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1. The US war you didn't hear about... until now

   among Tuareg herders facing depletion of their water sources near the mine. The competition between ...

2. Gas company to bulldoze Queensland koala habitat

   forests, our food and water supplies, our soils and climate.” Like the article?  Subscribe  to �鶹��ý ...

3. Big win as Obama admin halts Dakota Access Pipeline after sustained resistance

   veterans gathered at Standing Rock, ready to form a "human shield" around the water protectors, ...

4. Six reasons to bring refugees here now

   dozens of other people and a lack of access to clean water and fresh food. There has been deliberate ...

5. Inside immigration detention on Manus Island — Part 4

   family. Some men in Oscar compound, in protest at being indefinitely detained, put empty water bottles ... down the toilets which caused them to block. Bottled water was then replaced by one large bottle with ... cups. On many occasions I reported to security staff that there was no water or cups and that the bottle ...

6. Evo Morales: 'Our liberation is for all humanity'

   reinforcing crisis affecting international finance, energy, climate, water, food, institutions and values. It ... generating a water supply crisis that is compounded by privatisation, depletion of sources and ... commercialisation of fresh water. As a consequence, the number of people without access to clean water is growing ...

7. Ecuador: Chevron-Texaco profits from ecocide

   possible. The company even told the villagers that the oil-contaminated water would make them stronger, that ... the water was rich in vitamins and minerals. There are over 2000 deaths from cancer, many of them ... urban areas is 3 to 1. The tribal groups living in the forests used the contaminated water for drinking, ...

8. Lizard's Revenge to confront world’s biggest uranium mine

   250 million litres of water per day. Forty two million litres will be extracted from the Great ... contaminated groundwater will eventually discharge into Lake Torrens. • Extraction of water from the Great ... time, the expansion will see a 7 million litre a day increase in water extraction from the basin. • The ...

9. Malaysia: Rohingya refugees left with nowhere to go

   way for Malaysia and also have given us drinking water.” Salim’s troupe arrived on Malaysian shores, ... boat,” Salima said. “The other four were thrown overboard by crews because they asked water. All were ... young men.” Among the refugees I interviewed, allegations of people asking for water being thrown ...

10. United States: BP’s ‘cure’ is killing in the Gulf

    boats. Naman said: “The dispersants are being added to the water and are causing chemical compounds to ... become water soluble, which is then given off into the air, so it is coming down as rain, in addition to ... being in the water and beaches of these areas of the Gulf. “I’m scared of what I'm finding. These ...

11. Unconventional fossil fuels in South Australia — a bonanza to pass up

    the coal with water vapour at high temperatures to produce a mixture of gases known as “syngas”. After ... The coalmine will be within the Great Artesian Basin, and large quantities of water will need to be ... pumped out to keep the workings dry. The developers pledge to re-inject enough water into aquifers to ...

12. Free Lex Wotton!

    tagetted and disabling the water mains to hinder firefighters' attempts to douse the flames. ... 40-year-old plumber was asked to return to town to repair some water pipes. In order to accomplish the repairs ... he turned off the local water mains. He then heard about the community meeting about Mulrunji's ...

13. The real story of the Somali pirates

    British Independent columnist Johann Hari said foreign illegal fishing in Somali waters netted more than ... coastline of Somalia have been complaining of illegal vessels coming to Somali waters and stealing all the ... waters. "These European companies were said to be paying warlords about $3 a ton, whereas to properly ...

14. South Korea: Class war in midst of economic crisis

    attacked workers with water cannons. Management and hired goons blocked the supply of water and gas for ... goons indiscriminately fired slingshots with large bolts at the strikers. With no gas or water, the ... rallied in front of the plant. They tried to deliver water and medicines, but management blocked all help ...

15. The siege of Haiti

    Haiti's devastating earthquake. The Navy and Coast Guard vessels aren't there with food or water or ... organized by the U.S. aren't getting food and water to many people. At the main airport in ... without a heavily armed troop escort. And in the waters off Haiti's coast, U.S. ships are preparing ...

16. New Orleans crisis: Bush's Iraq war to blame

    probably weeks. The worst may be yet to come. The waters that inundated New Orleans were polluted by ... of several football fields. People sucked at empty water bottles, lugged their belongings in plastic ... Superdome became an island surrounded by hip-deep water, polluted by oil and debris. Conditions inside the ...

17. Pakistan: fifteen days in jail

    waters). Many freedom fighters who were sent there never came back to their homes — most died while serving ... hours a day, which also meant the water would be off. The floor of the cell was always hot. It was only ... water. One morning there was absolutely no water coming in. Earlier, there was very little water but we ...

18. Climate change and the Troll Rupert

    l <~>"Carbon dioxide isn't the main greenhouse gas. Water vapour is far more important." Increased ... carbon dioxide raises temperatures, enhancing evaporation and raising water vapour levels in the ... atmospheric water vapour is to stop burning fossil fuels. As carbon dioxide levels fall, water vapour levels ...

19. SOUTH AFRICA: The frustrating decade of freedom

    15% (to $22,600 per year). Notwithstanding deeper poverty, the state raised water and electricity ... earning less than $70 per month. An estimated 10 million people had their water cut off, according to two ... during apartheid. Diarrhea kills 43,000 children a year, as a result mainly of inadequate potable water ...

20. IRAQ: Iraqis demand: 'Invaders out now!'

    Iraqis still lack access to essential services such as clean water, electricity and functioning ... operated some of the oil facilities, but they are not operating the power and water systems because they ... are just after the oil." "Where is the electricity? Where is the water? Why is there all ...

21. EGYPT: Mubarak struggles to control anti-war protests

    met by more riot police and a water cannon. Eventually, the marchers were dispersed and allowed to ... ruthlessly broken up with attack dogs and water cannons, sending demonstrators fleeing into the narrow alleys ... riot police and set fire to a water truck busy reloading one of the water cannons. Marching along the ...

22. Tandem Thrust: why it should be stopped

    the western Pacific. First held in the summer of 1992 in the waters off southern California, in 1997 ... "greenwashing". O'Brien asked: "Will the US Navy or the ADF be using or testing in Australian waters ... used but in a later reply admitted it will be "limiting the use of low-frequency sonar to water ...

23. Unsustainable agriculture and vegetarianism

    not only inefficient in land use, it is also highly wasteful of fossil fuels, water, pesticides, and ... fertiliser and top soil. Production of a kilo of wheat typically requires 220 litres of water, whereas the ... production of a kilo of beef is likely to require 20,000-50,000 litres of water. Livestock farming has been ...

24. No security in Australia-US war ties

    a drinking water aquifer over several decades. Fifteen million litres of untreated waste were poured into ... Force Base into Frankfurt's water supply. In 1986 it was discovered that fewer than one in three US ... plumes are leaching toward the city of Denver, and the tap water of the southern half of New Jersey is ...

25. Campaign to save East Gippsland's old growth forests

    in water production. "Old growth forests act like a big sponge", Matthiesson explains. ... "In time of drought the forests let water out slowly, and in times of flood they store it. So they ... regulate water flows in streams. "They also act as a giant filters: you get much cleaner water coming ...

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