Tag: Water

Categories USA

What about student loans, water or the homeless? Outrage follows report $1.7 trillion F-35 program is now considered a failure

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A tacit admission by the US Air Force that the F-35 has failed its main mission has triggered an outpouring of outrage from Americans who think the stealth fighter’s gargantuan budget could have been better spent on other things. … Read More >What about student loans, water or the homeless? Outrage follows report $1.7 trillion F-35 program is now considered a failure

Categories Russia

Crimean reservoir almost empty following water blockade from Ukraine, threatening humanitarian crisis on disputed peninsula

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One of the reservoirs in the Crimean capital of Simferopol is almost running dry as the Black Sea peninsula’s water crisis continues to worsen. As things stand, many parts of the region have introduced rationing. … Read More >Crimean reservoir almost empty following water blockade from Ukraine, threatening humanitarian crisis on disputed peninsula

Categories Business

Bringing water to Wall Street may spark bubble for the world’s most vital resource, UN warns

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Trading water futures like oil or gold is expected to leave the market vulnerable to a speculative bubble, according to Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation. … Read More >Bringing water to Wall Street may spark bubble for the world’s most vital resource, UN warns

Categories Russia

Yalta restricts water to just six hours a day as Ukraine’s supply blockade takes its toll on Crimea

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Authorities in Yalta will begin restricting water use to just mornings and evenings, with the peninsula’s supply at critically low levels due to light rains and Kiev’s blockage of a canal to the disputed territory. … Read More >Yalta restricts water to just six hours a day as Ukraine’s supply blockade takes its toll on Crimea

Categories Middle East

Iran Inaugurates Megaproject to Bring Desalinated Water From Persian Gulf to Remote Desert Areas

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Earlier in the week, Iran’s president told members of his cabinet that the project was only the first phase of much broader plans to use new domestically created desalination technologies “on a large scale across the country”. … Read More >Iran Inaugurates Megaproject to Bring Desalinated Water From Persian Gulf to Remote Desert Areas

Categories USA

What are toxic ‘forever chemicals’ & should Americans be worried there are more of them in the water supply than we thought?

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American drinking water is far more contaminated than previously estimated — by carcinogenic ‘forever chemicals’ that linger in the blood and cause a range of health problems. … Read More >What are toxic ‘forever chemicals’ & should Americans be worried there are more of them in the water supply than we thought?