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Violence broke out between the Massai and Kikuyu tribes in Kenya over water access that left hundreds homeless and 80 dead. The Kikuyus are farmers who trade for a living, AlertNet reported, while the Maasai are pastoral herders, and water scarcity often leads to violent disputes over the two for regular access. However, encouraging signs [...]
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Sandy, the hurricane turned mega-storm that battered the United States’ East Coast earlier this week, could cost insurers $US 5 billion to $US 10 billion, while economic losses are estimated anywhere between $US 10 billion and $US 20 billion, Reuters reported. The increasing cost of natural disasters could pressure Congress to take action on climate [...]
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Middle East Israel’s government plans totransfer water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea, where water levels are dropping more than one meter (3.3 feet) each year. China The average per capita 236.5 millimeters (9.3 inches) of rain to one town, Xinhua reported. North America Canada Wednesday announced new selling city tap water that [...]
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A first-of-its-kind space mission shows dips in groundwater supplies globally.
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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.
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The New York City water department delivers nearly 4 million cubic meters (1 billion gallons) of water per day to 9 million customers. To keep up with demand and to meet water quality regulations, the city is undertaking several major water infrastructure projects.
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A report from the Natural Resources Defense Council describes water threats and adaptations in a dozen American cities.
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In many cities, water travels far to reach the tap. Residents of the planet’s driest places rely on extensive waterways to deliver their supply. Click through the interactive infographic below to learn more about 10 cities that pipe water in from distant aquifers, plus additional plans to expand waterway networks even further.
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The documentary “Gasland” has shown at film festivals and on HBO.
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Protecting natural capital provides significant benefits at a fraction of the cost of restoring a degraded ecosystems.
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Pennsylvania’s latest budget proposal includes a tax on energy firms that tap the state’s shale gas reserves.
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Fracking could contaminate New York’s unfiltered water supply and require costly filtration, report says.
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After 11 weeks in court, a federal jury has found ExxonMobil liable for polluting six public drinking wells in southeastern Queens.
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NEW YORK CITY — Could the economic downturn affect consumers of H2O in the Big Apple? If water bills continue increasing, it just might.
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This November almost one-hundred creative student thinkers, designers and entrepreneurs plan to gather in New York City for the launch of DROP, a campaign to raise cross-generational awareness of the impending water crisis.
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Brooklyn students and mentors spent this past summer learning the art of supply and demand — of water, that is.
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Corps of Army Engineers is proposing to install Yazoo pumps in the Mississippi River Delta, but the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making public their veto of the plan. The wetland their veto protects is greater in size than all five boroughs of New York City, notes American Rivers. For the [...]
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NEW YORK – While a growing number of scientists and citizens alike sound the alarm to signal that water’s future is on the rocks, connoisseurs of the element in its frozen state could not agree more.
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Flirting with the idea of drilling for energy in the Marcellus shale.
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