UPDATE: Trade deal, fracking boom further threaten the right to water in China
Mother Jones reports, “China is ratcheting up its fracking ambitions with virtually no regard for groundwater protection or other environmental safety measures, according to a new investigation by the...
View ArticleNEWS: Fracking poses a major threat to water in Mexico
Mexico City-based Blue Planet Project organizer Claudia Campero Arena has identified the threat of fracking to Mexico. Mexico has the fourth largest reserve of shale gas in the world, an estimated 681...
View ArticleUPDATE: Fracking a threat to water in South Africa
Durban-based Blue Planet Project organizer Mary Galvin has identified to us the threat posed by fracking in South Africa. National Geographic recently reported, “South Africa is estimated to have the...
View ArticleCouncil/ Blue Planet sign letter against fracking in Europe
January 16, 2014 - 4:04pm The Council of Canadians and the Blue Planet Project have joined with almost 250 other organizations across Europe in an open letter to the president of the European...
View ArticleCanada to ‘assist’ Mexico with ‘regulations’ on fracking
February 19, 2014 - 9:10am Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President Enrique Pena Nieto attended a signing ceremony in Mexico City yesterday that CTV reports included "an energy deal that will see...
View ArticleBarlow in solidarity with Basarwa against fracking
June 11, 2014 - 10:09am The Sunday Standard reports, "Botswana has drawn the attention of international human rights organizations and the United Nations, after it was recently classified, together...
View ArticleBarlow denounces water grab for fracking in New York state
November 3, 2014 - 7:28pm Barlow speaking in Corning, New York on October 18. Twitter photo by People for a Healthy Environment. Blue Planet Project founder Maude Barlow recently spoke in Corning,...
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