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7 Feb 2021 DUBLIN

Industrial Action Warning Over Irish Government's Water Centralisation Plan

SIPTU has warned that its members in local authority water services will take industrial action up to and including strike action if the government attempts to impose measures to transfer them to the Irish Water utility without agreement. It's after a document circulated by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government suggested that a framework for the future delivery of water services must be concluded by the end of July and fully implemented during 2022.

7 Feb 2021 EDMONTON

Alberta Residents Fear Canadian Province's Water Giveaway To Big Coal

Amid concerns about droughts, selenium pollution, at-risk species and Indigenous consultation, the Alberta government is poised to allow coal companies to undercut a functioning water market. The Alberta government’s rescindment of a longstanding coal policy, leaving previously protected lands available to open-pit coal mining, has locals concerned about family livelihoods...

7 Feb 2021 DAMASCUS

"Massive Undertaking" To Provide Relief After Catastrophic Syria Floods

Humanitarian staff have been working “round the clock” to reopen access roads and provide emergency relief from the disastrous impact that recent floods have unleased on displaced people living in camps in northwest Syria, the UN’s deputy humanitarian coordinator there said on Friday. Providing shelter, food, clean water and other relief supplies is “a massive undertaking…[that] will continue for months”, Mark Cutts told a press briefing in Geneva...

7 Feb 2021 DHAKA

Holistic Approach Required To Address Future Water Demand

The demand for water will go up by 50 per cent by 2050 and some 4.0 billion people in this world face water scarcity at least for a few months of a year. Saber Hossain Chowdhury, chairman of Bangladesh's parliamentary standing committee on Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, came up with the statement while addressing the closing ceremony of the 6th International Water Conference organised by ActionAid Bangladesh on Friday...

4 Feb 2021 LUSAKA, Zambia

Copper Mining Giant Settles With Zambian Villagers Over Historic Pollution Abuses

Zambian villagers whose land and water was polluted by effluent discharged by the operators of the world’s second-largest copper mine have reached an undisclosed settlement agreement with the mine’s owner.A joint statement issued 18 January said: “Without admission of liability, Vedanta Resources Limited and Konkola Copper Mines Plc confirm that they have agreed, for the benefit of local communities, the settlement of all claims brought against them by Zambian claimants...

3 Feb 2021 THE HAGUE, Netherlands

Water Must Be Driving Force In Climate Change Adaptation Policies

Water challenges featured on the agenda as one of the “action themes” at January's Climate Adaptation Summit 2021, hosted virtually by the Netherlands, with more than 30 world leaders stating unequivocally their firm support of climate adaptation action, and marking a return to the world climate stage of the United States...

3 Feb 2021 GLASGOW, United Kingdom

Malawi: Scottish Brewery Launches Clean Water Initiative to Support Fight Against COVID-19

The Scotland-based craft beer firm, Brewgooder, has invested approximately $69,000 USD into two clean water initiatives in Malawi to help curb the spread of COVID-19.The investment will benefit over 90,000 people in Thyolo and Dedza, township districts in south and central Malawi, with the development of solar-powered water supply systems which will deliver safe water to two regional healthcare facilities...

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27 Jan 2021 PARIS

Global League Rates Corporate Green Sustainability

A Paris-based tech company has seen off competition from the world’s best-known green businesses to be named the most sustainable corporation on the planet. Schneider Electric has climbed the annual Global 100 index, from a ranking of 29 last year, offering the technology and energy solutions needed by the likes of retailer Walmart, hotel group Marriott and steel business ArcelorMittal to meet their climate targets...

27 Jan 2021 BOSTON MA

Exchange-traded Funds Consider Water Thematics

The dazzling performance of the Invesco Solar Exchange Traded Fund (ETF), which delivered a 231 per cent return in 2020, has had exchange traded funds providers casting around for the next big thing. Cerulli, which undertakes research and strategic consulting for clients such as private banks and wealth managers, believes the climate theme will continue, but instead of solar energy, investors’ attention will switch to water...

27 Jan 2021 PRAGUE

Prague's New Blue-Green Infrastructure Initiative

The City of Prague is aware of the importance of greenery in the urban area and at the same time, the representatives of the city want to support sustainable rainwater management and other adaptive measures within various investment projects of the Czech capital. Thus, the Prague City Hall will launch a brand-new department of Blue-Green Infrastructure...

26 Jan 2021 FLINT MI, United States

Flint Water Scandal: Michigan’s Ex-Governor Charged with Neglect of Duty

The former Governor of the US State of Michigan is among a group of 9 defendants facing criminal charges following a new investigation into the Flint water scandal.Rick Synder, along with former Flint Public Works director Howard Croft have each been charged with two counts of wilful neglect of duty over the fatal contamination of Flint’s water system in 2014...

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26 Jan 2021 DAMASCUS, Syria

Syria: Street Protests Against Latest Water Plant Shutdown

Syrian protesters hit the streets in mid-January in the al-Hasakeh region of northeast Syria around repeated water shortages caused by outages at the Allouk pumping station, with hundreds of demonstrators blaming Turkish occupying forces for repeated water shutoffs. Further coverage by OOSKAnews Local media outlets describe Turkish forces stopping operations mid-January at Allouk, the only source of drinking water to approximately one million people...