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Fuel, Food, or Water?
Nations make tradeoffs to feed ever-increasing energy needs
A brief by C.T. Pope
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With fuel prices still on the rise, President Bush held a press conference on Tuesday to call for an increase in U.S. biofuel production in order to mitigate the country’s dependence on foreign oil. Read more »
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Commentary
China Routes Water from Country to Olympics
BEIJING - Chinese laborers are busy building a canal to transport water to Beijing as part of the national effort to prepare for the Olympic Games.
The central government wants Beijing green and gleaming come August, even if it means others may have to go without. Read more »
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Science+Tech
Samsung to produce water-powered mobile phone battery
Samsung announced that it will come up with new mobile phone battery that would be powered by water. Read more »
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Business
Australian rice woes: high prices, but no water, no crop
AUSTRALIA –Australia’s failed rice crop — the country will export barely one-tenth of its usual average this year — has been blamed for contributing to global shortages and a more than doubling of the global rice price. But Sunrice chief executive Gary Helou says the accusation against Australia is “terribly ill-informed,” adding, “Australia is an extremely small player.” Read more »
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Arts
Photos: Losing our Lakes
Scientists point to global warming, drought, growing demand and other factors to explain the contined drop in lake levels around the world. A photo collection from Newsweek provides perspective.
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Source : Newsweek
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Water Data
All the Water in the World
A diagram, by Circle of Blue, illustrating just how little freshwater the world has to work with. If all the world’s water were to fit inside 100 glasses, the supply available to humanity would not fill three quarters of one glass. Read the story »
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UN map shows unsustainable agriculture irrigation worldwide
Unsustainable water withdrawals for irrigation on every continent are clearly illustrated in a map published by the United Nations Environment Programme. Read the story »
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Worldwide Cholera Cases
Cholera is an infection of the intestine, that causes copious watery diarrhoea, vomiting and leg cramps, and can quickly result in dehydration and death. Cholera is most common where there is poor sanitation and no access to clean water. Read the story »
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Focus: China
China, Tibet, and the strategic power of water
Pollution and global warming threaten Asia’s most important freshwater source
Circle of Blue reports on a crucial but little-known factor in China-Tibet debate Read the story »
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Geoffrey Dableko: Talking Water and Opportunities for Environmental Peacemaking
Dr. Geoffrey D. Dabelko is director of the Environmental Change and Security Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. Dabelko discusses water, peacemaking and challenges in China and the Tibetan Plateau. Read the story »
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China Checks Water After 200 Sickened
BEIJING - China has ordered quality checks on barreled water around the country after polluted water made more than 200 people sick, newspapers said on Tuesday.
The victims, all from the southwestern province of Guizhou, fell ill with hepatitis A in the last few weeks, the Beijing News said. Read the story »
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Commentary: The Great Lakes are Not Reservoirs
Jerry Dennis: Is anyone surprised that the Chinese would siphon water from Tibet’s sacred lakes to produce power and irrigate grasslands? Probably not. In the battle between sacred places and commerce, the sacred rarely stands a chance. Read the story »
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Water Rationing on the Way in California
CONTRA COSTA, California - The East Bay’s largest water supplier is likely to impose mandatory rationing next month that could include higher water rates, limits on outdoor sprinklers or possibly a ban on car washing. Elsewhere in the East Bay, residents are expected to be asked to conserve water voluntarily. Read the story »
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China, Tibet, and the strategic power of waterPollution and global warming threaten Asia’s most important freshwater source Circle of Blue reports on a crucial but little-known...
Geoffrey Dableko: Talking Water and Opportunities for Environmental PeacemakingDr. Geoffrey D. Dabelko is director of the Environmental Change and Security Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
Fuel, Food, or Water?Nations make tradeoffs to feed ever-increasing energy needs A brief by C.T. Pope Circle of Blue With fuel prices still on the rise,...
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Geoffrey Dableko: Talking Water and Opportunities for Environmental PeacemakingDr. Geoffrey D. Dabelko is director of the Environmental Change and Security Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for...
Fuel, Food, or Water?Nations make tradeoffs to feed ever-increasing energy needs A brief by C.T. Pope Circle of Blue With fuel prices still on the rise,...
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Eco-friendly architecture through smart designThe May 2008 issue of Vanity Fair (the third annual “Green Issue”) features an article in the “Architecture”...
Photos: Losing our LakesScientists point to global warming, drought, growing demand and other factors to explain the contined drop in lake levels around the...
Sachs: Water Crisis Will Continue to GrowEnvironmentalists have long warned about the crisis in nonrenewable resources, such as oil. Water, of course, is the ultimate renewable...
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All the Water in the WorldA diagram, by Circle of Blue, illustrating just how little freshwater the world has to work with. If all the world’s water were...
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