Four dollars for a gallon of gas is ridiculous enough, but $4 for a gallon of water could someday became a reality, that is if oil tycoons like T. Boone Pickens and water bottling companies have their way. Privatization of water in which companies control the public’s water sources and free water is a thing [...]
Group to World Bank: Stop Funding Water Privatization – Common Dreams staff The World Bank’s policy of funding the privatization of water is a financial and development failure, says a report released today by Corporate Accountability International. “Water for the people”: Sign from a 10-year celebration of the Cochabamba “Water Wars” [...]
Photo Credit: Shutterstock/ koya979 Why the Right to Water Is Under Attack World leaders are trying to roll back momentum that would instill the right to water as an essential human right. March 26, 2012 | LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up to date on the latest headlines via [...]
Photo Credit: Shutterstock/Dragana Gerasimoski 5 Deadly Threats to Our Precious Drinking Water Supply World Water Day is a chance to stop and realize that humanity is facing a frightening water crisis. March 21, 2012 | link http://www.alternet.org/story/154648/5_deadly_threats_to_our_precious_drinking_water_supply?page=entire If you brushed your teeth this morning or flushed the toilet or had a cup of coffee, consider yourself lucky. Actually, if you [...]
Photo Credit: Lucian Coman via Shutterstock Three Factors Driving Water Scarcity Throughout Much of the World An “unprecedented” rise in the demand for food as the population grows, rapid urbanization and climate change are the drivers of increasing global water stress. MARSEILLES, France, March 12, 2012 (ENS) – “If we fail today to make water [...]
Water Rights Groups Blast Corporate-Dominated Water Forum “Untamed privatization will lead to a disaster” - Common Dreams staff As the World Water Forum gathers in Marseille, France, for its 6th meeting since 1997, water rights activists are criticizing the corporate-led, profit-motivated gathering as a move for global control of water. Shayda Naficy, senior organizer ofCorporate Accountability International‘s Challenge Corporate Control [...]
Humanity’s Growing Impact on the World’s Freshwater It takes water to make everything, and the explosion of demand for all manner of products is draining rivers, shrinking lakes and depleting aquifers. February 23, 2012 | I remember only too well the reaction given me by a Sudanese here in Australia when he first saw people [...]
Michael Klare, Energy Wars 2012 Posted by Michael Klare at 9:37am, January 10, 2012. Last week, the president made a rare appearance at the Pentagon to unveil a new strategic plan for U.S. military policy (and so spending) over the next decade. Let’s leave the specifics to a future TomDispatch post and focus instead on a historical footnote: [...]
