positive Water news
ADB Approves Loan To Clean Up Most Polluted River In ChinaThe Asian Development Bank said Monday it approved an 80 million-dollar loan to help clean up one of China's most polluted rivers. |
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Malagasy Corals Defy Bleaching, Need ProtectionA marine expedition into previously unexplored Indian Ocean waters has found that corals off Madagascar have resisted so-called "bleaching" associated with global warming, possibly because of steep drop-offs nearby. |
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US Consumers Edging Into ‘Green’ TerritoryUS consumers are slowly becoming "greener," though the motivation may be more about saving money and less about concern for the environment, executives and analysts said this week. |
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Thailand Dumps Garbage Trucks to Make ReefThailand dumped 189 old garbage trucks off its southern coast on Friday in a bid to build an artificial reef to lure fish for local fishermen. |
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Boat Speed Limit Proposed to Save WhalesA federal agency wants to set a speed limit for boats along stretches of the East Coast to help protect endangered whales from deadly collisions. |
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Coral Reef Ecosystem May Fight IllnessesBiomedical researchers who dove down nearly 3,000 feet to search a newly-discovered coral reef found treasures they say may help doctors fight cancer, Alzheimer's disease and other illnesses. |
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Bush making Hawaiian archipelago world’s largest marine sanctuaryThe world's largest protected marine area is being created around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, an archipelago 1,400 miles long and 100 miles wide that is home to rare marine mammals, fishes and birds. |
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Cheaper drinking water from the oceanA water desalination system using carbon nanotube-based membranes could significantly reduce the cost of purifying water from the ocean. |
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Toilets aim to flush away Beijing droughtBeijing residents can do their bit to ease the city's severe water shortage problem from the comfort of their toilet seat, according to an exhibition which opened on Wednesday. |
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Lake’s recovery offers hope for regionA crystalline Adirondack lake once held up as an example of a "dead" lake devastated by acid rain has now become a symbol of nature's ability to heal itself once pollutants are curbed. |
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Grasses growing again in the bay, researchers sayThe Chesapeake Bay's ecologically important underwater grass beds gained 7 percent last year to cover 78,260 acres, according to the Chesapeake Bay Program office in Annapolis, Md. |
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U.S. dairy farm manure begins to power homesLee Jensen says the manure from his dairy farm powers almost as many homes as he has cows. |
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Michigan’s Rouge River Returns to HealthFor years, the Rouge River was among the nation's dirtiest waterways, little more than a dumping ground in the shadow of the massive Ford industrial complex that churned out cars from Model As to Mustangs. |
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Brazil Creates Buffer Zone Around Coral Reefs Off Atlantic CoastThe Brazilian government has created an official buffer zone around the Abrolhos National Marine Park to protect the biologically richest coral reefs in the South Atlantic. |
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Environmental news headlines
- Small Canadian Town Bans Shark Fins
- 60 percent reduction in acidity of Delaware rain
- Microsoft Commits to Carbon Neutrality
- South Korea adopts greenhouse gas regulations
- California public to vote on GMO Label Act after 1 million signatures
- From concrete jungle to urban oasis
- Honolulu City Council backs bill to ban plastic bags at store, restaurant checkouts
- Peru is latest developing nation to adopt climate change initiative
- Momentum builds: Burger King Switches to Cage Free Pork and Eggs
- State of Himalayan Glaciers Less Alarming Than Feared
- Ford Cuts Global Waste by 100 Million Pounds and Counting
- Mexico becomes 2nd country in the world to pass national climate-change law
- Mad frog bonanza: up to 36 new frogs discovered in tiny Madagascar forest
- How High Gasoline Prices are Creating Jobs and Growing The Economy
- Russia creates massive park for rare cats
- Toronto Becomes First City To Mandate Green Roofs
- Study: Wildlife survive nuclear accidents
- Saving Right Whales? There’s an app for that.
- US sets new carbon standard for power plants
- World’s largest preserve forming in Africa
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