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Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” is a common process used in the extraction of natural gas. This process is necessary to make the wells profitable by increasing yields. However, there is much controversy surrounding the process, which industry experts claim is safe. Oil and gas companies, along w...
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Annie Leonard Releases New Video on Story of Bottled Water for World Water Day by Jaymi Heimbuch Today is World Water Day - a day to celebrate and become ever more savvy about this incredibly finite resource that we all have to have access to in order to survive. Annie Leonard and crew are also on...
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By David Bois World Water Day 2010: Everything You Need to Know the annual UN-sponsored focus on the technical, social, and political challenges and opportunities relating to the world's supply of fresh water. We rarely give clean water and sanitation a second thought, mostly because our water de...
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If you've never heard of the Sacramento Delta, you're not alone. Even people who live in California aren't too sure where it is. But the Sacramento Delta is crucial to the health of the state, and climate change is threatening the delta's very existence. The Sacramento Delta is a small triangle of ...
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NRDC reports on the drinking water systems of 19 cities and finds that pollution, old pipes and outdated treatment threaten tap water quality. How's the Water? In many places there's a lot of work to be done: Tap water in many cities might pose a health risk to some residents Sometimes cities ...
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TapIt is a water bottle refilling network.  It was founded to give New Yorkers free access to clean sustainable water on the go, and is now expanding nation wide. Café owners sign up as ‘partners’ to provide water to the public. The public can find ‘water on the go’ with TapIt’s search and mapp...
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Antibiotics, Antimicrobials And Antifungals In Waterways "Rivers, creeks, lakes, estuaries, basins, sea waters and wells have been reported to be contaminated by several of these compounds," says Dr. Sauve, adding that a previous review by the scientific team also demonstrated that pharmaceuticals ...
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Italian officials are reducing the amount of plastic trash by encouraging people to drink the potable tap water instead of bottled water. This strategy has already made a difference in reducing the amount of overall plastic trash in Italy from 288 tons of plastic trash a month a year ago to 261 tons...
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"JANE'S SPEECH" ... at the demonstration. *Water is a Human Right* Excerpt from the novel and screenplay -“The Rules of Engagement”by Kenneth Hanis© 2008 - Property of Kenneth Hanis Introduction Scene: Jane is a very attractive Latina Woman in her late 20’s with unnaturally natural pale skin con...
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The population of California is more than that of Canada, accounting for more than 12% of all U.S. citizens living in the Golden State. With already strained water and energy resources, work to build consensus on appropriate environmentally sustainable alternatives is at the center of Clean Water Fu...
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About 4 out of 10 freshwater fish species in North America are in peril according to major study by Canadian, US and Mexican scientists. See The Associated Press, Seth Borenstein, The Denver Post, 9 11 08 for more. When will we get it, waterways are not toilets. Pollution kills and hurts the econom...
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Source Associated Press-June 12 2008, Four Homebuilders Fined for Runoff MDC Holdings Inc, Denver, CO; Centex Corp, Dallas, Texas, KB Home of Los Angeles, California and Pulte Homes Inc. of Broomfield Hills, Michigan have agreed to pay $4.3 million in fines for failing to control runoff at construc...
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The St Louis Post-Dispatch article by Sarah Lohman (June 11, 08) was really frightening. She reports that scientists predict the biggest ever dead zone of 10,000 square miles!!!!!! This is oxygen deprived water in which algae consumes oxygen forcing life to flee or die. The Midwestern corn grown fo...
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