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Putting a price on water becomes ‘sensitive’ issue in India
Posted by ClimateWire: Saqib Rahim on July 11th, 2012
ClimateWire: In India's state of Punjab, where the country's "Green Revolution" began 40 years ago, another revolution may be in store.
For four decades, India has encouraged food production through subsidies and other price supports to farmers there. Electricity is cheap, and water is free to whoever pumps it out of the ground. As a result, Punjab grows a fifth of India's wheat and 12 percent of its rice, while covering 1.5 percent of the country's land, according to the Columbia Water Center at Columbia...
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Comments Off on Putting a price on water becomes ‘sensitive’ issue in IndiaPhiladelphia uses tough love to overhaul its water and sewer system
Posted by ClimateWire: Saqib Rahim on January 14th, 2012
ClimateWire: The day Stuart Parmet's water bill hit the stratosphere, his mind became a swirl of numbers.
American Box and Recycling Co., his business, gathers, recycles and distributes cardboard boxes. The factory only had a dozen or so toilets and used no water in the machinery. What was going on?
Much of the job of coping with the rigors and risks of climate change will fall to the leaders of major cities around the world. This series explores how some are already beginning to plan for looming political,...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Philadelphia uses tough love to overhaul its water and sewer systemWill a Flood of Tiny Sensors Help Us Cut Emissions?
Posted by ClimateWire: Saqib Rahim on November 29th, 2010
ClimateWire: Advances in information technology have some companies dreaming of a world abuzz with sensors, some of which could reduce carbon emissions.
Companies such as IBM, Intel and Hewlett-Packard describe a future world "smarter" than today's, where cars don't crash, planes run on time and cell phones can "smell" bacteria in food. The companies see this "smart" movement also showing up in the power industry, factories and public infrastructure.
They call it "sensor networking," and it's being driven...