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1. Yes! Fest Perth- Marriage Equality Rally

   Water Polo Club Dikes On Bikes WA Perth Gaymers Pride WA WA Says YES to Equality Equal Love WA WA AIDS ...

2. Commemoration of 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland

   institutions she has planted in this country and watered with the tears of our mothers and the blood of our ...

3. Climate change, poverty and 'natural' disasters

   water resources, told the October 7 Hindustan Times. Dr Santosh Kumar of the National Institute of ... forest cover can help to soak up rainfall and slow water flows, as well as stabilising steep slopes at ... benefits for water security. Research suggests that for Melbourne, ending logging in water catchments could ...

4. Threat to the forests: Gunns' 'green' monster pulp mill

   mill will be its use of water, estimated at up to 26 billion litres per year. The current business and ... residential water usage in the whole area is only 15 billion litres, yet water supplies are stretched. Already ... there are periodic water restrictions in place and the added pressure of new plantations in the area ...

5. SOUTH AFRICA: Protests cause cracks in ANC-led alliance

   collapsed; old leaky water pipes result in frequent water shortages, with an estimated 40% of water lost. ... Thousands in the area have no private access to water, and hundreds of people are forced to share single ... ANC's failure to deliver basic services, and resistance to the introduction of user-pays for water and ...

6. SOUTH AFRICA: Former rivals unite to fight ANC attacks

   government's electricity and water privatisations. Poor people are being forced to pay for social services ... the water services. Durban UniCity has tried to attach water meters to each private pipe and charge ... for water from public taps. The people of Mpumalanga know what this means. When electricity meters ...

7. 'Think globally and act globally'

   particular El Salvador? One of the main issues facing many countries in Latin America is lack of clean water ... . In the case of El Salvador, the water table in the capital city is going down more than one metre ... a year. Every day there are complaints on the radio, television, and newspapers about water scarcity. On ...

8. Mining pollution cases trigger threats

   Water Tribunal. The tribunal is an independent body established in 1981 to adjudicate in disputes over ... the use and allocation of fresh water supplies. Eleven cases have been heard by the tribunal of nine ... international jurors and a panel of world experts on water technology. The second hearings to be conducted by ...

9. Logging in the Otway State Forest

   water catchments, and tree farming is not on. Disputes occur from time to time on the definition of ... the pebbles shining like gemstones, ideal for a drink. Fresh water crayfish used to be found in Nettle ... blackberries. Apollo Bay residents have argued loud and long about the changing water quality in the town. After ...

10. United States: Pipeline company defies Obama with new drilling

    strong and echoing the sentiments of Ladonna Bravebull Allard, an indigenous water protector at the ... water. We must stand up for our children, grandchildren, and the unborn! “We fight in prayer, we fight in ...

11. Poll shows 58% of Millennials in Australia favourable to socialism

    Britain’s key industries, including water, electricity, gas and railways” was popular among Millennials. In ...

12. Live Blog: News and analysis on Catalonia's struggle for self-determination

    National liberation Dick Nichols Catalonia Barcelona Catalonia in Spain: Europe's key struggle for democracy Click here for latest news Resources: For English-language news and information sources on Catalonia, click here. For solidarity information ...

13. Huge coral reef found in Amazon, threatened by oil drilling

    only in salty ocean and sea waters with access to sunlight. However, scientists have warned the newly ... Brazil's Maranhao State. These waters are fresh and among the muddiest in the world, which prevents species ... from receiving sunlight. Fresh water and lack of sunlight usually prevents corals from thriving. The ...

14. Argentina: Street protests greet utility price hikes

    a 350% rise in water prices. Consumer protection associations and left-wing groups called the march ... 2000% rise in gas prices in some places and a 350% rise in water prices. Consumer protection ... increase in water bills for the prosecuting family, opening the doors for future precautionary measures ...

15. EPA fails to assess 'fracking' in the Kimberley

    Kimberley would require 31 million litres of water and 1.5 million litres of chemicals. This is the largest ... Water Corporation is calling for a ban on fracking near public drinking water areas. A WA Department of ...

16. Sydney CSG licence cancellation a win for community action

    metropolitan Sydney, known as Petroleum Exploration Licence 463. Now the water catchments need to be protected ... to protect land and water, which has so far slowed the progress of CSG extraction in NSW.” Hinman ... protecting vital parts of NSW – such as the whole of the water catchment area, the Pilliga and Gloucester ...

17. Queensland's coal and CSG industries are ‘a cancer’, says candidate

    our farmland, our water resources and our environment. The Queensland coal industry is already massive ... all means is that our food and water security is severely endangered. Farmers are mobilising against ... safety of land and water can be proved. • No new CSG projects. • A Royal Commission into all aspects of ...

18. Farmers tell students: CSG is a big threat

    (SEAC) of the University of Sydney hosted a public forum titled “Our Water, Our Land, Our Future” on ... that many rural communities rely on for their water supplies. Aquifers can suffer from ... depressurisation, depletion and contamination. CSG mining could extract up to 5400 gigalitres of water every year ...

19. Fracking forum heavy with industry spin

    usual industry spin. It remains unclear who exactly is monitoring water quality in WA’s aquifers where ... involvement of a third party, seemingly of their choice. The Department of Water visits sites only a couple of ... accessibility to clean, uncontaminated water sources. The lack of clear, long term plans for our groundwater is ...

20. Lock the Gate: CSG companies ‘get away with blue murder’

    gas waste water. “The pattern of environmental damage, blanket denial by gas companies, government ... to coal seam gas companies to do their worst to our precious water resources. “This is a nod and ... of toxic water. We need a moratorium now.” Australia July 6, 2012 929 Eastern Star Gas and Santos ...

21. Put community health ahead of coal & CSG mining, says Gloucester conference

    productive agricultural land, water supplies and river systems, clean air and community health, and our ... sensitive environmental areas, urban • areas and drinking water catchments; • respect our Aboriginal and ... European heritage; • protect ground and surface water systems; • empower local communities to be able ...

22. Traditional owners join fight to stop coal seam gas

    the Great Artesian Basin. “We need to ensure our water resources are protected and stop the North West ... protect this region, its cultural heritage and our water supply,” she said. Naomi Hogan of the Wilderness ... public health and clean water is being put first. “The coal seam gas drilling catastrophe in the Pilliga ...

23. Sit-in against mining giants at parliament house

    impact on a water resource, it can now trigger a review by the federal environment minister. "The ... laws passed yesterday to assess water resources are welcome, we are disappointed that both major ... most significant land and water resources off limits" he said. Farmer Phil Laird said: "As ...

24. Workers’ cooperative visits Hunter Valley

    Eureka Future Cooperative. The cooperative plans to make solar hot water units in the LaTrobe Valley of ... water cooperative is the use of enterprise bargaining agreements to generate demand for the units. The ... Hall to set up a similar solar hot water scheme following the closure of the BHP steelworks in ...

25. Victorian farmers rally against fracking

    Gippsland area. Protesters expressed concern that CSG mining would destroy farmland, contaminate water ... it also endangers the water supplies. Seaspray primary school teacher Kirra Boulton told the rally: ... “In Seaspray we also have the luxury of a town water supply. This is sourced from Merrimans Creek. ...

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