For earlier coverage of this case, go to 2019-01-28 Intro to the “Strathcona Resolution”Water, with list of related postings (http://sandrafinley.ca/blog/?p=23652) January 27, 2020 Vancouver Sun Ian Mulgrew: High court ends decades-old water dispute West Vancouver entrepreneur Colin Beach’s 30-year-old lawsuit to hold former Premier Bill Vander Zalm accountable has ended not with a […]
Wall Street is being “Warned” against the commodification of water? IT’S TOO LATE! AND TOO NICE. The water futures market was set up a year ago. Last year’s news about the (U.S.) Mercantile Bank’s WATER FUTURES MARKET is in the posting: 2021-02-14 The New Canada Water Agency https://sandrafinley.ca/blog/?p=25298 4. IMPORTANT Just before Christmas, the CME Group, […]
Category: Peace or Violence Sub-category: Resource depletion (Water in USA) Prompted by, Aug 30: 40 Million People Rely on the Colorado River, But it’s Drying Up Fast. What Happens Next? = = = = = = = = = = = = = […]
CONTENTS 1. (Utah) Lake Powell water level at a historic low. From “TownLife”, Bullfrog Utah, May 28, 2021. For now, the water level continues to drop a little more than an inch a day. 2. (Nevada) Projections for Lake Mead show it dropping well below the lowest level on record, in the next 20 […]
Derek writes: This really bothers me….I see it as a slithery ploy by Trudeau and Freeland to finally allow bulk sale of fresh water to the States under some mumble mouthed phrase that will be interpreted by “an independent Tribunal of corporate CEOs”. If you have any way of supporting Sandra Finley please do. (simply […]
Less than 6% of groundwater is replenished within 50 years Emily Chung – CBC News Last Updated: November 18, 2015 Internally displaced Afghans collect water from a public water pump next to their tents at a refugee camp in Kabul in January. Billions of people around the world rely on groundwater for drinking, washing and […]
Ontario’s environment minister, Jeff Yurek, plans to announce the provincial government’s decision on water bottling permits by mid-December. The announcement comes after the government’s extension of a moratorium on new and expanded permits, put in place by the Liberal government in 2017. Doug Ford’s government extended the moratorium until January 1, 2020. Doreen Nicoll […]
You may want to view this on the Defend Democracy website, click on Swiss Development Aid, Nestlé and Water Privatization. Canadians should be aware, important information. = = = = = = = = = = = = = By Franklin Frederick Translation: Tamanna Kohi Last February, the Government of Switzerland announced the creation of […]
NOTE: The CIB (Canada Infrastructure Bank) in contrast to the Bank of Canada (BofC), see Banksters: Index. News Canada’s biggest public sector union calls the public-private scheme risky and expensive August 6, 2019 The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) is looking to pressure cash-strapped municipalities into using Public-Private Partnerships to refurbish or replace water and […]
New owners of Revelstoke water bottling plant shipping water to Vancouver facility while they re-build plant by Alex Cooper Marke Antonsen The new owners of the Revelstoke water bottling plant are selling their product in the United States and in town. Revelstoke Artesian Spring Water can bought at the Esso gas station and Big Eddy […]