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In West Virginia, Polluted Water Squeezes Wallets And Patience
2014-02-16 23:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Nate May's Prius is loaded down with water. The back is filled with boxes, each holding three one-gallon jugs that he just bought at Walmart. He and other volunteers are driving around Charleston, W.V., dropping off the jugs to people who have contacted his ad hoc group, the West Virginia Clean Water Hub. It's paid for with donations. "There are a lot of people this has put in a difficult bind. Some of them can't get out, some of them are elderly, some of them it's just too much of a financial...
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Are We on the Path to Peak Water?
2014-02-16 22:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Many scientists and experts fear that humanity is reaching the point of peak water -- the point at which freshwater is being consumed faster than it is being replenished or available. In the infographic above we take a look at the amount of water use around the world. Can we cut back before we reach the point of no return? Kylie Schultz researched, wrote and produced this infographic as a participant in the Ensia Mentor Program. Her mentor for the project was Ensia director Todd Reubold. Infographic...
UK floods: 5,000 more troops on standby as water continues to rise
2014-02-16 20:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: An extra 5,000 troops are on standby to support communities hit by flooding, it was announced on Sunday, as the government faced calls for a halt to home building on flood plains. Large swaths of the UK remain on high alert with severe flood warnings still in place along the Thames and in Somerset where water levels continue to rise despite a respite from the storms. Defence secretary Philip Hammond said 3,000 troops were currently deployed, and another 5,000 were available. He admitted the...
Water shortages could disrupt Britain's electricity supply, researchers warn
2014-02-16 19:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Parts of Britain may be under water after the worst floods in half a century, but a team of top academics from Newcastle and Oxford University is warning that the country is at risk of water shortages that could shut down power stations and paralyse electricity supplies. "It is difficult to fathom we should start to think about water shortages in the middle of these storms but only two years ago areas of Britain were suffering from severe droughts," said Ed Byers, a researcher at Newcastle University's...
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Oregon winter storms cause water issues
2014-02-16 12:55:28| Waste Management - Topix.net
In McMinnville, the News-Review reports a landfill seeped untreated water for more than 12 hours before the Riverbend Landfill contained the seepage.
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