The Guardian • water
Issue #2048
GREEN NOTES
Anna Pha The horrendous spectacle of a carpet of millions of dead fish floating on the Darling River at Menindee is yet another wake-up call...
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Issue #2202
GLOBAL BRIEFS
CONGO: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has imposed an immediate ban on exports of copper and cobalt concentrates. It marks a major step...
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Issue #2119
Green development on the Yellow River
The Yellow River or Huang He feeds 12 per cent of China’s population, irrigates 15 per cent of arable land, and provides water to more...
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Issue #2104
Forever in the blood
Recent media reports have drawn attention to what are known as ‘forever chemicals.’ These carcinogenic chemicals have been detected in tap water around Australia as...
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Issue #2184
GREEN NOTES
Important rivers in Alaska’s Brooks Range and National Parks are turning bright orange and becoming increasingly acidic as climate change thaws the permafrost across the...
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Issue #2137
Alfred born of fossil fuels
When category 2 cyclone Alfred was downgraded to a tropical low there was no room for complacency. Flooding, strong and destructive winds, and power outages...
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Issue #2136
Water vs ‘Defence’ in South Australia
A key feature of the water supply system in SA is the ADP (Adelaide Desalination Plant), which relieves demand on water from the Murray Darling...
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Issue #2053
DINGO
Oakey Coal Action Alliance, which is committed to saving the groundwater relied on by Darling Downs farmers in Queensland from the New Acland coal mine,...
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Issue #2174
GREEN NOTES
In the aftermath of COP 30 in Belem, Brazil this November it is worth considering the plight of the Guarani community in Bolivia. Climate conferences...
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Issue #2063
Mega-fracker now on site
Water is life. But right now, Tamboran Resources is on the fast track to frack the Northern Territory, and water is at risk of being...
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Issue #2097
Water crisis adds to women’s health burden amid war on Gaza
Over 34,000 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since 7 October, 2023. Among them are over 10,000 women, 6,000 of...
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Issue #2156
NSW: drinking water in danger
A multinational mining giant has recently announced plans to explore for coal under more areas of the Sydney and Illawarra drinking water catchment highlight how...
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Issue #2056
Strong opposition to gas project
A council in regional Queensland that hosts the highest number of coal mines of any local government in the state wants the Palaszczuk government to...
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Issue #2200
Tasmania: data centres menace water supply
Energy giant Firmus has claimed at numerous points that the Launceston St Leonards site’s water usage will be equivalent to that of a restaurant. However...
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Issue #2120
GREEN NOTES
Germany’s Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research has launched a Planetary Health Check (PHC), a first-of-its-kind scientific report and tool for the health of the...
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Issue #2126
Frack off
Territorians condemn the Finocchiaro government’s approval of gas company Empire Energy’s Carpentaria project, and renew calls for the Albanese government to use the powers available...
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Issue #2095
Agreements that strangle democracy
“Where there is water, there is life. Without it, where are we going to live?” asks Leobardo Sierra, a 48-year-old Wayuu Indigenous leader from Colombia...
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Issue #2085
Palestine: Australia complicit in genocide
It beggars belief that Australia has suspended funding to the UN agency providing aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. It did so following unsubstantiated...
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Issue #2095
Oppose toxic plans!
The Great Artesian Basin (GAB) is a massive aquifer that provides a crucial fresh water supply for rural communities and ecosystems across a vast area...
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Issue #2202
Native title holders win High Court challenge over NT water licence
The High Court has ruled in favour of the Mpwerempwer Aboriginal Corporation (MAC) in its long-running challenge to the groundwater licence granted to a horticulture...
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