WIN! Mexico imposes tax on soft drinks to provide drinking water
January 21, 2014 - 8:19am In December 2012, we noted in a campaign blog that La Alianza por la Salud Alimentaria (The Alliance for Healthy Food) and its member groups have demanded a tax on soft drinks...
View ArticleWIN! Cambuquira, Brazil a blue community
May 8, 2014 - 10:18am Cambuquira, Brazil has become the first blue community in Latin America! Photo: Excerpt of the municipal resolution committing Cambuquira to the principles of being a blue...
View ArticleTop Greek court rules water privatization could put public health at risk
May 27, 2014 - 10:02am Photo: The Plenary Court of the Hellenic Council of State (the Supreme Administrative Court of Greece) Reuters reports, "A top Greek court has blocked the planned privatization...
View ArticleWIN! Council of Canadians celebrates defeat of HidroAysen dam project
June 10, 2014 - 2:00pm The Council of Canadians congratulates its Chilean and international allies for their campaigns to defeat the HidroAysen dam project in Patagonia. This morning International...
View ArticleWIN! Zurich becomes a blue community
June 25, 2014 - 8:45am Zurich, Switzerland is now a blue community! The Swiss news service 20 Minuten reports (in German), "The city of Zurich is to assume more responsibility in terms of water and...
View ArticleBrazilian court suspends licenses for Belo Sun mine in Brazil!
July 1, 2014 - 9:23am Toronto-based Belo Sun Mining Corp. plans to build Brazil's largest gold mine, the Volta Grande open-pit gold project. But the Globe and Mail reports, "A Brazilian court has...
View ArticleRight to Water Gets Major Boost in a Historic Judgement by the Mumbai High Court
December 16, 2014 - 2:01pm Struggle for access to water by slum dwellers got a major boost in India with the judgement on December 15th by a Mumbai High Court bench presided by Justice Abhay Oak and...
View ArticleKravcík’s Blue Alternative in Slovakia
January 20, 2015 - 5:30pm Photo: Michal Krav?ík Michal Krav?ík is a Slovak hydrologist and environmentalist. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1999 for his work in stopping a large dam...
View ArticleWin! Indonesian Court rules against World Bank water law
February 20, 2015 - 3:53pm In a landmark ruling, the Indonesian Constitutional Court ruled earlier this week to annul a water law passed by the Indonesian government in 2004 under pressure from the...
View ArticleWIN! Controversial Mexican water law is delayed indefinitely
March 11, 2015 - 8:20am Blue Planet Project organizer Claudia Campero. Blue Planet Project founder Maude Barlow has tweeted, "Huge victory!" This is because, as Telesur reports, "A Mexican...
View ArticleBlue Communities in Latin America: Solidarity and Self Determination
Blue Communities are those that are committed to other ways of relating to nature. They protect water as a common good, are against its privatization and in favor of public community partnerships. The...
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