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Millions of Indians facing worst drought in decades

2013-03-07 14:36:22| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: Millions of people in western India are suffering their worst drought in more than four decades, with critics blaming official ineptitude and corruption for exacerbating the natural water shortage. Central areas of Maharashtra state, of which Mumbai is the capital, are facing a water shortage worse than the severe drought in 1972, the state's chief minister Prithviraj Chavan told AFP. "In recorded history the reservoirs have never been so low in central Maharashtra," he said. "With every passing...

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Steering family business after three decades

2013-03-05 01:12:32| Automakers - Topix.net

Over three decades in business. For about three decades, Walusimbi's Garage has spanned through the years dealing in the murky waters of motor vehicle dealership.

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Biggest Environmental Rally in Decades Attracts Nationwide Media Attention

2013-02-18 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

InsideClimate: As many as 40,000 protesters from 30 states descended on the White House on Sunday and demanded that President Obama kill the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline. By the estimates of organizers, it was the biggest protest march for climate change action in the nation's history. In about 18 cities from Boston to Los Angeles, thousands more participated in solidarity ralliesand helped garner unusual nationwide media attention for an issue that has typically slipped under the local media radar....

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Documents show decades of chemicals in Vinton Water

2013-02-09 04:30:26| Waste Management - Topix.net

There is something in the water in Vinton. Documents obtained by KFOX14 show a history of harmful chemicals in Vinton drinking water that dates back decades.

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