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Federal Water Tap, April 15: Climate Change Had Little Role in 2012 Drought; President Obama’s Budget
Written by Brett Walton
Monday, 15 April 2013 12:01
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The most severe drought in 117 years of recordkeeping on the Great Plains came quickly, without warning, and without any dominant cause, according to an analysis by university and government scientists. It was largely not a result of climate change, they claim, and it was not the result of the drought conditions in Texas from [...]
 
J. Carl Ganter: The Biggest Story of Our Lifetime Is Water
Written by J. Carl Ganter
Thursday, 28 March 2013 11:30
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For World Water Day 2013, Skoll World Forum and Circle of Blue asked four of the world’s leading water experts to weigh in. Here is what J. Carl Ganter, director of Circle of Blue, had to say about water's connection to 21st-century journalism.
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The Stream, January 7: Pollution Leads to Connecticut Lawsuits and China Alerts
Written by Andrew Maddocks
Monday, 07 January 2013 09:00
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Jurors in New Hampshire are expected to hear a lawsuit accusing two oil giants of major groundwater pollution. The trial against Exxon Mobil and Citgo, The New York Times reported, is expected to be the most complex and time-consuming in New Hampshire’s history, with 50,000 exhibits, more than 100 lawyers, and 230 witnesses. More than [...]
 
The Stream, December 20: Coal — World’s Top Energy Source by 2017
Written by Andrew Maddocks
Thursday, 20 December 2012 13:34
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By 2017, coal will supplant oil as the world’s top energy source, the International Energy Agency predicted. In the next five years, the world will increase its coal consumption by roughly the equivalent of the U.S. and Russia’s combined consumption today, driven primarily by growth in China and India. Read a report from Circle of [...]
 
The Stream, December 7: A New Route for Keystone XL?
Written by Codi Yeager-Kozacek
Friday, 07 December 2012 10:26
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A 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Japan near the site of the Fukushima disaster, creating a 1-meter (3.2 feet) tsunami, Reuters reported. Neither the quake nor the tsunami caused much damage. In this Guardian blog, George Monbiot questions the United Kingdom’s trial policy of biodiversity offsetting, which allows developers to destroy habitat for [...]
 
Scarcity of Water and Land Shifts Geography of Food Production and Irrigation Networks to China’s Northeast
Written by Keith Schneider
Friday, 09 November 2012 14:28
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China's Major Grains Map
Rich land, ample water, and human persistence have turned virgin prairie into the primary breadbasket for China, the world’s largest nation and second-largest economy that is pursuing grain production with a single-minded purpose.
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Food Supply, Fracking, and Water Scarcity Challenge China’s Juggernaut Economy
Written by Keith Schneider
Wednesday, 17 October 2012 10:52
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New project finds that building the world’s fastest-growing economy risks public safety and tests global resource limits.
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The Stream, October 4: Vivid Fall Foliage a Hidden Drought Benefit
Written by Andrew Maddocks
Thursday, 04 October 2012 11:07
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Conditions are ideal this year for brilliant fall foliage, National Geographic reported. Moderate drought can actually boost concentrations of anthocyanins – the natural pigments that color several tree species. Drought Damage Florida governor Rick Scott said his state needs more water from Georgia to boost levels in the Apalachicola Bay and relieve the state’s oyster [...]
 
The Stream, September 20: Energy Producers Neglect Water’s Value
Written by Andrew Maddocks
Thursday, 20 September 2012 08:00
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U.S. power producers are not calculating the cost of scarce water resources in coal, nuclear, natural gas and biomass energy production. That was the central finding in a study from The Civil Society Institute and the Environmental Working Group, reported in Bloomberg News. Water in a Changing Climate Pleasure boats and commercial ships in the [...]
 
Make Water A Priority: Former Government Leaders Call on UN Security Council
Written by Brett Walton
Monday, 10 September 2012 14:51
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The time is increasingly right for high-level action, the group’s water policy advisor tells Circle of Blue.
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