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Stories from #TheAmazon, #Kenya and #Zimbabwe
#WorldWaterDay: 3 stories of #resistance and #restoration from around the globe
Kristine Sabillo, 21 Mar 2025
"More than 2 billion people around the world live without access to safe drinkable water, as rivers, #groundwater, lakes and #glaciers face continued threats of #pollution and overexploitation due to #urbanization, #EnvironmentalDestruction, and #ClimateChange .
"This World Water Day, #Mongabay looks back at some of its coverage from 2024 on how local communities are trying to protect the world’s dwindling water resources."
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/world-water-day-3-stories-of-resistance-and-restoration-from-around-the-globe/
#WaterSecurity #WaterIsLife #RiversAreLife #OceansAreLife #Wetlands #Marshes #Rivers
Mongabay Environmental News · World Water Day: 3 stories of resistance and restoration from around the globeMore than 2 billion people around the world live without access to safe drinkable water, as rivers, groundwater, lakes and glaciers face continued threats of pollution and overexploitation due to urbanization, environmental destruction, and climate change. This World Water Day, Mongabay looks back at some of its coverage from 2024 on how local communities are […]
From #Himalaya to #Arctic - #GlaciersAtRisk: A Wake-Up Call on #WorldWaterDay
Story by Namrata Dadwal, March 21, 2025
"This year on World Water Day on March 22, the UN is highlighting '#GlacierPreservation'. Why? Because these frozen reservoirs that supply freshwater to nearly two billion people are disappearing at an alarming rate due to #ClimateChange.
"According to the #Copernicus Climate Change Service (#C3S), Earth's #glaciers have lost over 8,200 gigatonnes of ice since 1976, leading to #RisingSeaLevels and #WaterScarcity concerns. Nearly 6,000 gigatonnes were lost between 2000 and 2023, with the 2010s being the worst decade on record for glaciers almost the annual ice loss was more than double that of the 1980s, with an average of 370 gigatonnes of ice vanishing each year."
Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/from-himalaya-to-arctic-glaciers-at-risk-a-wake-up-call-on-world-water-day/ar-AA1Bqrlg
#WaterSecurity #WaterIsLife #OceanWarming #OceansAreLife
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#WorldWaterDay 2025: History, Significance, And Importance Of #Glacier Preservation For Future #WaterSecurity
"Every year on March 22, the world comes together to observe World Water Day, a significant occasion dedicated to raising awareness about freshwater conservation and its sustainable management. The day serves as a call to action, reinforcing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal, which aims to ensure clean water and sanitation for all by 2030.
"As we mark World Water Day 2025, let’s take a deeper look into its history, significance, this year’s theme, and the crucial role of glacier preservation in securing the future of global water supplies."
Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-in/health/nutrition/world-water-day-2025-history-significance-and-importance-of-glacier-preservation-for-future-water-security/ar-AA1BqtZU
#WaterIsLife #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ArcticWarming #OceansAreLife
www.msn.comMSN
[Video] #Chileans call for #WaterRights during #protest to mark #WorldWaterDay
March 22, 2025
"Chileans call for water rights during protest to mark World Water Day
Protesters marched in the Chilean capital on Saturday, marking World Water Day and demanding expanded access to safe drinking water for citizens. The demonstration, which was echoed in other Latin American cities, occurred during a regional crisis that has affected power generation and drinking water distribution."
https://apnews.com/video/chileans-call-for-water-rights-during-protest-to-mark-world-water-day-ea074594e6ab43fc8f79c9282c70b872
#WaterIsLife #Chile
AP News · Chileans call for water rights during protest to mark World Water DayProtesters marched in the Chilean capital on Saturday, marking World Water Day and demanding expanded access to safe drinking water for citizens.
#Anishinaabe Elder explains significance of water ahead of #WorldWaterDay
by Ryan Dwight MacTavish | March 12, 2025
"Water is not just a resource — it is sacred. It is our first medicine, as we are all born of water. It connects us to the land, to the ancestors, and to future generations. In #Indigenous worldviews, water is a living relative that must be treated with reverence. The more I have come to understand the vital role water plays in the health of our people and our planet, the more I recognize that protecting it is not just an environmental issue, but a spiritual and cultural responsibility."
Read more:
https://uwimprint.ca/anishinaabe-elder-explains-significance-of-water-ahead-of-world-water-day/
#WaterIsLife #WaterIsSacred
Imprint Publications · Anishinaabe Elder explains significance of water ahead of World Water DayA path of healing and reflection
As a Mohawk of the Six Nations of the Grand River and a proud Turtle Clan member, my journey has been deeply shaped by both personal growth and an evolving connection to my heritage. The past few years, including my placement at the Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre (WISC)
Switching gears to focus on #WorldWaterDay (I know, I'm a day late). But since #WaterIsLife, EVERY DAY should be World Water Day! TY to @Yehuda for reminding us all about World Water Day!
#Trump #EPA’s Next Move: Making It Harder to Sue for Getting Cancer from #Roundup
The corporation behind Roundup #herbicide has paid out nearly $11 billion in lawsuits. Now it's backing an EPA rule that would stop the bleeding.
by Schuyler Mitchell, March 21 2025
"Last August, 11 industry-friendly red states, led by Nebraska and Iowa, submitted a 436-page petition asking the agency to amend its labeling rules under the Federal #Insecticide, #Rodenticide, and Fungicide Act, or #FIFRA. The proposed rule change would explicitly prohibit states from labeling #pesticides and #herbicides with warnings about cancer, #BirthDefects, and reproductive harm if those notices contradict the EPA’s risk assessment.
"The states made clear that their ultimate goal is to thwart future lawsuits against pesticide manufacturers. Their petition argued that recent court rulings have created a 'gap in FIFRA’s regulatory framework' that the proposed rule change would plug.
"In January, in a move initiated by the Biden administration, the EPA took a first step of accepting public comment on the rule-making petition, with a deadline of March 24 — though this step is exploratory and does not mean a new rule will be issued. Still, the EPA’s decision could have disastrous consequences if Donald Trump’s second administration is as friendly to the #ChemicalIndustry as it was in his first.
"'It’s telling of the lengths that pesticide manufacturers will go to make sure that nothing interferes with their profit margins,' said Brett Hartl, government affairs director at the Center for Biological Diversity. 'There’s a reality that the industry itself generates much of the data, and they say it’s safe, and then EPA approves that determination.”
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2025/03/21/trump-epa-monsanto-roundup-bayer-cancer-chemicals/
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/VsfWE
Link for public comment:
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0562
#KillThePoor #Ecocide #GlyphosateKills #MonsantoKills #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #Pollution #RunOff #Cancer #EnvironmentalPollution #USPol #BigChemical #BigAg #RoundupReady #Microbiota #BeeKilling #BayerKills #CenterForBiologicalDiversity
The Intercept · Trump EPA’s Next Move: Making It Harder to Sue for Getting Cancer from Roundup
Statement of #IndependentTrialMonitors
On Verdict in #GreenpeaceUSA Trial:
"It is our collective assessment that the jury verdict against Greenpeace in #NorthDakota reflects a deeply flawed trial with multiple due process violations that denied Greenpeace the ability to present anything close to a full defense. Attorneys on our team monitored every minute of the proceedings and found multiple violations of #DueProcess that denied Greenpeace its right to a fair trial. The problems included a jury that was patently biased in favor of #EnergyTransfer, with many members working in the #FossilFuel industry; a judge who lacked the requisite experience and legal knowledge to rule properly on the complex #FirstAmendment and other evidentiary issues at the center of the case; and incendiary and prejudicial statements by lawyers for Energy Transfer that tried to criminalize Greenpeace and by extension the entire #ClimateMovement by attacking constitutionally-protected advocacy.
"Our fear that this was an illegitimate #corporate-funded #SLAPP harassment case was confirmed by our observations.
"We will be issuing a full report documenting these violations and larger flaws in the case in the coming weeks.
"While the trial court verdict is in, the case is far from over. Greenpeace has a right to appeal to the North Dakota Supreme Court and ultimately to the #USSupremeCourt. Our committee will continue its work monitoring this critically important case that raises troubling concerns for all advocates in the country."
— #MartyGarbus | #NataliSegovia | #JeanneMirer | #TerryCollingsworth | #StevenDonziger | #NadiaAhmad | #ScottWilsonBadenochJr. | #PaulPazYMiño | #AyishaSiddiqa | #WadeMcMullen | #KipHale | #SimonTaylor
Read individual statements:
https://www.trialmonitors.org/statement-of-independent-trial-monitors-on-verdict-in-greenpeace-trial
#NorthDakota #EnergyTransferPartners #StandWithStandingRock #NoDAPL #SLAPPs #ViewerSupportedNews #GreenpeaceUSA #SLAPPsLawsuits #CriminalizingDissent #NorthDakota #StandingRockSiouxTribe #StandingRockReservation #CorporateColonialism #BigOilAndGas #EnvironmentalRacism #WaterIsLife #KelcyWarren #ArrestKelcyWarren #ErikPrince #Blackwater #ACAB #FreeSpeech
Energy Transfer v. Greenpeace Trial Monitoring CommitteeStatement of Independent Trial Monitors On Verdict in Greenpeace Trial — Energy Transfer v. Greenpeace Trial Monitoring Committee
#CriminalizingDissent: #Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M to #DakotaAccessPipeline Firm over #Protests
#DemocracyNow, March 20, 2025
"A jury in #NorthDakota has ordered Greenpeace to pay more than $660 million in damages for defaming #EnergyTransferPartners, the corporation behind the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Texas-based pipeline company accused Greenpeace of orchestrating criminal behavior by training and providing funds to the #Indigenous-led protests at #StandingRock. Greenpeace and its supporters, including other #nonprofits and #advocacy groups, argued that the lawsuit is part of a conspicuous attempt by #corporations to destroy the right to #FreeSpeech. Longtime #HumanRights and #environmental lawyer #StevenDonziger, who was part of the independent trial monitoring team observing the trial, says it was purposely held in a region of the country with deep ties to the #FossilFuel industry. Donziger said most of the jurors in the case were connected to the industry and were 'predisposed' to rule in favor of Energy Transfer despite the 'false narratives' presented at the trial. Greenpeace plans to appeal the ruling."
Watch / listen / read transcript:
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/20/greenpeace_lawsuit_north_dakota_pipeline
#StandWithStandingRock #NoDAPL #SLAPPs #ViewerSupportedNews #GreenpeaceUSA #SLAPPsLawsuits #CriminalizingDissent #NorthDakota #StandingRockSiouxTribe #StandingRockReservation #CorporateColonialism #BigOilAndGas #EnvironmentalRacism #WaterIsLife #KelcyWarren #ArrestKelcyWarren #ErikPrince #Blackwater #ACAB
Democracy Now! · Criminalizing Dissent: Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M to Dakota Access Pipeline Firm over Protests
Boo hiss...! Jury Finds #Greenpeace at Fault, Awards #Pipeline Developer Hundreds of Millions
By Mary Steurer, North Dakota Monitor, via #CensoredNews
"Breaking news from the courtroom
A Morton County jury on Wednesday ordered Greenpeace to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to the developer of the #DakotaAccessPipeline, finding that the #environmental group incited illegal
behavior by anti-pipeline #protesters and defamed the company in the late 2010s.
"During closing arguments on Monday, the lead attorney representing #EnergyTransfer told jurors that Greenpeace’s actions caused between $265 million and $340 million in damages to the company. He asked the jury to award Energy Transfer that amount plus additional punitive damages.
"The nine-person jury delivered a verdict in favor of Energy Transfer on most counts. The verdict brought to a close a more than three-week trial in Mandan.
"The jury began deliberating Monday afternoon after hearing testimony from dozens of witnesses, including current and former Greenpeace employees, #IndigenousActivists, Energy Transfer representatives and law enforcement.
"This story will be updated.
"Thank you to the non-profit media #NorthDakotaMonitor for sharing their coverage with other media."
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/03/jury-finds-greenpeace-at-fault-awards.html
#StandWithStandingRock #GreenpeaceUSA #SLAPPs #SLAPPsLawsuits #SilencingDissent #CriminalizingDissent #NorthDakota #StandingRockSiouxTribe #StandingRockReservation #BigOil #CorporateColonialism #BigOilAndGas #EnvironmentalRacism #StandingRock #SLAPPs #NoDAPL #WaterIsLife #UnicornRiot #ACAB #Blackwater #ErikPrince
bsnorrell.blogspot.comJury Finds Greenpeace at Fault, Awards Pipeline Developer Hundreds of MillionsCensored News is a service to grassroots Indigenous Peoples engaged in resistance and upholding human rights.
Verified campaign for water in Gaza!
A €29/$30 donation pays for 500 liters of clean drinking water. If you have some money to spare, any amount is incredibly welcome!
https://www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/gaza_emergency_water_relief
@palestine @israel #SupportGaza #Gaza #ceasefire #warCrimes #PalestineSolidarity #Solidarity #WaterIsLife
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#ApacheStronghold: U.S. Give-Away would Destroy Spiritual Home of #Apache
By Wendsler Nosie, Apache Stronghold, March 13, 2025, via #CensoredNews
"In the heart of #TontoNationalForest in #Arizona lies a place that my people, the #WesternApache, still hold above all others. This place is Chi'chil Biłdagoteel, also known as Oak Flat. To us, it is more than a stretch of land; it is sacred and holy. It is where our ancestors walked, where we gather to pray, to carry out ceremonies passed down through generations, and to speak to our Creator.
"This land is part of who we are as a people, and its spirit is bound to our own.
Now, the federal government plans to give our sacred Oak Flat to a multinational #mining #corporation owned by the Chinese Communist Party. This will not just scar the land; it will destroy it, poisoning the environment and trampling on our tribal rights. But the deepest wound will be the loss of our spiritual home, a place our people cannot exist without. We are fighting this in the courts, all the way to the #USSupremeCourt. But this is about more than law and policy—this is about survival of our way of life and the spirit of this sacred land.
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/03/apache-stronghold-us-give-away-would.html
#SaveOakFlat #ChichilBiłdagoteel #CorporateColonialism #ProtectOakFlat #ReaderSupportedNews #SCOTUS #DefendTheSacred #CopperMine
#WaterIsLife #ResolutionCopper #RioTinto #RecycleCopper #CulturalGenocide #NoMiningWithoutConsent #RecycleCopper
bsnorrell.blogspot.comApache Stronghold: U.S. Give-Away would Destroy Spiritual Home of ApacheCensored News is a service to grassroots Indigenous Peoples engaged in resistance and upholding human rights.
A river ‘died’ overnight in #Zambia after an acidic waste spill at a #Chinese-owned #mine
By RICHARD KILLE and JACOB ZIMBA
March 15, 2025
KITWE, Zambia (AP) — "Authorities and environmentalists in Zambia fear the long-term impact of an acid spill at a Chinese-owned mine that contaminated a major river and could potentially affect millions of people after signs of #pollution were detected at least 100 kilometers (60 miles) downstream.
"The spill happened on Feb. 18 when a tailings dam that holds acidic waste from a #CopperMine in the north of the country collapsed, according to investigators from the Engineering Institution of Zambia.
"The collapse allowed some 50 million liters of waste containing concentrated acid, dissolved solids and heavy metals to flow into a stream that links to the #KafueRiver, Zambia’s most important waterway, the engineering institution said.
"'It is an #environmental disaster really of catastrophic consequences,' said Chilekwa Mumba, an environmental activist who works in Zambia’s Copperbelt Province."
https://apnews.com/article/mining-pollution-china-zambia-environment-93ee91d1156471aaf9a7ebd6f51333c1
#RecycleCopper #CopperMining #Pollution #WaterIsLife #Africa
AP News · A river ‘died' overnight in Zambia after an acidic waste spill at a Chinese-owned mine
youtu.be/WFT6jLnWn2c A Tribe Called Red Black Snakes Rapidly Cut Rapidly Accelerating GreenHouse Gas Emissions #WaterIsLife #ProtectTheSacred
A Tribe Called Red Black Snake...
Continued thread
I loved this mural on the 2nd floor wall at the McGoldrick Center (where the Banned Book Fair was being held). "tan wetapeksultiyiq" is #Passamoquoddy for "where we come from".
#WaterIsLife #PeopleOfTheDawn #Wabanaki #TurtleIsland #Art #Mural
Supreme Court Takes a BIG SH*T on You...Literally!
#StatusCoupNews reporting with #FoodAndWaterWatch discussing the #SCOTUS decision to allow #RawSewage in our #DrinkingWater.
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Cargo ship captain arrested over collision in North Sea, owner tells BBC
Fire continues as ship's captain arrested, future of both vessels remains uncertain
11 March 2025
"Summary
- The man arrested by Humberside police is the captain of the Solong cargo ship, the vessel's owner tells the BBC
- Earlier, the police force said that a 59-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter, following the North Sea collision
- Assistant Chief Coastguard John Craig says flames are still visible on the Solong, with salvage plans in place for both vessels
- One crew member of the Portuguese cargo ship is "assumed deceased", a UK minister says, as the transport secretary says both Solong and US oil tanker Stena Immaculate are expected to stay afloat
- Owners of the cargo ship say it was not carrying sodium cyanide, as previously reported, but had four empty containers that had once held the toxic chemical."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cgq1pwjlqq2t
#WaterIsLife #CargoShip #OilTanker #NorthSea #pollution
BBC NewsNorth Sea tanker: Crew member missing and vessels still on fire after collision in North SeaThirty-six people have been brought ashore after a cargo vessel hit an oil tanker off the East Yorkshire coast.