Water is a Key Issue in Iraqi Election, U.S. General Odierno Says |
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Opinion polls show that basic services such as water and electricity are top issues for Iraqis in the March 7 parliamentary elections, the United States’ commanding general in Iraq said last week. |
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Tehuacán Valley, Mexico Remains Resilient as Nation Faces Worst Water Crisis in Decades |
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Severe water scarcity is a daily reality for many in Mexico, particularly the people of Tehuacán Valley. |
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Divining Destiny: Water Challenges in Mexico’s Tehuacán Valley |
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Demand for Mexico’s finite supply of water will rise steadily for the foreseeable future. |
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Q&A: Raúl Garciadiego Helps Restore Access to Water in the Tehuacán Valley |
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The people who inhabit Tehuacán Valley in southeast Mexico humanize one of the greatest global crises. |
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Divining Destiny – Tehuacán, Mexico Field Team |
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Brent Stirton is the senior staff photojournalist for Getty Images and his work from the front lines of the world’s conflicts and crises is seen regularly in major international magazines. He has a rare gift for expressing compassion through his lens. His drive to tell the critical yet complex global story of water has led to some of the most powerful imagery to date. |
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Images from the Tehuacán Valley |
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Newsweek’s Latin America bureau chief and a top Getty photographer from South Africa were among the team that produced the content seen here. |
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Divining Destiny: Water Challenges in Mexico’s Tehuacán Valley |
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SPECIAL APPRECIATION to the Ford Foundation for investing in the power of the human story, well told. |
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Map and Statistics – Divining Destiny: Water Challenges in Mexico’s Tehuacán Valley |
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Tehuacán, meaning ‘Place of Stones’ in the native language of Nahuatl, is a centuries old city that lies in the Mexican state of Puebla, roughly 150 miles southeast of Mexico City. |
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Great Lakes Cleanup to Get $2.2 Billion in Federal Funding |
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The EPA plan released Sunday aims to clean up top pollution sites; block toxic runoff from cities and farms; restore sensitive wetlands; and establish a “zero tolerance policy” toward invasive species like the Asian carp. |
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Coastal Fog Trend Could Harm Iconic Redwoods |
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New study finds that lower levels of fog could leave coast redwoods more susceptible to drought damage. Reduced amounts of fog cover during the summer could be troublesome for the coast redwoods. |
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