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EPA Announces Study to Re-Examine the Health Risks of Hydrofracking
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States have begun implementing stricter standards for the controversial natural gas drilling process.
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Q&A: Thomas Bjelkeman-Pettersson Connecting Aid and Water Online at Akvo.org
Bjelkeman-Pettersson talked to Circle of Blue during the Tällberg Rework the World Conference in Sweden about sharing information to change the global direction on water and sanitation issues.
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UN Declares Access to Water and Sanitation a Human Right
While 122 of the 192 member states voted in favor of the resolution, the U.S. abstained.
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UN to Vote on Declaring Water a Human Right
The United Nations General Assembly will begin debating, and possibly vote on, a contentious and historic right-to-water resolution today.
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Michigan’s New Natural Gas Rush: Energy and Water in Play
Unprecedented mineral leasing could be big for energy production and hydraulic fracturing.
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PlayPump not a Panacea for Africa’s Water Problems
A technology once heralded as a simple solution to Africa’s drinking water problem now stands as a broken, unused and poorly planned reminder of international water aid’s latest misstep.
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China’s Oil Spill Threatens International Waters
The world's largest energy consuming country is plagued by potential ecological damage.
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Secretary Clinton Announces Pakistan Water Program
U.S. aid projects focus on city water systems, clean drinking water, dam construction and irrigation.
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Q&A: Mission Plastiki—Catching Wind, Storing Rain: David de Rothschild’s Quest for Pacific Plastic
Following the Plastiki's journey 11,000 miles through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch--a Texas-sized gyre of plastic litter.
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Ugandans Return Home to a Demolished Water Infrastructure
More than 20 years of conflict in northern Uganda have led to an abandoned and destroyed water infrastructure, as most citizens lack access to sanitary drinking water.
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Water Scarcity Constrains Food, Energy Security in Vietnam
As the Southeast Asian country battles with climate change, it looks to use less hydropower.
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