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California Governor Brown hears business concerns about drought plan
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 17th, 2015
Reuters: California Governor Jerry Brown on Thursday promised to consider the concerns of businesses affected by his order to cut urban water use by 25 percent as the prolonged drought in the most populous U.S. state drags into its fourth year.
Brown, a Democrat, met Thursday with representatives from businesses that would be affected by California's first mandatory cutbacks in urban water use, including swimming pool builders, cemetery operators, landscapers and water providers.
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Water, Capitalism and Catastrophism
Posted by CounterPunch: Louis Proyect on April 17th, 2015
CounterPunch: Two films concerned with water and environmental activism arrive in New York this week. “Groundswell Rising”, which premieres at the Maysles Theater in Harlem today, is about the struggle to safeguard lakes and rivers from fracking while “Revolution”, which opens at the Cinema Village next Wednesday, documents the impact of global warming on the oceans. Taking the holistic view, one can understand how some of the most basic conditions of life are threatened by a basic contradiction. Civilization,...
Fears Grow Indigenous People Path Massive Ethiopian Dam
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 17th, 2015
Inter Press Service: A United Nations mission is due to take place this month to assess the impact of Ethiopia's massive Gilgel Gibe III hydroelectric power project on the Omo River which feeds Lake Turkana, the world's largest desert lake, lying mostly in northwest Kenya with its northern tip extending into Ethiopia.
The report of the visit by a delegation from the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) from Ethiopia's state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporate (FBC) comes amid warnings...
Protests Against Giant Telescope On Mauna Kea Escalate
Posted by Tech Times: Sumit Passary on April 17th, 2015
Tech Times: The Thirty Meter Telescope could bring jobs, education and scientific discoveries to the Big Island of Hawaii, but cultural activists say the construction would desecrate Mauna Kea Sacred Mountain.
Protesters are calling for international support against the construction of the world's largest telescope on the Big Island of Hawaii's Mauna Kea Sacred Mountain.
At 13,700 feet above sea level, Mauna Kea Mountain is the highest point in Hawaii and is spiritually revered by the native Hawaiian people....