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Victoria Harbour, 维多利亚港, Plus A Few Passing Boats
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#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #Photo #Photography #POTD #PhotoOfTheDay #Travel #Sea #Ocean #TravelPhotography #Water #CamelCase #BNW #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Monochrome #Harbour #Boat #Boats #Nautical #Maritime #MotionBlur #LightTrail #LightTrails #HongKong #VictoriaHarbour #Night #Dark #Cityscape #UrbanPhotography #City #China #Asia #Asian #Chinese #香港 #香港島 #维多利亚港
#Trump admin accused of #WarCrimes after strike leaves thousands without #water
[One of the very few times I agree with an official statement from Iran]
“For a state that once cast itself as the global champion of order, liberalism, and the war on #terrorism, proudly displaying images of destroyed bridges and #civilian infrastructure has become its only remaining ‘victory,’” said Esmaeil Baqaei, a spokesperson for #Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Saturday.
“Yet with the collapse of every bridge, every tower, and every #civilian facility, it is not merely steel and concrete that is being reduced to #rubble. It is #America’s moral standing—along with the entire architecture of #InternationalLaw and the #Civilization claims of the West—that is crumbling before the world’s eyes.”
rawstory.com/iran-war-26772431…
#USAggression #DementiaDon #unhinged #authoritarian
Trump admin accused of 'war crime' after strike leaves thousands without water: report
About 10,000 people in nearly two dozen villages in southern Iran were without drinking water while the region was under an excessive heat warning on Saturday, after the US struck a water desalination plant in the village of Bonji in one of its lates…Julia Conley, Common Dreams (Raw Story)
“Water failure now top threat to UK – where’s the institutional panic?”
by Skwawkbox with The Canary
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@uk_politics
@UKLabour
“After decades of under-investment by greedy private water companies, the failure of the UK’s water supply is now the top threat to the UK, alongside a new pandemic.”
thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/07…
#Press #SocialMedia #UK #Water #WaterSupply #Privatisation #Risk #Threat #Pandemic #CorporateGreed #Nationalisation #PublicOwnership #Labour #Burnham #ThamesWater #NationalSecurity
Water failure now top threat to UK – we should be worried
The UK's water supply is under major threat. What could be a bigger risk to our national security than the failure of our water reserves?Skwawkbox (The Canary)
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🗣YAAAAAAAAAAAAS HOCHUL YOUGOGRRRRRRRL!
i honestly did not think she had it in her to do this. am pleasantly shocked and am saying it right now: she has won her re-election.
#NYS cannot afford to give away our drinking #water to OPEC backed vultures. NYS has one of the most extremely managed water systems in the world because, without it, #nyc wouldn’t exist.
data centers in upstate new york would destroy life in Manhattan as we know it.
DON’T FUCK WITH NEW YORK.
New York won't build big data centers for a year as it weighs energy and climate risks
NEW YORK (AP) — No large data centers can be built in New York for up to a year as the state creates rules to protect the environment and its energy grid from the power-hungry facilities fueling artificial intelligence. Gov.Associated Press - By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE
NEW: Oil companies are blasting millions of gallons of toxic waste underground each year — less than a half-mile from Enid, Oklahoma’s water wells.
But to protect their city, officials must appeal to the state agency that created the problem.
propublica.org/article/enid-ok…
#News #Oklahoma #Oil #Gas #Environment #Pollution #Water #Regulation
Enid, Oklahoma’s Fight to Protect Its Water From Oil and Gas Pollution — ProPublica
Oklahoma restricts oil field wastewater injection within a half-mile of public water wells. Regulators have let companies do it anyway. But in the city of Enid, officials are pushing back against one of the state’s biggest industries.Al Shaw (ProPublica)
NEW: Native American Tribes Came Together to Secure Their Rights to Colorado River Water. Four States Are Stalling the Deal.
Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming are resisting the deal because it would allow the Navajo and Hopi to lease water to cities downstream, likely the growing towns around Phoenix.
propublica.org/article/colorad…
#Colorado #NewMexico #Utah #Wyoming #Native #Indigenous #Water #River
Violence over #water resources is worsening. My new book, "When the Well is Dry," talks about the history of water conflicts &how to move to peace and cooperation. It's available for pre-order now!!
"We finally have a comprehensive account of the building water crisis that we've long needed, and that it comes with workable ideas for addressing it is a great bonus. Peter Gleick speaks with utter authority here." --Bill McKibben
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When the Well Is Dry - The New Press
A comprehensive look at the relationship between water and violence, and how we can move from conflict to cooperation and peace, by one of the world’s leading water experts The first major water war erupted around 2500 BCE, when the Sumerian city-sta…The New Press
NEW: OPB and ProPublica found that water from one of Oregon’s most iconic rivers, the Deschutes, is largely given away to wealthy landowners who are turning the high desert green with lush pastures and landscaping.
propublica.org/article/deschut…
#News #Oregon #Farming #Agriculture #Water #River #Drought #Law
Oregon Water Law Benefits Wealthy Landowners at Farmers’ Expense — ProPublica
In the high desert of Central Oregon, the Deschutes River is a lifeline for farmers and landowners — but a century-old water law entitles just a few thousand people to more than half of its volume.Emily Cureton Cook (ProPublica)
