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NASA Satellite image of Lake Poyang

Urban waste and falling water levels signaled a rough start to 2012 for some of the world’s largest and most iconic freshwater lakes.

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Closing in on nearly two decades in court, this “David and Goliath” fight seems far from over. Plaintiffs contend that no amount of money can repair the damage to the environment and to the lives of the 30,000 who claim to have been affected, while the U.S. oil company has denounced the Ecuadorean court system as corrupt.

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Climate change became a hot-button issue at a recent U.N. Security Council meeting.

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TaKaDu uses algorithms to save water, energy, and money for utility companies around the globe.

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Hundreds have died in Colombian floods, as cooler sea temperatures affect regions around the Pacific; climate change seen as a possible cause.

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Peruvian asparagus and Costa Rican pineapples illustrate the threats global agribusiness poses to the environment.

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One of the reasons for the explosive growth in the sales of bottled water in the past two decades (the average American now drinks nearly 30 gallons of commercial bottled water per year, up from 1 gallon in 1980), is the disappearance of public drinking water fountains.

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Prolonged drought in the basin has impaired economic activity in northeastern Peru.

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A breakdown of gallons of water used by transportation fuels per mile.

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Withheld report was requested and funded by Congress.

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