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The Stream, March 26: Water Spills From Oil Sands Project in Canada

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Canada Oil Sands An unknown volume of water has been released…

The Stream, March 26: Water Spills From Oil Sands Project in Canada

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Canada Oil Sands An unknown volume of water has been released…

The Stream, March 22: World Water Day 2013

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To kick off World Water Day 2013, the United Nations released…

The Stream, March 8: Disputes Over Dams, Rivers, and Groundwater

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Water Disputes China is once again eying the Nu River (Salween…

The Stream, February 27: Water Consumption of Global Food Supply Chains

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Food Sustainability A new interactive tool, developed by the…

The Stream, February 5: Water-Energy Nexus in China

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When a Greenpeace China rapid response team ventured to a chemical…

The Stream, January 30: After Cyclone, Water Supplies Tight in Brisbane

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Storms spawned by Tropical Cyclone Oswald created "record turbidity…

The Stream, January 22: Water Cooperation Far Outweighs Conflict

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The latest issue of the UNESCO journal, A World of Science, is focused on the human face of water politics. Researchers have found that conflict is no more likely in arid nations than in humid nations, and that water conflicts, when they do arise, are not more or less frequent in a nation based on their wealth or political structure. The report is released in anticipation of the beginning of the 2013 UN International Year of Water Cooperation.

The Stream, January 11: Global Food Price Index Falls

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U.S. Drought The Food Price Index for December 2012, released…

The Stream, January 2: Pollution, Flooding & the Safety of Bottled Water

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Pollution A pig farm in the Chinese town of Houtonglong has…

The Stream, December 27: Evaporation to Exacerbate Western Water Shortages

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Temperatures nudged higher by climate change will increase evaporation…

The Stream, December 26: China’s Big Desalination Plans

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China has revealed plans to boost its desalination capacity to…