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Water Remains Largely Marginalized in Climate Talks
2015-10-21 01:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry last week turned the spotlight on the "record number" of extreme weather-related events the world is witnessing these days. With an eye on the upcoming climate change talks in Paris, he warned that in the South Pacific, entire islands are at risk, largely threatened by a sea-level rise. In southeast Brazil, they're suffering through the worst drought in 80 years. In California, it's the worst drought in a century - plus wildfires. In Malawi, there are record...
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Alterra to buy water rights for B.C. expansion
2015-10-20 23:07:34| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Alterra Power Corp. has a deal to buy the water rights for four hydroelectric projects along British Columbia's Toba Valley. The projects are 20 to 30 kilometres from the Toba Montrose and Jimmie Creek hydroelectric operation that Vancouver-based Alterra is developing about 80 kilometres from Powell River, B.C. Alterra said it's buying the water rights from Sigma Engineering, a subsidiary of Synex International .
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Michigan DEQ 'completely failed' Flint residents, says Ananich, calling for water investigation
2015-10-20 21:40:19| Waste Management - Topix.net
Wednesday evening the Capitol bustled inside as legislators prepared for a long night ahead during the last scheduled week of the Lame Duck session Dec. 17, 2014. sees the gravity of the problem in his department, and I think he's learning that everyday," Ananich said.
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Climate change means plants are growing better, but they are drinking more water
2015-10-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: Increased atmospheric carbon dioxide is making plants in Australia's semi-arid and subtropical regions bigger and greener. It's also making them a hell of a lot thirstier. It is a peculiar paradox that sees plants "greening" and growing better as a result of climate change, while water supply across Australia's grazing and annual cropping land is suffering. "What we are seeing is very much consistent with [the effect of] increasing carbon dioxide, the main ingredient of photosynthesis. So higher...
Nostrum Energy introducing new high-flow K-DI direct injectors, in-cylinder water injector and dilute combustion system
2015-10-20 12:55:31| Green Car Congress
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