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A rally of Canterbury residents are bringing contaminated drinking water to the offices of ECan (Environment Canterbury) in protest of years of inaction on the issue, as the council prepares to vote on a motion declaring a nitrate emergency. 💧

Cantabrians say “enough”: Nitrate-polluted tap water returned to ECan
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/press-release/cantabrians-say-enough-nitrate-polluted-tap-water-returned-to-ecan/

#tooManyCows #canterbury #cleanWaterNow #Nitrate #greenpeace

Ika Makimaki

@pezmico@mastodon.nz replied · 3 days ago

🎵 Ain’t no power like the power of the people, cause the power of the people don’t stop. 🎵
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ECan declares nitrate emergency amid rising water pollution protests
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/573310/ecan-declares-nitrate-emergency-amid-rising-water-pollution-protests

#tooManyCows #Nitrate #canterbury

RNZ

ECan declares nitrate emergency amid rising water pollution protests

The move comes after a survey found almost half the wells in the Canterbury region contained E. coli and rising nitrate levels.

Ika Makimaki

@pezmico@mastodon.nz replied · 3 days ago

A step in the right direction. 💧

Greenpeace applauds ECan for declaring nitrate emergency, calls for candidates to pledge real action
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/press-release/greenpeace-applauds-ecan-for-declaring-nitrate-emergency-calls-for-candidates-to-pledge-real-action/

#greenpeace #canterbury #freshWater #tooManyCows

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