http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/335/0 fr http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/nova-scotia-union-fights-water-privatization-colom/17537 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> CUPE Nova Scotia supports local union to keep water a public good </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_3918.jpg" alt="" title="Over the last 14 years Margarita Lopez (middle) and her union have averted no less than five separate attempts to privatize publicly owned water and wastewater facilities in Colombia. To Margarita&#039;s left is Kelti Cameron, who works for CUPE, to her right is Barabara Wood, executive director of Codev, an organization that facilitates partnerships for global justice." width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Margarita Lopez, a union leader who is fighting ongoing efforts to privatize the public water system in Colombia, says she cannot leave her house without her two bodyguards.&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/nova-scotia-union-fights-water-privatization-colom/17537" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/nova-scotia-union-fights-water-privatization-colom/17537#comments Robert Devet Santé Syndicalisme Police et prisons Pauvreté Solidarité Colombia solidarity Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:02 +0000 Robert DeVet 17537 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/cape-breton-coal-mining-plans-inching-forward/10605 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> In an age of climate change, controversial multinational seeks to re-open Donkin mine </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/coal_anthracite.jpg" alt="" title="Photo: Rogilbert via Wikimedia Commons" width="360" height="337" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>Halifax - Erdene Resource Development Corp., and giant multi-national coal exporter Xtrata, continue to move through federal environmental regulatory hurdles to re-develop the Donkin coal mine project in Cape Breton.&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/cape-breton-coal-mining-plans-inching-forward/10605" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/cape-breton-coal-mining-plans-inching-forward/10605#comments Brennan Vogel Environnement Santé Cape Breton climate climate change Climate Justice coal Colombia Congo Donkin Ecology Action Centre environment environmental assessment Environmental impact Erdene fossil fuels Glencore mining Sierra Club south africa Xtrata Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:46:08 +0000 bsichel 10605 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca