Transfer Water To United States

Following protests, The National Water Commission of Mexico (CONAGUA) appears to have backed down on a plan to divert water to the United States under terms of a 1944 bi-lateral treaty. The company tweeted 26 March that it had taken the decision to stop the additional water diversion from the La Boquilla dam in the nothern Chihuahua State due to farmers’ rejection of the move...

10 Oct 2019 GENEVA, Switzerland

Water Diplomacy Talks -- "The Geneva List of Principles On The Protection Of Water Infrastructure"

Mara Tignino of Geneva Water Hubspeaks with David Duncan, Publisher, OOSKAnews in this (LINK) “Water Diplomacy Talks” video interview. The subject is the "Geneva List" of legal principles on protection of water infrastructure.Tignino, Reader at the Faculty of Law and the Institute for Environmental Sciences of the University of Geneva and Lead Legal Specialist of the Platform for International Water Law at the Geneva Water Hub, describe, 4 October, the background and rationale for the "Geneva List", the first reference document to systematize the main rules applicable to the protection of water infrastructure during armed conflicts, specifically in the conduct of hostilities, as well as in pre-conflict and post-conflict situations, setting forth good practices...

8 Mar 2019 WASHINGTON DC, United States

World Bank Group, Other International Organizations Can Be Sued In The US When Their Loans Cause Environmental Damage

The United States Supreme Court has ruled for the first time that The World Bank Group and other international organizations can be sued in the US when international investments go wrong and damage the environment. The World Bank Group is the largest single investor in water projects globally.The Court issued a 7-1 decision in Jam v...

24 Feb 2019 WASHINGTON, DC, United Statess

Trump To Challenge His Own Agencies' Climate Change Risk Assessment

A new United States “Presidential Committee on Climate Security” will undertake an "adversarial" review of climate science to determine if research has overstated the risks posed by global warming according to a White House memorandum leaked this week. The group will be run by William Happer, a prominent opponent of climate science in the climate-change-denying administration of the country’s President Donald Trump...

12 Dec 2018 WASHINGTON DC, United States

Trump Administration Seeks To Gut US Water Protections

US government agencies this week proposed a redefinition of “waters of the United States” that “clarifies” federal authority under previous President Obama’s Clean Water Act. Environmentalist groups say that many of the country’s wetlands and streams will face serious pollution from industry and farming operations as a result of the removal of federal protections...

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27 Nov 2018 Washington DC, United States

US Climate Assessment Report Warns Of Water Security Risks; Trump: "I don't believe it"

The United States released its fourth National Climate Assessment Report last week – and it’s not looking good for water security in the North American republic.The Congressionally mandated Assessment summarizes the impacts of climate change on the United States, now and in the future. More than 300 experts guided by a 60-member Federal Advisory Committee produced the report, which was extensively reviewed by the public and experts, including federal agencies and a panel of the US National Academy of Sciences...

18 Sep 2018 CANBERRA, Australia

Mining Giant Avoids Full Environmental Impact Assessment Of Water Extraction Plan

Indian mining giant Adani's plan to build a 61 kilometer pipeline to pump up to 12.5 billion liters of water a year from a river in drought-stricken Queensland has come closer to realization after Australia’s Federal Government decided September 17 that the project did not need a full environmental impact assessment...

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21 Jun 2017 WARRENTON VA, United States

Extremist Czech Lawmaker's Water Plan to Bust Ukraine Sanctions

A controversial Czech Republic lawmaker this week announced plans for “an international group of scientists (to be) created in the Czech Republic…to prevent the Crimean Peninsula from turning into a desert”, in defiance of European Union (EU) sanctions associated with Russia’s 2014 military occupation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula...

30 Oct 2015 LIMA, Peru

Peru Lifts State of Emergency in Apurimac and Cusco, Prepares for Talks Over Las Bambas Mine

The Peruvian government on October 29th formally lifted the state of emergency in the country’s Apurimac and Cusco regions, in preparation for talks with local leaders over the controversial Las Bambas copper mine.The state of emergency was declared last month after protests over the $7.4 billion USD Chinese-owned mine turned violent, leaving three people dead and more than 20 injured...

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29 Sep 2015 LIMA, Peru

At Least Three Dead in Clashes Over Chinese-Owned Copper Mine in Peru

At least three people have been killed and 18 more injured during clashes between police and protesters in Challhuahuacho, in southern Peru’s Apurimac region. The protesters, largely farmers, began demonstrating late last week to express opposition to the $7.4 billion USD Chinese-owned Las Bambas copper mine, which they fear will contaminate local water supply and crops...

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