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World energy use threatens water
2014-03-23 07:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Rising demand for energy, from biofuels to shale gas, is a threat to freshwater supplies, according to a United Nations report released Friday. The report urged energy companies to do more to limit their use of water in everything from cooling coal-fired power plants to irrigation for crops grown to produce biofuels. "Demand for energy and freshwater will increase significantly in the coming decades," U.N. agencies said in the World Water Development Report. "This increase will present big...
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Climate change threatens human's and wildlife's access to water, says new report
2014-03-23 01:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tico Times: Sea turtles in Costa Rica face threats from poachers when they come ashore to lay their eggs, but another threat comes from the water itself. Rising sea levels in the Caribbean are washing away valuable beaches where many of these endangered animals lay their eggs, noted a new report on climate change vulnerability in Costa Rica on Friday. Sea turtles aren`t the only ones facing future threats from climate change. A new report estimates that a lack of rainfall and rising sea levels from climate...
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Historic "Pulse Flow" Brings Water to Parched Colorado River Delta
2014-03-22 15:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Thanks to a landmark agreement between the United States and Mexico, the parched Colorado River Delta will get a rejuvenating shot of water this spring for one of the first times in five decades, just in time for World Water Day on March 22. On March 23, 2014, the gates of Morelos Dam on the Arizona-Mexico border will be lifted to allow a "pulse flow" of water into the final stretch of the Colorado River. Officials and scientists hope the water will help restore a landscape that has long been...
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SAIL, CII ink MOU on ensuring water efficiency - Indiatalkies.com
2014-03-22 13:21:25| Steel - Topix.net
New Delhi, Mar.22: A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Steel Authority of India and CII - Triveni Water Institute for a joint partnership towards water conservation and management towards improving efficiency and competitiveness.
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Coal and water around the world in pictures
2014-03-22 07:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: UN World Water Day 2014 focuses on the relationship between water and energy. Coal remains a top energy source worldwide, requiring vast amounts of water and polluting rivers and streams. These pictures taken by Greenpeace show the lives of people who have been directly affected by coal-based power production around the world
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