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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 16h

Indonesia Carstensz Pyramid: Papua's 'eternal snow' on Puncak Jaya is about to disappear forever Climate change is transforming Papua's snowy peaks, which hold scientific value and spiritual significance. www.bbc.com/news/art...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 18h

Water takes the lead in Arizona elections It's yet another water special today as we pick up where we left off yesterday examining its rising political prominence in next month's US midterm elections. www.reuters.com/sust...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 19h

‘It’s shocking really’: Devon community tracks River Dart sewage spills Citizen environmentalists create online platform that flags spills in real time and highlights repeatedly polluted spots www.theguardian.com/...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 20h

From Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, UN Special Rapporteur for the right to water and sanitation: Amazonia Report Upcoming on Monday blue-community.net/b...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 21h

From an island in the middle of the Ottawa River, a city gets its clean water Safe drinking water doesn’t happen by accident. A look at the intricate process of pumps and pipes that brings millions of litres of water to Ottawa residents every day thenarwhal.ca/ottawa...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 22h

Bangkok at breaking point as floods turn streets into stagnant lakes With 40 dead and a disaster declared across all 50 city districts, experts warn extreme flooding will only worsen across south-east Asia www.theguardian.com/...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 22h

Dr. David McDonald champions Queen's University membership in Blue Universities Queen's University has joined the Blue Universities network www.queensu.ca/devs/...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 02/10/2026

Climate Activists Target AI Data Centers & Amazon’s Plan to Build Largest U.S. Gas Power Plant World leaders are in New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly, which coincides with Climate Week. www.democracynow.org...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 02/10/2026

From Birger Lundgren, Blue Community Sanitation Ambassadors, South Africa: Hell, Everything Is Connected! It took me longer than it probably should have to understand the sanitation puzzle. blue-community.net/b...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 02/10/2026

Water wars come to the ballot box in Arizona September survey ranks long-term water supplies as Arizona voters' top concern for first time www.reuters.com/busi...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 02/10/2026

UN Special Rapporteur in Zurich Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to water and sanitation, will be in Zurich for a lecture at the Swiss Blue University UZH. Monday, 19 October, 19:00 CEST. Registration open now! blue-community.net/2...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 02/10/2026

Welcome, Radio Indundi Culture The Blue Community is pleased to welcome a new radio station committed to environmental and water-related issues into its network: Radio Indundi Culture from Burundi is now part of the Blue Community. blue-community.net/b...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 02/10/2026

Amazing Blue Indian: Moharana Choudhary Amazing Indians Awards 2026 will celebrate individuals making meaningful societal contributions across disability rights, education, and environmental sustainability. blue-community.net/b...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 02/10/2026

Greece's vanishing lake exposes rapid impact of climate change Protected wetland once sustained fish, flamingos and tourism near Thessaloniki www.reuters.com/sust...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 02/10/2026

Indonesian villagers on Borneo struggle for water as El Niño intensifies peatland fires Residents of Borneo are enduring a severe water crisis after three months without rain, forcing families to buy water for drinking and cooking. apnews.com/article/c...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 02/10/2026

Water contamination and cancer concerns Today’s newsletter highlights three separate stories from the United States, Madagascar and Cuba. They all have one thing in common - contamination. www.reuters.com/sust...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 02/10/2026

Beyond Dam Building: Addressing Water Scarcity in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Under Climate Change Climate change is among the most significant global challenges affecting countries across the Middle East, particularly Iraq. onlinelibrary.wiley....

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 01/10/2026

The Colorado River is shrinking. What happens next? Lake Mead is at its lowest level since it was filled nearly 90 years ago, Lake Powell also at a historic low www.theguardian.com/...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 01/10/2026

‘Water yes, mining no!’: the 87-year-old farmer who became a nature hero in Colombia Porfirio Garcés is one of the ‘Jerico 11’, who face kidnapping charges after opposing a copper mine.Their fight has become more urgent www.theguardian.com/...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 01/10/2026

AI Was Supposed to Cut Emissions. Instead, Fossil Fuel Companies Are Using It to Find More Oil and Gas. A new study found AI-driven fossil fuel productivity could increase emissions. Here are examples of companies already using AI to boost production. www.desmog.com/2026/...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 01/10/2026

From the Blue Community NeDI – Neferok Development Initiative Nigeria: Let us take Responsibility! blue-community.net/b...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 01/10/2026

From Blue Community Ambassador Veronica Flachier: ((🟢)) They took the gold and left the population with nothing but contaminated water. blue-community.net/b...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 01/10/2026

From the Spanish Blue Community AEOPAS – Asociación Española de Operadores Públicos de Abastecimiento y Saneamiento; 📬 AEOPAS’s September newsletter, featuring key updates on public water management in Spain. blue-community.net/b...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 01/10/2026

Madagascar villagers file claim against Rio Tinto over alleged mine contamination Communities near the site have previously protested over water releases from the mine into the surrounding environment www.reuters.com/sust...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 01/10/2026

From the Blue Community Water Journalists Africa and their flagship project InfoNile: How Future Climate May Shape Water, Energy, Food Security, and Ecosystems in the Lake Victoria Basin. blue-community.net/b...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 01/10/2026

Viruses run rampant across Havana as water, power fails Hygiene is among the first casualties of the situation, explains Hechavarria, a healthcare worker, who for weeks had been forced to buy water from street vendors or scavenge it from broken pipes. www.reuters.com/busi...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 01/10/2026

The Specter of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Looms Over Pennsylvania’s Rural Communities The sewage sludge some farmers have applied to their fields for decades is contaminated with PFAS—with serious consequences for drinking water. insideclimatenews.or...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 01/10/2026

‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five years Alpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution www.theguardian.com/...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 30/09/2026

From Concerns to Action Climate and water challenges affect young people most — but young people are not just the future, they can act today. Recording and Summary of the Youth Webinar blue-community.net/2...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 30/09/2026

We Own It, UK: “Andy Burnham” asked Labour delegates and MPs what he should do with Thames Water ✅99% said public ownership NOW ❌1% said hand over to US hedge funds Andy Burnham, Labour voters and members demand public ownership, not public control or regulation

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 30/09/2026

California governor signs PFAS pesticide tracking bill Pesticides containing toxic "forever chemicals" will ‌now be tracked by the state of California, the country's largest producer of agricultural products. www.reuters.com/lega...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 30/09/2026

"If you fire missiles at me, I’ll cut off your water": cyberattacks attributed to Iran revealed U.S. vulnerability Acts of sabotage targeting water infrastructure in 12 states over the summer point to Iranian hackers. El Pais (Spanish): elpais.com/tecnologi...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 30/09/2026

UK: PM announces new law to allow public ownership of water firms Mayors will also be given new powers to hold failing water firms to account. www.standard.co.uk/b...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 30/09/2026

💧 Luis Babiano. director of the Spanish Blue Community AEOPAS at #HablemosDeAgua: cooperation between administrative bodies is essential for rural areas—which have fewer technical and financial resources—to have access to quality water.

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 30/09/2026

South West Water fined £8m for hundreds of sewage spills in Cornwall and Devon District judge orders record fine for region and says incidents of pollution cannot be tolerated www.theguardian.com/...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 30/09/2026

Queen's dives into Blue Community University membership Principal Deane officially affirms Queen’s membership with the international water stewardship network at a celebration on the Gord Downie Pier. www.queensu.ca/gazet...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 29/09/2026

Making swimmable cities in the Great Lakes watershed How three organizations have come together to promote urban swimmability and change our relationship with water — one plaque at a time canadiangeographic.c...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 29/09/2026

Food & Water Action: Industrial agriculture’s water pollution is driving a cancer crisis in Iowa. It’s past time for accountability – and that starts with electing clean water champions who will fight to protect our health. FIX THE DAMN WATER: fwaction.us/4cOYs7h

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 29/09/2026

UN-Water: Only 40% of health-care facilities globally met the requirements for a basic sanitation service in 2025. Safe sanitation is essential to safe, dignified health care for everyone. This #WorldToiletDay, let’s make safe sanitation part of safe health care for everyone

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 29/09/2026

ICRC: From long queues to enough for everyone What reliable water access means for displaced families in Gwoza and Biu, northeast Nigeria. Access to water once defined the rhythm of survival, dictating how each day would unfold. www.icrc.org/en/arti...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 29/09/2026

Youth, Water, Climate & Sustainability – From Concerns to Action Last chance to register for the webinar tomorrow, Wednesday, 30 September How to use your own skills and resources, tell powerful stories, and create change in your community. blue-community.net/2...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 29/09/2026

UfM Ministerial Declaration on Water in the Mediterranean www.esteri.it/en/sal...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 29/09/2026

From the German Blue Community / Blue City of Büdingen: Over 1,300 cups of Büdinger drinking water served at the Gallusmarkt. blue-community.net/b...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 28/09/2026

Hormone-disrupting herbicide contaminating 25% of continental US rivers, report finds Atrazine, banned in 60 countries, polluting rivers at levels that can harm wildlife and may threaten human health www.theguardian.com/...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 28/09/2026

From Elias Wolff, professor at the Brazilian Blue University PUCPR – Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná: Meeting of the “Marista Community of Integral Ecology Practices” blue-community.net/b...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 28/09/2026

‘Contract between humans and river’: Bristol Avon’s rights enshrined in charter River charters part of wider movement establishing ‘moral’ framework to protect nature and hold institutions to account www.theguardian.com/...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 28/09/2026

Blue Leadership for JCI Kati, Mali Giving Trust. Taking Responsibility. Shaping the Future. Souleymane Guindo and Togola Tiède take on new responsibilities at JCI Junior Chamber International Kati, Mali. blue-community.net/b...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 28/09/2026

Top Notch from Uganda turns Blue The Blue Community can welcome a new organisation from Uganda, Eastern Africa, in it’s network: Top Notch Young Minds Empowerment Foundation (TNYMEF). blue-community.net/b...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 28/09/2026

From the Dutch Blue Community World Waternet: The Rhine as a source of life: PFAS are a threat. blue-community.net/b...

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 28/09/2026

Invitation: Join the Blue Student Hub! Students at the Middle Technical University (MTU) in Baghdad have formed a Blue Community Student Hub — and they are inviting students from all over the world to join them. blue-community.net/2...

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