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Chicago’s $7 Billion Plan to Fix Crumbling Infrastructure

Written by Nadya Ivanova
Monday, 02 April 2012 12:19
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Chicago Spearheads $7 Billion Plan to Fix Its Crumbling Infrastructure

From expanding its largest airport to replacing century-old water pipes, Chicago introduces an ambitious construction plan that will be partly financed with public-private partnerships.

Once A Cleanup Leader, Michigan Struggles With Leaking Fuel

Written by Circle of Blue
Thursday, 29 March 2012 13:09
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The state’s water is at risk from 9,100 leaking underground storage tanks, second most in the United States.

Satellite Perspectives: NASA’s GRACE Program Sees Groundwater From Space

Written by Nadya Ivanova
Wednesday, 28 March 2012 09:20
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The winning design by Richard Vijgen in the World Water Day competition by HeadsUP and Visualizing.org will be on display in New York City's Times Square for one month. Titled “Seasonal and Longterm Changes in Groundwater Levels,” Vijgen's design uses NASA's gravitational data.

A first-of-its-kind space mission shows dips in groundwater supplies globally.

Written by Ned Breslin
Thursday, 22 March 2012 13:05
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We need a mind shift this World Water Day; a transformation in how we think about and the approach we take to getting the message out to the world about water on this one day. And the shift is long overdue.

Climate Change Alters the Calculus for Water Infrastructure Planning

Written by Brett Walton
Wednesday, 21 March 2012 10:23
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Adapting to climate change in the U.S., according to one estimate, will cost at least a half trillion dollars over the next four decades.

Fossil Fuel Boom Shakes Ohio, Spurring Torrent of Investment and Worry Over Water

Written by Keith Schneider
Monday, 12 March 2012 16:54
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Ohio’s shale oil and gas fortunes point up.

Written by Brett Walton
Monday, 05 March 2012 16:28
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Hundreds of billions of dollars are needed for renovation and improvement. But what projects will be chosen, and who will pay?

Ned Breslin: The Invisible Indian Indicator — On The Main Road and In Plain Sight

Written by Ned Breslin
Tuesday, 28 February 2012 14:22
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From a recent trip to rural India, Ned Breslin describes that moment when staff and partners made the jump to Everyone, highlighting the difference between counting beneficiaries like sheep and finding a particular community that signified that the ambition of everyone had been reached.

Global Perspectives: How Dry Weather in Argentina Could Affect Chicken Prices in Chicago

Written by Codi Yeager-Kozacek
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 12:41
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A South American drought keeps global grain reserves tight, but it could mean good things for North American corn producers.

President Obama’s 2013 Budget a Mixed Bag for Water, a Boon for Clean Energy

Written by Brett Walton
Tuesday, 14 February 2012 14:25
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President Obama spoke to students at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Va., on Monday, the day he submitted his fiscal year 2013 budget to Congress. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

The president throws more clean energy money at the Energy Department, while cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget come at the expense of water and sewer infrastructure.

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