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New Technology Takes Water Out of Coal Separation
2014-03-21 05:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Mineral Separation Technologies Introduces New System<br /> <br /> COAL CENTER, Pa., -- Mineral Separation Technologies announced today that it has created a new product, the DriJet 100, that separates coal and ash without using water or chemicals.<br /> <br /> The introduction of the DriJet 100 follows the recent chemical spill on the Elk River in Charleston, West Virginia. A liquid used for separating coal leaked from a storage containment tank into the river. The spill endangered more than ...This story is related to the following:Mining, Oil Drilling & RefiningSearch for suppliers of: Coal Processing Equipment
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Measurement Matters: Understanding Water Scarcity in an Increasingly Complex World
2014-03-21 04:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Security Beat: It was a scorching hot April afternoon in Keur Moussa, a small farming community about 60 kilometers outside Dakar, Senegal. The landscape was mostly barren and very dry, and a fine red dust settled into our clothes as we walked with community leaders to learn about their efforts to cope with a changing environment. In this part of the world, adapting to climate change is figuring out how to manage water: how to survive for long periods without it, and what to do when too much comes at unexpected...
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World Water Day: Agriculture and Water Inextricably Interlinked
2014-03-21 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - This Saturday, 22 March, the world celebrates World Water Day. Water and agriculture are inextricably interlinked and interdependent. Agriculture is a major user of both ground and surface water for irrigation, accounting for about 70 per cent of water withdrawal worldwide.
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Rising energy demand a threat to strained water supplies - U.N
2014-03-20 21:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Rising demand for energy, from biofuels to shale gas, is a threat to freshwater supplies that are already under strain from climate change, the United Nations said in a report on Friday. It urged energy companies to do more to limit 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...
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Canada: Environmental groups demand BC government uphold its own water laws
2014-03-20 20:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vancouver Observer: Its Water Week in Canada, and events are happening across the country with the purpose of sparking discussion about how to protect this important resource. In BC, environmental justice organizations believe the government is having the wrong conversation. The provincial government is in the process of making changes to the Water Act--including a proposal to change the name to the Water Sustainability Act--and earlier this week, Sierra Club BC and Western Canada Wilderness Committee took the provincial...
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