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Mekong nations join forces on shrinking river
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 7th, 2010
Agence France-Presse: Southeast Asian nations on the Mekong River pledged Monday to step up cooperation over the shrinking waterway amid fears China's dams are exacerbating a severe regional drought. Leaders of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam - the member-states of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) - convened in the Thai coastal town of Hua Hin to discuss management of the river, on which more than 60 million people rely. "Without good and careful management of the Mekong river as well as its ...
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Group Asks Companies to Report Water Use
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 7th, 2010
New York Times: The Carbon Disclosure Project, an investor-backed nonprofit organization that has persuaded some of the world's largest corporations to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions, will announce on Wednesday that it is asking 302 global companies to begin issuing detailed reports on their water use. The move begins a campaign to put water consumption on par with carbon emissions as a concern of company shareholders. Scientists predict climate change will aggravate worldwide water ...
Rising water temperatures found in US streams and rivers
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 7th, 2010
ScienceDaily: New research by a team of ecologists and hydrologists shows that water temperatures are increasing in many streams and rivers throughout the United States. The research, published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, documents that 20 major U.S. streams and rivers -- including such prominent rivers as the Colorado, Potomac, Delaware, and Hudson -- have shown statistically significant long-term warming. By analyzing historical records from 40 sites located ...
Miners Call Off Protests for Talks; Six Killed in Clashes
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 7th, 2010
Inter Press Service: In response to a government promise to negotiate, small-scale gold miners in southern Peru temporarily called off protests Wednesday in which six people were killed and as many as 30 injured when the police attempted to clear a roadblock. The New York-based Human Rights Watch demanded on Tuesday a swift investigation into the deaths, which it blamed on the police. Some 6,000 unlicensed miners were blocking the Pan-American highway and two bridges near Chala in the southern ...