Flushing Energy?
In the United States water and wastewater treatment plants are net users of energy.
In China, Pollution Worsens Despite New Efforts
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A coal-fired power plant in Linfen last December. A new report blamed coal-burning plants for continued deterioration of the air in Chinese cities.
Solving The Water-Energy Crisis
by Stephen Lacey, Podcast Producer
Published: June 25, 2010
Salt Killing Crops, Driving Migration In Storm-Hit Southern Bangladesh
Written by: AlertNet correspondent
REUTERS/Rafiqur Rahman
UN Fears 'Irreversible' Damage To Natural Environment
GENEVA — The UN warned on Monday that "massive" loss in life-sustaining natural environments was likely to deepen to the point of being irreversible after global targets to cut the decline by this year were missed.
Sanitation and Water Must No Longer Play Second Fiddle to Other Priorities
Countries with the greatest unmet sanitation and water needs most often receive little or no aid. WASHINGTON, D.C.
First, The Great Pacific Garbage Patch; Now The Great Atlantic Patch
Mike Melia, Associated PressSAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO – Researchers are warning of a new blight at sea: a swirl of confetti-like plastic debris stretching over a remote expanse of the Atlantic Ocean.
Waste Water Kills Millions Of Children, Pollutes Sea
ABIDJAN, March 22 (Reuters) - Human beings are flushing millions of tonnes of solid waste into rivers and oceans every day, poisoning marine life and spreading diseases that kill millions of children annually, the U.N. said on Monday.