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The Stream, April 7: America’s Abandoned Gas and Oil Wells

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Foreign Affairs analyzes why food subsidies have prevented and…

The Stream, March 23: World Water Ranking

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Mauritania, Kuwait and Jordan are the most water-stressed countries…

Peter Gleick: Unsafe Drinking Water for California’s Poor – Unfair, Unnecessary, and Unacceptable

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The United States has -- for the most part -- an excellent tap…
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China Responds to Explosive Growth, Pollution, and Water Scarcity in Latest Five-Year Plan

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Will momentum for runaway development be too powerful to restrain?

Infographic: Successes and Failures of China’s Five-Year Plans (1996 -2010)

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A breakdown of previous plans gives context to the newly released 12th Five-Year Plan.

The Stream, March 15: Nuclear Power

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Germany has set a three-month moratorium on plans to extend the…

The Stream, March 14: Water and Food

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts that the 2010-11…

The Stream, March 10: The Alberta Tar Sands

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Tar sands development in northern Alberta, Canada, causes water…

The Stream, March 2: Shale Uncovered

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In the next chapter of its gas drilling series, The New York…

A Dry and Anxious North Awaits China’s Giant, Unproven Water Transport Scheme

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Authorities anticipate approval for new western line to tap energy reserves. Sparks and the blue flare of arc welders, like hot stars in the night sky, illuminate the interior of a massive water tunnel that crosses underneath the Yellow River.

The Stream, February 25: Toxic Clean-up

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South Africa has pledged $168 million to clean the toxic water…

The Stream, February 23: The Strategic Power of Water

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Some 50 million environmental refugees will flood the global…