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AI and the climate crisis pose existential risks. The law offers a way to reduce them Liability lawsuits have held tobacco, oil and pharma companies to account in the past. AI investors won’t ignore this threat www.theguardian.com/...

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Blue Radio Burundi Celebrates Willy Kwizera, journalist at the first Blue Community in Burundi, Radio Bonesha FM, handed over the Blue Community certificate to his colleages at Radio Indundi Culture and welcomed them in the network. blue-community.net/b...

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The Blue Community in India did not only hand out awards at the Global Sustainability Awards GSA2026, they also were awarded: ISRD Wins Global Sustainability Award 2026 in the NGO Category for Peace and Justice. blue-community.net/b...

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From the Blue Community TNYMEF – Top Notch Young Minds Empowerment Foundation, Uganda: BLUE COMMUNITY AFRICA: “LET US PLANT MORE TREES AND PROTECT OUR WATER”. blue-community.net/b...

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The National Human Rights Commission, India to celebrate its 33rd Foundation Day on 12th October 2026 The programme also includes a National Conference on ‘Water as the Elixir of Life: Advancing Human Dignity through the Right to Water’ www.pib.gov.in/Press...

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Global Sustainability Awards 2026: Delhi Chapter. Today, Madhukar Swayambhu and Sreelakshmi Panigrahi from the Blue Community South Asia Coordination Committee, handed over the awards to educators for the work and achievements on sustainability. blue-community.net/b...

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Blue Benin Celebrates and Grows See two short video clips from HOUEFA (French and English), celebrating their affiliation to the Blue Community. blue-community.net/b...

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From the Blue Community PPDF, Peace Point Development Foundation, Nigeria: Webinar: Can Conservation Sustain Local Livelihoods? blue-community.net/b...

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Bringing Together Members of Parliament for Safe Water Worldwide “Water security is not a technical problem waiting for engineers but a governance problem waiting for legislators.” www.watercaucus.org/

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Lake Ontario: Donald Trump and the great distraction ‘If you can’t understand the lakes, you can’t protect the lakes’: This expert says Donald Trump’s environmental science cutbacks are the real threat to Lake Ontario and other Great Lakes thenarwhal.ca/lake-o...

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TMC MP Samirul Islam writes to UN rights chief over drinking water crisis in Kolkata colony TMC MP writes to UN rights chief alleging Muslim residents of Kolkata’s Jyoti Nagar Colony face prolonged drinking water cuts since BJP’s rise. www.thehindu.com/new...

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Water agency: Meteorological drought does not mean water supply will run out The drought expected to hit the entire country under a strong El Niño does not mean the Philippines will run out of water, the head of the Local Water Utilities Administration said. www.abs-cbn.com/news...

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‘This is not an anti-tech town’: backlash to datacenter in city once home to IBM Fight in East Fishkill, New York, part of a growing divide over whether AI benefits outweigh enormous downsides www.theguardian.com/...

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UN Water Conference 2026 – Issue 8 October 2026. The United Nations General Assembly convenes the 2026 UN Water Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from 8 to 10 December 2026, co-hosted by the United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Senegal. blue-community.net/b...

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PRIVATISATION IS TOO EXPENSIVE. Approximately 1/3 of our water bills is spent on expensive debt and shareholder payouts. Under public ownership, that's money we can spend on fixing our broken infrastructure.

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Can data centers be built sustainably? Over the past few months, I’ve been speaking to big tech companies, environmental activists and startups about one thing – data centers. www.reuters.com/sust...

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Call to Sign! Amazon Policy Brief by Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to water and sanitation. We ask Blue Communities and other institutions/organisations to sign and provide additional support to this policy brief. blue-community.net/2...

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Spanish government to press on with tighter data centre rules before election Spain is trying to balance data-centre investment against concerns over the industry's consumption of energy and water and has drafted tougher water and electricity rules. www.reuters.com/busi...

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From the Blue Community Radio Bonesha FM, Burundi: Bujumbura: The occupation of the riverbanks raises fears of the worst. blue-community.net/b...

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Modi wants India to power the AI age. Residents are pushing back Residents fight Amazon data centre rising metres from homes near Mumbai Locals fear power, water strain www.reuters.com/worl...

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From the global Blue Community World Council of Churches WCC: Webinar will commemorate World Food Day with theme “Innovate today. Nourish tomorrow” and say farewell to the UN special rapporteur for the Right to Water and Sanitation. 16 October, 15:00 CEST blue-community.net/b...

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Revealed: the ‘black box’ wastewater trade that rakes in millions for UK utility companies Exclusive: Firms made more than £340m last year from processing industrial and commercial wastewater at sewage works that are unable to remove many chemical pollutants www.theguardian.com/...

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Have you signed the Amazonia Brief by UN Special Rapporteur Pedro Arrojo-Agudo yet? Aquatic Ecosystems and the Human Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation in the Amazon. The Amazon is important to our entire planet and deserves our full support: blue-community.net/2...

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From the Dutch Blue Community World Waternet: 🎥 Care to join us on a work trip to Ethiopia… in video form? blue-community.net/b...

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Wildfire ash turns Spanish mountain river black, contaminating water supply A river running through a town in central Spain has turned black from wildfire ash and debris, contaminating the local drinking water and forcing residents to rely on emergency supplies. www.reuters.com/busi...

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State engineer denounces ‘outrageous’ federal waiver of New Mexico water laws to build border wall • Source New Mexico DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced Friday that he had decided to waive all NM laws bearing on water wells used for border wall. sourcenm.com/2026/10...

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In drought-stricken Sri Lanka, farmers watch wells empty and wildlife crowd shrinking water holes Sri Lanka is facing severe drought, leaving reservoirs dry and farming communities struggling. apnews.com/article/s...

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From the Indian Blue Community Vaidic Srijan: Vulnerability of a Water abundant Country: A Case Study blue-community.net/b...

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From the Blue Community Radio Indundi Culture, Burundi: Lakes of Burundi: the urgent need to save a treasure threatened by pollution. blue-community.net/b...

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Global Sustainability Awards 2026 India The Blue Community South Asia is a partner to the Global Sustainability Awards 2026. At the GSA26 in New Delhi, starting on 10 October, the Blue Community will receive and distribute prizes in different categories. blue-community.net/b...

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Welcome, Juliet Willetts! At its Sixty-Third Regular Session in Geneva, the Human Rights Council appointed the new Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation: Juliet Willetts from Australia. blue-community.net/b...

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Human Rights Council Concludes Sixty-Third Regular Session after Adopting 34 Resolutions, Two Decisions and One President’s Statement. blue-community.net/b...

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From the Blue Community IAMDES Togo: An awareness-raising campaign to promote local water governance in the canton of Anyronkopé. blue-community.net/b...

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Taps and toilets aren’t enough: UB research brings people’s voices to water and sanitation monitoring Public health researcher’s work in schools and health care facilities featured in WHO/UNICEF global monitoring reports. www.buffalo.edu/news...

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From the British Blue Community 'We Own It': LET THEM GO BUST ! Last year, Thames Water took out a £3bn loan - at 9.75% interest. And now they want another £2.4bn to keep going?! ENOUGH. If water companies can't survive without rip-off loans, they should be declared insolvent ...

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From Blue Community Ambassador Jerry van den Berge, Netherlands: I will give a lecture about Blue Communities on 8 November in Lochem, a small town in the east of the Netherlands. blue-community.net/b...

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From the Indian Blue Community HSCF – Human Social Care Foundation, India: When Human Rights Are at Risk, the World Must Act”: Dr. Faizan Azizi Calls for Global Accountability at the 63rd UN Rights Council session. blue-community.net/b...

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From the archive of the Blue Community Radio Indundi Culture, Burundi: Lake Tanganyika: between natural wealth and increasing pollution. blue-community.net/b...

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From the Blue Community / Blue City of Amsterdam and its public water service Waternet: What you don’t see sometimes makes the biggest difference 👀 blue-community.net/b...

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From the Blue Community Voice of Environment, India: Guwahati students get lesson in sustainability blue-community.net/b...

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From the Blue Community IAMDES-Togo: A mother’s club may seem like a simple meeting space. In reality, it can become a real local structure for health, savings, community organization and economic autonomy. blue-community.net/b...

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From the Blue Community / Blue University Anand Institute of Management and Information Science, Gujarat, India: Awareness Today, Hope for Tomorrow! blue-community.net/b...

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From Blue Community Ambassador Farhana Sultana: Learn about AI, energy, water, climate and more – all about the environmental cost of AI on this podcast! blue-community.net/b...

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Surging Water Costs amid the US Affordability Crisis U.S. factory farms are raising more animals than ever before, affecting the environment and accelerating climate change. www.foodandwaterwatc...

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Pakistan challenges India’s use of water as an ‘instrument of coercion’ at UN rights council First secretary Khokhar raises India's ‘weaponisation of water’ at UN, says shared water resources entail shared responsibilities www.thenews.pk/story...

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