It’s happening all across the U.S., from Seattle to Cambridge, Mass., at small colleges and huge universities. To date, more than 90 schools, among them … College campuses ban bottled waterRead more
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The Real Cost of Water We Use
Peter Gleick talking: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORNuY-NdwkA&rel=0]
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Poisoned Waters
[vodpod id=Groupvideo.10971191&w=640&h=360&fv=video%3D1114515379] Poisoned Waters ANNOUNCER: Puget Sound, Chesapeake Bay- they are America’s great coastal estuaries, and they are in peril. KATHY FLETCHER, People for Puget … Poisoned WatersRead more
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Sources of trash
A first-of-its-kind survey of the kinds of trash that end up in San Francisco Bay points the finger at specific sources: retailers such as McDonald’s … Sources of trashRead more
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The Big Thirst
FACT: Nothing is thirstier than nuclear power plants. They use water deep inside the reactor core, and they use rivers of water for cooling. One … The Big ThirstRead more
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Fresh water supply
An interactive site for fresh water supply. – from josephbergen.com
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200B Gallons of Water Drawn Each Day for U.S. Coal, Nuclear Power
An astounding 200 billion gallons of water withdrawn from America’s water supply each day… and four metric tons of high-level radioactive wastes for every terawatt … 200B Gallons of Water Drawn Each Day for U.S. Coal, Nuclear PowerRead more
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Coal and fresh water
coal harms our fresh water supplies. Between 800 and 3,000 gallons of water are used to extract, process and dispose each ton of coal. And … Coal and fresh waterRead more
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Toxic Waters in US
Charles Duhigg talking: Allegheny Energy, the coal-fired plant in Masontown, Pennsylvania. This is one of the largest and, for a long time, one of the … Toxic Waters in USRead more
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Drug Manufacturing Facilities Are Threatening Our Drinking Water
A five-year study conducted by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) researchers has found that pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities are a “significant source” of pharmaceuticals that enter the … Drug Manufacturing Facilities Are Threatening Our Drinking WaterRead more