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State senator protest Blue Mound water rate increase
2013-09-27 13:36:42| Waste Management - Topix.net
After helping Blue Mound in its attempts to take over its privately-owned water system, state Sen. Jane Nelson is now joining the city's residents fight against a dramatic increase in their water and sewer rates.
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State board sued for upholding Rosemont water permit
2013-08-23 04:12:09| Waste Management - Topix.net
Aug. 21--Opponents of the proposed Rosemont Mine have filed suit, seeking to overturn a state decision awarding a groundwater protection permit to mine owners Rosemont Copper Co.
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Greenpeace reveals Chinese state coal company's ruthless water grab
2013-07-23 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenpeace: A state-owned Chinese coal company is overexploiting groundwater and illegally dumping toxic industrial wastewater, highlighting the need to curb the country's burgeoning coal industry, Greenpeace East Asia has revealed. In the report 'Thirsty Coal 2' [1], Greenpeace East Asia reveals that the Shenhua Group, the world's biggest coal producer by volume, is exploiting water resources in Inner Mongolia at a shocking scale. Shenhua's operations have sparked social unrest and caused severe ecological...
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Amid Drought, Water Board in New Mexico Confronts State Over Supply
2013-04-10 02:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: A small water agency in southern New Mexico has moved to force state agencies that control water distribution to deprive some users of their supplies. The local agency, the Carlsbad Irrigation District, or C.I.D., acted to ensure that its alfalfa farmers receive the supplemental deliveries to which they say they are entitled. The irrigation district voted unanimously last week to make what is known as a priority call on the Pecos River, a move that could force New Mexicos Office of the State...
State water tunnel plans call for rerouting of 3 Delta highways for years
2013-04-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: The state of California's proposal to build two massive water diversion tunnels beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is a major undertaking by itself. But the current plans also call for rerouting and reconfiguring three state highways to handle a decade of heavy construction traffic. Conceptual engineering documents obtained by The Bee illustrate detours on Highway 160 in Sacramento County around each of three huge water intakes proposed for the project, called the Bay Delta Conservation...