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Collaboration to focus on water, energy, and climate in China and Great Lakes. Immersive program puts advanced students in the center of “one of the decade’s biggest news, policy, and technology issues.”

Memo to Hu and Obama: Water and Energy Choke Points Merit Time at the China-U.S. Summit

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January 18, 2011

Collaborate on resolving confrontation between rising energy demand and water scarcity in both countries.

North vs. South—Carolina States Settle Water Dispute Without Supreme Court

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January 4, 2011

A negotiated agreement ends a three-year conflict between North Carolina and South Carolina over the Catawba and Yadkin rivers.

Arizona’s Gamble — Conserve Water Now, Prevent Deeper Cuts Tomorrow

December 29, 2010

For years, the state took as much water as it could from Lake Mead; now it plans to leave some in the reservoir.

Study: Unregulated Toxin Present in Tap Water of 31 U.S. Cities

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December 22, 2010

California is the first state to consider a limit on the “Erin Brockovich” chemical, which has been found in 31 of 35 U.S. cities recently surveyed.