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Illinois Company Receives Grant to Export Asian Carp to China
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Asian carp are heading home, 40,000 pounds at a time.
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Giving Our Choke Point The Heimlich Maneuver
In the U.S. a fifth of all energy may be consumed by water, and the biggest use of water – 42% by some estimates – is for energy.
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Export Agriculture Drains Latin America’s Water Supplies
Peruvian asparagus and Costa Rican pineapples illustrate the threats global agribusiness poses to the environment.
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Seattle University Bans Bottled Water on Campus
The university joins a nationwide movement to promote tap water over bottled water.
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World’s Rivers Are in Crisis, Global Report Says
International study finds serious threats to the world’s fresh water.
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Murray-Darling Basin Plan Angers Australian Farmers
A government plan to reduce irrigation diversions has farmers up in arms.
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Egypt’s Assets in Ethiopia May Help Ease Tensions Over Nile River
The African country reaches out to its Nile Basin neighbor.
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Infographic: Water and Energy
The emerging collision between the diminishing water supplies and the rising energy demand across the sectors of the U.S. economy.
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Asian Carp Czar Outlines Plan to Eradicate Invasive Fish
Announcement comes, as Canada plans joint effort with the United States to study the threat posed to the Great Lakes
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The Rising Cost of Settling the American Desert
Power plant that moves torrent of water uphill considers closing
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Toxic Sludge Carries Arsenic, Mercury Into Danube River
High levels of mercury and arsenic have been released from a containment pond at a Hungarian alumina plant, according to Greenpeace.
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China’s Climate Emissions Are Global Issue, But Water Scarcity Is Greater Domestic Priority
China hosts its first U.N. climate conference as the country works to wed its financial and environmental ambitions.