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Chinese illegal coal mines threaten Yellow River water supply
2014-08-08 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: An investigation by Greenpeace has found two Chinese coal mines are breaching environmental protection laws and nature reserve regulations. The organisation says the mining operations are destroying alpine meadows on the foothills of Chinas Qinghai mountains and are a potential threat to the countrys second longest waterway. In a report released on Thursday by Greenpeace East Asia, undercover campaigners found coalfields 14 times larger than London in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau. The mines are...
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Toledo Residents Cut Off From Water Supply After Tests Show Toxins
2014-08-03 07:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Long lines formed at water distribution centers and store shelves were quickly emptied of bottled water after Ohio's fourth-largest city told residents not to drink from its water supply that was fouled by toxins possibly from algae on Lake Erie. The warning effectively cut off the water supply to 400,000 people in Toledo, most of its suburbs and a few areas in southeastern Michigan. Worried residents told not to drink, brush their teeth or wash dishes with the water emptied store shelves and...
Could supply all of California with water if we fixed our leaky pipes
2014-08-02 02:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: As if California didnt already have enough water issues to worry about right now, last week Los Angeles lost more than 20 million gallons a days worth for at least 100,000 people when a pipe that was installed a century ago finally broke. But it turns out geriatric pipes arent just a problem for the City of Angels. Aging infrastructure means that nationwide, pipes hemorrhage seven billion gallons of treated drinking water each day; enough to meet the daily water needs of the entire state of...
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German water supply threatened as climate change boosts droughts
2014-07-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: German water supplies will become increasingly threatened this century as climate change raises the risk of droughts and water shortages in the country. While Germany is considered water-rich, more water evaporates than falls as rain in the eastern part of the country, according to a report by a German parliamentary committee. Average temperatures may rise 3.5 degrees Celsius by 2100, resulting in more precipitation in the winter and less in the summer, the authors wrote. This will worsen the...
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Drilling in Pennsylvania has damaged the water supply 209 times in last seven years
2014-07-24 18:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Whether or not you think that`s alright depends on your perspective. According to Patrick Creighton, those numbers are pretty good -- so many oil and natural gas wells have been drilled in Pennsylvania in the past seven years that 209 problem wells is a mere 1 percent of the total. But Creighton happens to be the spokesperson for the Marcellus Shale Coalition, a trade group composed of natural gas drillers. So there`s that. According to Steve Hvozdovich, 209 is a lot. "You are talking about somebodys...
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