- How-China-owns-Australia-buying-infrastructure-land-water https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7725675/amp/how-china-owns-australia-buying-infrastructure-land-water.html 6 comments worldnews
- Many protected landscapes owned by English water firms in disrepair, data shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/31/water-companies-natural-england-sites-special-scientific-interest 2 comments environment
- Water’s worth: It sits beneath Nebraska’s farmland and has serious value. But who owns it? https://investigatemidwest.org/2024/03/04/waters-worth-it-sits-beneath-nebraskas-farmland-and-has-serious-value-but-who-owns-it/ 3 comments environment
- Arizona communities sink after Saudi Arabia pumps water out of the state: 'It's horrific' | Gov. Katie Hobbs revoked a lease for Saudi Arabia-owned farm in October, but UAE based Al Dahra is still allowed to continue drilling under the state’s relaxed water laws. https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/arizona-sinking-groundwater-drilling-industrial-agriculture/ 61 comments law
- A record share of U.S. households now own stocks. In 2022, about 58% of American households owned stock. That's the highest on record, trouncing the previous high water mark of 53% seen during the dot-com boom. https://www.axios.com/2023/10/18/percentage-americans-own-stock-market-investing 4 comments economy
- Who owns water? | DW Documentary (2022) [00:42:26] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9edWX7TTsLw 8 comments documentaries
- Petition Launched to Cut Off Power, Water to Russian-Owned Buildings in Prague https://www.praguemorning.cz/petition-cut-off-power-russian-buildings-prague/ 37 comments europe
- England’s water: the world’s piggy bank. England’s privatised water system is owned by funds, banks and billionaires across the world https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2022/nov/30/englands-water-the-worlds-piggy-bank 10 comments worldnews
- Wells are running dry in drought-weary Southwest as foreign-owned farms guzzle water to feed cattle overseas | CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/05/us/arizona-water-foreign-owned-farms-climate/index.html 13 comments environment
- Russian-Owned Georgian Mineral Water Giant Suspends Production https://civil.ge/archives/488103 4 comments europe
- In the Netherlands, water, electricity & gas networks are all publicly owned - it's illegal to privatise any of them. They are also ranked as one of the best countries for investments in renewable energy. It’s no coincidence. https://twitter.com/BeckettUnite/status/1516432417598455814 155 comments economy
- Gas-fired power plant owned by Atlas Holdings in Dresden, NY uses 139 million gallons of water a day to cool bitcoin mining equipment expelling water as high as 108 degrees into the lake https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/some-locals-say-bitcoin-mining-operation-ruining-one-finger-lakes-n1272938 60 comments cryptocurrency
- Ok, so Mars is "international waters", Perseverance carries Ingenuity, does that mean that NASA owns now an operational aircraft carrier? None 6 comments navy
- Africa’s First Electric Bus Plant Will Industrialize Uganda While Fighting Pollution - Ugandan-owned Kiira Motors Corp.’s new e-bus factory is bringing roads, power lines and water service to a rural area. http://archive.vn/u9t6o 6 comments worldnews
- The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius declared a “state of environmental emergency” after a Japanese-owned ship that ran aground offshore days ago began spilling tons of fuel. Satellite images showed a dark slick spreading in the turquoise waters near “very sensitive” environmental areas https://apnews.com/c2622cd090a3ffb7d868825bc2a646df 8 comments environment
- Nestle sells Pure Life Canadian bottled water business to family owned company as changes to Ontario groundwater rules loom https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/nestle-pure-life-1.5635472 94 comments worldnews
- Chinese state-owned enterprises have acquired water entitlements in Australia and some foreign water investors face limited scrutiny by the Foreign Investment Review Board. Water has been a tradable commodity since water rights were "unbundled" from agriculture and property interests. https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-06/chinese-state-owned-companies-buy-up-water-in-murray-darling/12215548 41 comments worldnews
- Alko to start selling bottled water - Finland's state-owned alcohol retailer said it wants to raise the importance of drinking water, particularly when having a tipple. https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/alko_to_start_selling_bottled_water/10769696 3 comments europe
- Temporary foreign workers at a berry farm owned by Aquilinis - who also own the Canucks, say they were denied water by Luigi Aquilini himelf - who they say forced them to pick 15lbs of blueberries in an hour before he would allow them any water. https://twitter.com/ashdkelly/status/1133437056753971200 184 comments hockey
- AfD in hot water with US museum over campaign billboard: The Berlin chapter of the far-right party recently unveiled a billboard featuring a painting owned by the museum to rail against Muslim immigrants. The Clark Art Institute has called for AfD to stop using the image https://www.dw.com/en/afd-in-hot-water-with-us-museum-over-campaign-billboard/a-48508555 3 comments worldnews
- Who keeps buying California's scarce water? Saudi Arabia: "Saudi-based Almarai owns 15,000 acres of an irrigated valley – but what business does a foreign food production company have drawing resources from a US desert?" [United States of America] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/25/california-water-drought-scarce-saudi-arabia 6 comments economy
- Ethiopia suspends mining licence for company owned by Saudi billionaire Mohammed al-Amoudi, after more than a week of sometimes violent protests. Locals say chemicals use to process gold at the open pit mine have polluted water streams and the air http://www.mining.com/ethiopia-suspends-midroc-gold-mining-license-weeks-protests/ 5 comments worldnews
- Lead Is a National Crisis: We Need to Fight for Clean, Publicly Owned Water Before It Is Too Late http://inthesetimes.com/article/21095/lead_water_flint_keith_ellison_infrastructure 21 comments politics
- Who owns water? The US landowners putting barbed wire across rivers https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/15/privatized-rivers-us-public-lands-waterways 20 comments politics
- Obama bans oil drilling 'permanently' in millions of acres of ocean: Outgoing US President Barack Obama has permanently banned offshore oil and gas drilling in the "vast majority" of US-owned northern waters. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38387525 29 comments worldnews
- Lithuanian state-owned ship violates Swedish territorial waters twice in one week http://www.forsvarsmakten.se/sv/aktuellt/2016/09/litauiskt-statsfartyg-brot-mot-tilltradesforordningen/ 86 comments europe
- Residents challenge council on sale of 40 billion litres of aquifer water.The battle over just who owns our water is being fought across the country. Water ownership is also an in issue in Hawke's Bay. Regional councillor Peter Beaven says everyone should own the precious resource. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11648550 75 comments worldnews
- Donald Trump, a critic of global warming, wants to build wall to protect his golf course in Ireland from rising seas - Officials at the Trump-owned course have said the beach area by the resort's 18th green has been disappearing by about three feet annually due to the rising waters. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-seeks-wall-irish-golf-threatened-rising-seas-article-1.2647423 27 comments politics
- Brazil dam burst: at least 15 feared dead after disaster at BHP-owned mine. 300k with no drinking water. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-12/brazil-dam-burst-mine-owners-tour-devastation-as-new-evacuation/6933634 21 comments worldnews
- A dam holding back waste water from an iron ore mine in Brazil that is owned by Vale and BHP Billiton burst on Thursday, devastating a nearby town with mudslides and leaving officials in the remote region scrambling to assess casualties http://af.reuters.com/article/worldnews/idafkcn0su38u20151106?sp=true 17 comments worldnews
- On Tuesday, the Obama administration released a proposal to sell offshore oil and gas leases in new areas of federally owned waters, including regions along the Atlantic Coast from Virginia to Georgia. http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/01/27/3615965/oil-and-gas-drilling-proposal-atlantic/ 3 comments politics
- World’s Most Pristine Waters Polluted by US Navy Human Waste - American military has poured 100s of tons of sewage into protected coral lagoon on British-owned Diego Garcia. It's 1 of world's most isolated & controversial military installations since Brits removed islanders to make way for US. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/pollution/worlds-most-pristine-waters-are-polluted-by-us-navy-human-waste/articleshow/32068097.cms 308 comments worldnews
- 'Fishermen in slavery' in NZ waters: Indonesian seafarers are being beaten, raped and forced to eat rotten food in slum-like conditions aboard Korean-owned fishing boats, according to a New Zealand study. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/modern-slavery-on-korean-fishing-boats/story-e6frg6so-1226113886388 231 comments worldnews
- "Sometime over the next three months, if all goes according to plan, Cuban workers on a Chinese-built, Spanish-owned rig will start drilling for oil in the mile-deep waters just off the north coast of Cuba...If the drill hits a major oil deposit..the discovery will unleash a cascade of developments" http://nationaljournal.com/magazine/will-sloppy-drilling-off-the-coast-of-cuba-threaten-florida-gulf-beaches--20110728 3 comments worldnews
- Vitaminwater (owned by Coca-Cola) says its sugar water is better than flu shots. http://blogs.forbes.com/matthewherper/2011/02/08/why-vitaminwater-is-bad-for-public-health/ 9 comments science
- "An international space treaty created at the height of the Cold War likely makes it very difficult for any party to claim rights to the lunar water . . . That 1967 treaty, ratified by the U.S., China, India and 95 other countries, in effect prevents any nation from owning the moon." http://online.wsj.com/article/sb10001424052702303339504575566611824067000.html?keywords=ashby+jones 62 comments science
- House ethics investigators formally said they will hold a public trial to determine if Rep. Maxine Waters violated congressional rules by helping steer federal funds to a bank in which her husband owned stock. http://online.wsj.com/article/sb10001424052748704271804575405511871022830.html?mod=wsj_hpp_middletopstories 4 comments politics
- Last blockade-runner ship, Irish-owned MV Rachel Corrie, still steaming onwards, due in Gaza in 36 hours. Irish Foreign Minister warns "we want maximum restraint and we do not want any interception in international waters". http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0603/breaking60.html 3 comments reddit.com
- United States has used and may be continuing to use the British-owned atoll of Diego Garcia and its territorial waters as a rendition hub and detention center for suspected terrorists. http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/7/31/23352/3732/965/560421 3 comments politics
- Want Water? Pay the Price! | The Water Crisis and Who 'Owns' Water... http://www.businesspundit.com/interview-with-david-zetland/ 38 comments business