Tag: corporate ownership
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US lawmakers Elizabeth Warren and Ro Khanna seek to ban trade in water rights
Private investors are poised to profit from water scarcity in the west. Photograph: Rich Pedroncelli/AP Bill would stop private investors, including hedge funds, farmers and municipalities, from profiting off water scarcity With private investors poised to profit from water scarcity in the west, US senator Elizabeth Warren and representative Ro Khanna are pursuing a bill to prohibit the…
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Corporate Water Stewardship in the Colorado River Basin
New Report Highlights Pathways and Barriers to Corporate Water Stewardship in the Colorado River Basin Takeaways On October 24th, the Pacific Institute released Pathways and Barriers to Corporate Water Stewardship in the Colorado River Basin. Written by Dr. Christine Curtis, Cora Snyder, and Michael Cohen and based on 20 interviews with corporate and non-corporate stakeholders, the…
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The water industry should be taken into public ownership
The We Own It campaigners and their SplashMob supporters are to be congratulated on making waves today, on the 29th anniversary of water privatisation in England and Wales. Their protest in London kept the spotlight on the scandal that is England’s all-for-profit water and sewage industry. Scottish and Welsh consumers can be forgiven for not…
