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Tenacity and technology: Current freshwater crisis has solutions, Scientific American article explains
As demand for water skyrockets and droughts abound, an article in the recent Scientific American presents a six-point plan to mitigate the world’s water woes. Water infrastructure must change for the better, it declares. Read the story »
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Oil tanker spills 420,000 gallons into Mississippi River
HOUSTON - Coast Guard officials have had to act quickly to close down twenty-nine miles of the Mississippi River near New Orleans due to an oil spill Wednesday morning, Reuters reports. Read the story »
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Australia Water Commission considers scarcity pricing
AUSTRALIA - When water is scarce, Australians might face steep charges for usage rather than traditional restrictions imposed during times of drought. Read the story »
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Tenacity and technology: Current freshwater crisis has solutions, Scientific American article explains
As demand for water skyrockets and droughts abound, an article in the recent Scientific American presents a six-point plan to mitigate the world’s water woes. Water infrastructure must change for the better, it declares. Read the story »
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Mideast water supply requires heavy cash flow
CAIRO - In the midst of a food crisis, the Middle East and North Africa are beginning to rethink their water needs, the New York Times reports. Read the story »
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Farmers issue rally cry for water in California
SACRAMENTO, California - Some Californians have celebrated Governor Schwarzenegger’s and Senator Feinstein’s proposed bond for water, other have balked at its impracticality. Either way, farm workers from around the state are rallying Read the story »
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Oil giant wins bids for industrial water plant in IndiaKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A concession agreement made this Friday in West Bengal, India grants Haldia Water Management Ltd (HWML) a...
Mideast water supply requires heavy cash flowCAIRO - In the midst of a food crisis, the Middle East and North Africa are beginning to rethink their water needs, the New York Times...
Destroying wetlands could set off “carbon bomb”Often eyed for their development potential, wetlands contain 20 percent of the earth’s carbon and nearly 800 billion tons of...
Three Gorges exodus completeBEIJING - After four years of migration, over 4 million people have been evacuated from their homes to make way for the waters of China’s...
Texas residents still lack water as EPA grant expires, unspentSANTA ROSA, Texas - A recent EPA audit revealed that a $4 million grant to the city of Santa Rosa was never spent, according to a report...
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Tenacity and technology: Current freshwater crisis has solutions, Scientific American article explainsAs demand for water skyrockets and droughts abound, an article in the recent Scientific American presents a six-point plan to mitigate...
Tips from Thames: Water company making surplus in time of resource deficitENGLAND - Britian’s largest water company, Thames Water, split around $2 million in bonuses last year, the Guardian announces....
Despite backlash to bottled water, profits growNew York, NY - Bottled water may be going the way of the dodo, if you believe the hype in the media these days. But despite the backlash...
GE - Shining light on waterBOSTON - Surging oil prices have captured the attention of consumers and leaders around the globe, but General Electric Co is already...
Bottling plans scaled backSACRAMENTO - The Nestle company on Monday said it is significantly scaling back plans in Northern California to build what would have...
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Bay Area looking for herosSAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and a representative of Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums gathered...
How to make water out of urineMUMBAI, INDIA — For World Water Day, Ogilvy & Mather in Mumbai decided to go the educational route and actually teach us...
Coca-Cola London admits that Dasani is nothing but tap waterLONDON — It made for great headlines, but the fact that the UK version of Coca-Cola’s Dasani brand bottled water comes...
Tapping into Consumer AssumptionsAre we naive when it comes to bottled water? Read more here. Popularity: unranked Read More →
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Tenacity and technology: Current freshwater crisis has solutions, Scientific American article explainsAs demand for water skyrockets and droughts abound, an article in the recent Scientific American presents a six-point plan to mitigate...
Texas residents still lack water as EPA grant expires, unspentSANTA ROSA, Texas - A recent EPA audit revealed that a $4 million grant to the city of Santa Rosa was never spent, according to a report...
From tap to bottled in 18 milesNEW YORK - After two years of extremely heated debate that included references to ecology, history, geography, and the politics of...
Coke thirsts to be water neutralCoke has good business reasons to take sustainability seriously. Its brand is all-important. It depends on clean water, a scarce resource....
US water utilities partner to study climate change effectsDENVER — Eight utilities across the United States - from New York to Southern California - have formed the Water Utility Climate...
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