Tag: water resources

• Monday, August 21st 2023 - 11:01 UTC

  Dramatic report on world water resources, four billion people affected

  

  One-fourth of the planet’s population in 25 countries experiences extremely high water stress annually, using nearly all of their available water supply on a regular basis, according to new data from the World Resources Institute (WRI)’s Aqueduct Water Risk.

• Thursday, January 2nd 2020 - 08:57 UTC

  Mendoza reinstates law that protects water resources following public uproar over a bill favoring mining

  

  A controversial mining law that sparked massive protests in the province of Mendoza in Argentina’s western-central region was finally abolished. The province's governor Rodolfo Suárez presented a formal request before the legislature on Monday, and with 34 votes in favor and 2 against, the Senate approved the annulment.

• Saturday, December 28th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Mendoza province up in arms to defend its water resources from the mining industry

  

  The government of the wine-producing province of Mendoza, suspended the rule of the mining law 7.722 that had given the green light for chemicals such as cyanide and sulfuric acid to be used by the industry, but which threaten the water resources of that territory.