On March 7 one of Uruguay’s strongest myths was broken: trust in state enterprises. That day those who turned on their faucets were met with a foul smell and those who were drinking coffee or maté found a strange taste. The company in charge of the water supply, the State   Read More ...

Amsterdam/Brussels/Ottawa – The proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the European Union (EU) and Canada would grant energy companies far-reaching rights to challenge bans and regulations of environmentally damaging shale gas development (fracking), a new briefing by Corporate Europe Observatory, The Council of Canadians and the Transnational Institute   Read More ...

More than 100 environmental, social and indigenous organizations protested Monday in the Chilean capital to demand that the state regain control over the management of water, which was privatized by the dictatorship in 1981. According to the organizers, one of whom was former student leader Camila Vallejo, who plans to   Read More ...

Damocracy is a documentary that debunks the myth of large-scale dams as clean energy and a solution to climate change. It records the priceless cultural and natural heritage the world will lose in the Amazon and Mesopotamia if two planned large-scale dams are built, Belo Monte dam in Brazil and   Read More ...

We, people from the Ebro Delta Region in south Catalonia, would like to invite you to acknowledge and support our campaign to protect our river, its Delta and ecosystems and our livelihoods. The Ebro Delta is one of the most important wetland areas in southern Europe, but is extremely fragile. We have   Read More ...

The United Nations has just named 2013 the year of water cooperation. Those of us who have been fighting privatization packaged as “partnerships” and deregulation promoted as “corporate sustainability” are naturally skeptical. We cannot talk meaningfully about sustainable solutions to the water crisis unless decision-makers are willing to acknowledge the   Read More ...

March 14: International Day of Action for Rivers and against Dams Statement of organizations against the project Chadin II *** Ms. Ambassador Cristina Laboureix Velita Mr. Minister Merino Tafur, MEM The undersigned organizations express our deep concern and opposition to the construction of more than 15 dams on the river Marañon   Read More ...

An international standard on water reduction has been launched in an effort to order to encourage businesses to use water more sustainably. The UK’s Carbon Trust, which developed the scheme, said many business leaders did not see the issue as a priority. The Water Standard will require firms to measure   Read More ...