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Bahamas: Drinking water ‘under threat’
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 6th, 2010
Tribune: THE availability of fresh drinking water in the Bahamas could be jeopardised by climate change and hurricanes, warned State Environment Minister Phenton Neymour, who said this country urgently needs proper water networks and management policies. Anticipated sea level rise from climate change, hurricane motivated storm surges -- and even heavy rain -- can all contaminate precious water well-fields with brackish, salty water, cautioned Mr Neymour, leading to severe water shortages and ...
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British rivers could power 850,000 homes
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 6th, 2010
Telegraph: The Environment Agency will reveal that the water wheels have the potential to generate enough electricity to power 850,000 homes -- more than three per cent of the UK's residential electricity demand. A study commissioned by the Government body has concluded that there is vast untapped potential across the England and Wales for generating energy from rivers. Waterways in Wales, the upper reaches of the Thames, the Humber, the Aire, Severn and the Mersey have been identified as ...
In Aftermath Of Ash Spill, A New Round Of Challenges
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 6th, 2010
Associated Press: More than a year after a Tennessee coal ash spill created one of the worst environmental disasters of its kind in United States history, the problem is seeping into several other states. Enlarge This Image <h6 class="credit">Wade Payne/Associated Press Sediment can be seen in the Emory River in Tennessee as machines pump it into holding ponds. Enlarge This Image <h6 class="credit">Wade Payne/Associated Press Coal ash sediment being loaded into plastic-lined rail ...
Mayor Daley: Chicago shouldn’t bear full cost of Asian carp
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 6th, 2010
Christian Science Monitor: Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley agrees that the Asian carp present an ecological and economic threat to the Great Lakes. But he disagrees with neighboring states that Illinois should lock down a historic canal that allows the fish to get to Lake Michigan. In a letter published in the Washington Post this week, Mayor Daley argued that the invasive species – which experts say will destroy the lake ecosystem – is a "national problem that requires national solutions" and therefore Illinois ...