Latest Stories in Clean Water - Page 2
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Film "Last Call at the Oasis" is Sobering Look at World Water Crisis
The water crisis is getting worse, whether or not we notice it every day.
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Buy a T-Shirt, Give the Gift of 25 Years of Clean Water
Help fund solutions to the global water crisis by purchasing a t-shirt from a company that donates to Thirst Relief for each shirt sold - enough money per shirt to give one person access to clean, drinkable water for 25 years!
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Access to Safe Water and Sanitation Could Save 2.5 Million Lives Annually
If everyone had access to the most basic of necessities - safe water to drink and adequate sanitation - many lives could be spared. 2.5 million lives, according to WaterAid.
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Students Clean Up Lake, Discover Sunken Treasure
On a recent outing to clean a polluted lake in downtown Oakland, one group sixth-graders were rewarded with something more than just sense of civic pride.
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SOM Architects Call for a 100 Year Vision for the Great Lakes
The availability and quality of fresh water to sustain a radically urbanizing world is unquestionably a core issue of our time and requires holistic environmental thinking at an unprecedented scale
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NASA Data Lights Up Times Square to Advertise the Groundwater Crisis
An interactive display took over a Times Square billboard to display information about the looming water crisis.
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Be a Hero for World Water Day!
Today is World Water Day, an occasion to remind the world about this most precious and vital of resources. Sadly, too many people still lack access to clean water for themselves and their animals.
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Donate Your Social Media Voice for World Water Week
Help amplify the message of the global water crisis by lending your social media updates to World Water Day 2012
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Global Water Supplies Threatened by Climate Change, Increased Demand
A report from the United Nations stresses that increased demand for fresh water, coupled with the effects of climate change, is threatening the world's water supplies.
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Miracle Tree Seeds and Sand Produce Inexpensive Clean Water
A substance from the so-called miracle tree can help to purify drinking water sustainably and inexpensively.
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100,000 Garbage Bags Worth of Trash Washes into San Francisco Bay Each Year
It turns out that behind the Golden Gate there lies much more than meets the eye.
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Is Graphene the Perfect Water Filter of the Future?
The wonder material keeps surprising us with useful properties. It might someday be used to purify water, among other uses.
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French Fish Move Back to a Cleaner Paris
32 species of fish have been found in the Seine, up from just three in 1972. Researchers credit the restoration of the river, not any reintroduction projects, for the success.
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A Community Traces Its Entire Water Cycle. Can You?
Knowing where your water comes from, and where it goes to, can be key to treating it with respect.
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New Flame Retardants as Bad as Old Flame Retardants
Flame retardants build up in the DNA of Great Lakes fish. Not cool.
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'Mad Scientist' File: Psychiatrist Suggests Dosing Irish Water With Lithium To Treat Depression
Phsychiatrist proposes putting lithium salts into Irish drinking water to curb mental depression caused by economic depression.
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Bottled & Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession With Bottled Water (Book Review)
Dr. Peter Gleick uncovers the complex truth to the bottled water industry, and makes a strong case for being realistic about our addiction.
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What Should California Do With Its Delta? Speak Up!
The draft EIR for San Joaquin Delta Plan was recently released, this is your opportunity to comment before January 2012.
