Tag: water
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Global Water Security Map Released by WRI
“Water is very complicated. It’s affected by large-scale issues like climate change and globalization. International commerce moves virtual water (the water it takes to grow or produce a product) from farms in Brazil to grocery stores in China and Egypt.”
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VIDEO: Facing Climate Change—How Ocean Acidification is Impacting Oyster Farmers
FACING CLIMATE CHANGE — Kathleen Nisbet and her father, Dave, farm oysters in Washington’s Willapa Bay. They recently shifted some of their business to Hawai’i, after ocean acidification started killing baby oysters in local hatcheries …
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Gulf Residents Ask DOJ to Hold BP Fully Accountable
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION — One of the main issues at hand is whether or not BP is guilty of “gross negligence.” With everything the public knows about the failed tests, the intentional misrepresentations about the size of the spill …
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BP Oil Spill Trial Begins Today: Will They Be Held Accountable?
OIL CHANGE INTERNATIONAL — For BP, all the wriggling and half-truths surrounding the spill have to stop. The oil giant has to finally come clean. “BP can hire all the smiling faces they can find for their commercials, but in court it’s a game-changer …
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Tennessee Riverkeeper Files Intent to Sue Over Company’s Failure to Comply with Clean Water Act
TENNESSEE RIVERKEEPER — The notice of intent to sue, mailed by Tennessee Riverkeeper to Hensley-Graves Holdings, LLC, is a statutory requirement 60 days prior to the filing of a lawsuit under both the federal Clean Water Act and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act …