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London mayor echoes Maathai: City needs to harvest rainwater, plant trees


LONDON — London, a city wrapped in the humidity of heatwaves and rainfall, is at risk for increased flooding as the globe warms, warns Mayor Boris Johnson.

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Nestlé granted permission to drink from Michigan wells


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DETROIT – While most of the world’s glaciers are shrinking, Nestlé’s Ice Mountain continues to expand. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recently granted Nestlé permission to withdraw water from wells and wetlands in Evart, Michigan.

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The secret lives of forests: An interview with Nobel Laureate, Wangari Maathai


In an interview with Circle of Blue, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai discusses the crucial role forests play as rainwater harvesters.

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Dirty waters: Corruption infects global water services


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Transparency International’s Global Corruption Report: misconduct rife in water sector

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Op-ed: Not a ‘natural’ disaster


NEW DELHI – The floods India and Nepal have suffered this season need not have wrought such havoc, an editorial in India’s Business Standard declares.

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Indonesia launches clean water, sanitation campaign


JAKARTA – In synchrony with the United Nations’ Year of Sanitation, Indonesia is launching a campaign to improve its population’s access to clean water and sanitation, IRIN reports.

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Information flow: Australian Senate deliberates how to save Murray-Darling


In worried response to a rapidly desiccating Murray-Darling river basin, the Australian Senate just approved an inquiry into the availability of current supplies.

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Signifying thirst: New anthology explores why water matters


Social theorists believe that meaning exists in relation, in the exchange of words and images between people. David Elliot Cohen’s new anthology, What Matters, takes this theory to heart

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New energy, old dams: Maine to restore Penobscot River ecosystem


OLD TOWN, Maine – The Atlantic Salmon, a species listed as endangered in eight of Maine’s rivers, will soon have fewer migratory hurdles to handle. The Penobscot River Restoration Trust recently announced their decision to purchase three Maine river dams from the PPL Corporation.

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College cafeterias drop trays to save water


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GLENVILLE, W.Va — College cafeterias across the nation are ditching trays in order to become more “green”, LiveScience reports.

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