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New method can selectively remove micropollutants from water: Electrochemical method can remove even tiny amounts of contamination
Engineers have developed a new way to get toxic micropollutants, including pesticides and pharmaceuticals, out of water.
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US Government Is Trying To Imprison These Six Water Protectors
The cases likely mark first time that U.S. authorities have pursued felonies against people involved in demonstrations against fossil fuel infrastructure. By Will Parrish.
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̶T̶h̶e̶ [Another] place in America where (almost) no one drinks their tap water
Local officials in eastern Kentucky’s Martin County insist the water is fine, despite repeated violations of EPA limits. But residents have been relying on bottled water for years. By Story Hinckley.
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The Infinite Now
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UAE to tow giant icebergs from Antarctica to use for drinking water
The United Arab Emirates is planning to tow icebergs from Antarctica to its coast to solve its issues with drinking water. The National Advisor Bureau Limited company plans to provide a new source of freshwater for the region by towing the iceberg from Antarctica to the coast of the eastern emirate of Fujairah. The Masdar city-based company then plans to mine the iceberg for drinking water.
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[U.S.] Lead Hazards Afflict Thousands as Trump eyes funding cuts
Reuters uncovers hundreds more U.S. areas with child lead-poisoning rates double that found in Flint. Yet cities worry as President Trump plans funding cuts. By M.B. Pell, Joshua Schneyer and Andy Sullivan.
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Watering down a revolution: Cuba's struggle for water
Cubans face a daily battle for drinking water as the country experiences one of its worst droughts in 100 years.
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Children in Fresno have three times the rate of lead poisoning as in Flint
Flint, Michigan put lead poisoning on the map for many. But the midwestern city is far from an outlier. Children in thousands of places in the US are plagued by high blood levels of lead—and a new report from Reuters found that in Fresno, California, children had lead poisoning at a rate three times that of children in Flint.
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The Nile River Delta, once the bread basket of the world, may soon be uninhabitable
According to a multi-year study published in the Geological Society of America this week, the area where the Nile river drains out to the sea is suffering from decreased water flow, rising sea levels, and salt water intrusion—all of which damage food production and fresh water supplies... By Lily Kuo.
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Inside the final days of the Standing Rock protest
“Those small victories were always difficult to claim at Standing Rock because the terms of the protests were absolute — either the pipeline was built or it wasn’t — and I imagine that as people return to their homes or ship off to the next fight, they will have to find a more personal justification for the months they spent there.” By Jay Caspian Kang. (Feb. 21, 2017)
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Senator: Army Corps Told to Approve Dakota Pipeline Easement
The Army Corps of Engineers was ordered to allow construction of the Dakota Access pipeline to proceed under a disputed Missouri River crossing, North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven said on Tuesday, the latest twist in a months-long legal battle over the $3.8 billion project.
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What Standing Rock meant for those who took part
Protesters from afar didn’t just take a stand in North Dakota — they brought the movement back home. By Tay Wiles. (Jan. 23, 2016)
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Planet Earth makes its own water from scratch deep in the mantle
Computer simulation confirms that water can form within our planet rather than arriving from space, and the process may explain mysterious deep quakes. By Andy Coghlan.
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While Americans Focus on DC, Cops Unleash Fury During DAPL Water Protector Eviction
Violence has once again erupted in Standing Rock after police received a tacit go-ahead from the tribe to forcefully clear all camps opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline. By Claire Bernish.
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National Guard Deploys Missile Launchers to Dakota Access Pipeline to ‘Observe’ Protestors
The Avenger missile launcher is foremost a weapon of war. What is it doing at the site of a peaceful protest? By David Axe.
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Pipeline demonstrators blast proposed bills as criminalizing protests
The Republican-controlled [North Dakota] state legislature is proposing bills motivated by local frustration with the protest over the pipeline near Sioux land. By Daniel A. Medina.
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Twenty Photos: My Seven Months of Living at Standing Rock
The community we have built here has taught many how to live a large-scale sustainable, decolonized, anticapitalist lifestyle. By Desiree Kane.
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As Groundwater Dwindles, a Global Food Shock Looms
By mid-century, says a new study, some of the biggest grain-producing regions could run dry. By Cheryl Katz.
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'Cloud fishing' reels in precious water for villagers in rural Morocco
“Everyone was leaving the village where I grew up, and it was all because of water,” says Jamila Bargach, whose village in rural Morocco has steadily emptied of people amid severe water stress. As in most of rural Morocco, climate change and population pressures have led to more unpredictable rainfall patterns and the depletion of natural water sources, such as underground aquifers, in the area around the village of Taloust. Situated in the country’s south-west Sidi Ifni region, close to the coast, the area is extremely arid as it borders the northern Sahara desert. Average annual precipitation is less than 130mm.
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Holy Rage: Lessons from Standing Rock
By staying on message and advancing through prayer and ceremony, the water protectors gave the rest of the world a template for resistance. By Louise Erdrich.
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