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Conversion to non-carbon energy puts Canadian rivers at risk

According to a report by World Wildlife Fund Canada, increasing demands on fresh water are putting Canadian rivers at risk. World Wildlife Fund Canada attributes this to the generation of more food, electricity...

Urbanization and the Future World

Mesopotamian’s civilization with multi cities having finest cultural and literature achievements crumbled during 2300BC due to high toxic land unfit to agriculture. Between 1500-1000BC Indus valley civilization...

Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers in California listed endangered

The Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, two of the longest rivers in California, have been listed today as the USA's most endangered waterways, because of bad water management and really poor flood planning. The...

US House passes bill to expand wilderness areas in 9 states

The US House passed a bill today to be sent along to Barack Obama to put aside over two million acres of wilderness land across nine states that will be protected land. The vote was split 285-140, and this was two...

NOAA Launches Online Game for Students.

Alida Antonia Cornelius March 23, 2009 NOAA, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released this announcement about their new online game that encourages students to learn more about estuaries....

Robotic fish to be released to test pollution in our water

Robot fish are set to be released into rivers, lakes and seas around the world as part of a three year project based in Spain, that will help scientists determine the level of pollution found in the water. The fish...

Failure of Public officials to protect the Environment

Regardless of where you live in the state Elected Public officials tend to forget the voters who put them in office in the first place. when  an issue that has great public interest  as the environment  The public officials cater more to the industry and the...

Washington declares a state of emergency in wake of floods

The state of Washington has declared a state of emergency in the wake of floods that have hit the area in the last week. Due to the heavy dump of snow followed by the rapid melting, the rivers in the area are not...

24 dead in Honduran floods

Torrential rain and flooding in Honduras have left 24 people dead and thousands have been evacuated. There have also been landslides in the country.About 25,000 people are homeless as the rain continues to fall...

A new law of nature

This is the kind of news that makes my heart sing!––Imagine that! –-Ecuador is the first nation on the earth to legally acknowledge the rights of nature and all in it on an equal standing with...

Water - some inconvenient truths.

Forget the wrangling over Washinton's $700 billion bail out of Western capitalism. This is World Water Month, a story highlighted by NowPublic but ignored by the rest of the world's  media. My bet is...

Google maps 'demolish British history'

Internet maps such as those made by Google ae demolishing British history by effectively not including historic monuments, battlefields etc on them according to super map maker Mary Spence. Traditional cartography...

Flash flooding hits Scotland

Dundee in Scotland was hit by flash floods last night, and over a hundred properties were damaged by about 4ft of water.Water flooded into shops and homes, and also disrupted the rail service due to a landslip...

Non-native species affecting U.S. coasts, rivers, and streams.

From my personal blog:"Native fish species have evolved over time to counter threats of bacteria, fungus, disease, and other native predatory species.  By adapting to the gradually changing environment, many...

Ukraine parliament examines floods after 30 dead

The Ukrainian parliament is now examining the damage that the flooding has caused to their country, after 30 people have died and 18,000 have been evacuated. It rained for five days and caused the rivers to spill...

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