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The Stream, November 14: Flooding Hits Rome
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Extreme Weather
Suburbs, towns and farms outside of Rome flooded…
Support for UN Water Treaty Accelerates
Progress on the treaty, which deals with transboundary water basins, or those shared by two or more countries, had stalled — until a major conservation group got involved.
Watching World Droughts and Food Stocks
The world food situation isn’t looking good right now.
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The Stream, August 3: Floods Wipe Out North Korea’s Drinking Water
More than 3 million Syrians will require food aid over the next…
The Stream, August 1: Urbanization and Rainstorm Connection
China
China canceled plans for a pipeline that would have dumped…
EIA Report: Global Energy Use To Grow 50 Percent by 2035 — Half of Increase from Fossil Fuels in China and India
The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently published its annual report on global energy projections. Though renewable energy sources and nuclear power, along with unconventional fossil fuels, will phase out coal production over the next two decades, it will not be at the pace necessary to offset greenhouse gas emissions
The Stream, June 13: Drought in England
England experienced its driest spring in a century last month,…
The Stream, May 6: Alberta Oil Spill
About 28,000 barrels of crude oil spilled from a broken pipeline…
Melting Ice Blurs Borders and Freezes Relations
Borders in this part of Europe haven't changed since 1861.…
Mussolini’s prosperous marsh needs new ecology, suggests MIT architect
TERRACINA, Italy - Famous for aquatic architectural anomalies…
Venice urges tourists to drink from fountains
ROME - As summer sets in, tourists visiting Venice will find…