je.st
news
Tag: water
UK exports to EU 'dead in the water'
2014-08-14 12:20:13| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The UK's economic recovery is unlikely to be export driven as its biggest trading partner is "dead in the water", a Bank of England policymaker has said.
Lawmakers in drought-hit California finally agree water plan
2014-08-14 03:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: California Governor Jerry Brown approved on Wednesday a $7.6 billion plan to improve water supplies in the drought-striken state that will be put before voters in November, ending a year of political wrangling over the measure. California is in the throes of a devastating multi-year drought that is expected to cost its economy $2.2 billion in lost crops, jobs and other damages. On the last possible day to approve the ballot measure, Democrats and Republicans fought over what projects to include,...
Tags: plan
water
california
finally
Water Main Break at Randolph and John
2014-08-14 02:00:00| CUMTD Alerts
4W Blue: Randolph to Green to State to John to reg.rt.
Fracking operations get closer to drinking water sources than we thought
2014-08-13 23:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Fracking companies have tried their best to quell the publics fears about the practice. But, uh, theyre not doing a very good job of it. A new study shows that oil and gas companies are fracking at much shallower depths than previously thought - sometimes even through potential underground sources of drinking water. To be clear, the study - which looked at the fracking operations at two geological formations in Wyoming - did not find current drinking water sources to be contaminated. But Stanford...
Tags: we
water
thought
sources
Precious Water Bottled and Shipped Out of Drought-Ridden California
2014-08-13 20:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: California is suffering through a record drought. Water is being rationed and its usually fertile agriculture industry is suffering. Meanwhile, someone in Minnesota or Kentucky or Maryland may be drinking a bit of California`s precious commodity. Mother Jones reported this week that at least four major bottled water companies--Aquafina, Dasani, Crystal Geyser and Arrowhead--use water from California, either ground (spring) water or tap water. Aquafina and Dasani both bottle and sell treated tap...
Tags: water
california
shipped
precious
Sites : [868] [869] [870] [871] [872] [873] [874] [875] [876] [877] [878] [879] [880] [881] [882] [883] [884] [885] [886] [887] next »