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Coca-Cola - Soda - Soft drinks
Coca   Consumers   Court   Photos   Vitaminwater  
 The Examiner 
Coca-Cola admits in court that vitaminwater is not a healthy beverage
| Coca-Cola admits in court that vitaminwater is not a healthy beverage. Millions of  consumers of Coca-Cola's heavily marketed vitaminwater brand drink are now dealing with the fact that despite... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Drinking Water
Health   Photos   Sanitation   Water   Wikipedia: United Nations  
 Zeenews 
UN declares access to clean water a human right
New York: The United Nations Wednesday declared access to clean water a human right, voicing "deep concern" about a human necessity denied to almost 900 million people worldwide. | The 192-nation body... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
China's claims that its massive Three Gorges Dam can withstand the worst floods only seen every 10,000 years have lost mileage this week as the dam reached record higher water levers, with more torrential rains and typhoons expected in the country's worst flooding in a decade.  The Guardian 
Worst floods in a decade in China, 30,000 trapped
| CHI-CHI ZHANG | Associated Press Writer= BEIJING (AP) — Floods caused by heavy rains in northeastern China stranded tens of thousands of residents without power Wednesday, as the worst flooding in... (photo: AP / Xinhua, Cheng Min, File)
China   Floods   Photos   Weather   Wikipedia: China floods  
Low water level at Ipo Dam river located in Bulacan City , Philippines , August 11, 2009.  Malaya 
Another firm joins Laiban bid
BY JOHN POQUIZ | Another company has expressed interest in matching the separate proposals of San Miguel Corp. and of the two metropolitan water concessionaires to undertake the 20-year-old Laiban Dam... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Bidding   Construction   Philippines   Photos   Wikipedia: Dam  
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Himalayan Mountain in Dharamshala, India without glaciers and snows Zeenews
Himalayan glaciers showing consistent recession
New Delhi: A study by the Geological Survey of India has found that Himalayan glaciers in Gouri Ganga and Alaknanda basin are showing consistent but variable recession, t... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
Delhi   India   Nature   Photos   Wikipedia : Himalayan glacier  
sea turtle Huffington Post
Sea Turtle Eggs Picked By Hand, Moved Away From Gulf, To Clean Water
| Earlier this month, HuffPost's Dan Froomkin analyzed the plight of the sea turtles, one of the animals most profoundly affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. ... (photo: GFDL / Jonny-mt)
Environment   Nature   Photos   Wikipedia: Sea turtle   Wildlife  
Water reservoir equipment of Ipo Dam located in Bulacan City , Philippines , July 11 , 2009. Inquirer
P60B proposal to develop Laiban dam submitted to MWSS
| MANILA, Philippines – Publicly listed Abacus Consolidated Resources and Holdings Inc. has submitted an unsolicited proposal to develop the Laiban Dam as a potential wat... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Dam   Philippines   Photos   Water   Wikipedia: Water privatization in the Philippines  
Bottled Mineral Water - Drinking Water The Boston Globe
Activists urge state to use less bottled water
| State lawmakers and environmental activists yesterday urged Governor Deval Patrick to reduce the amount of money the administration spends on bottled water. | They call... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Activists   Lawmakers   Maintenance   Photos   Wikipedia: Water  
European Central Bank's President Jean-Claude Trichet listens to reporters' questions during a news conference following a meeting of the Governing Council of the ECB in Lisbon Thursday, May 6 2010. Asia Times
Trichet challenges inflationism
|      Jul 27, 2010 Page 1 of 3 | CREDIT BUBBLE BULLETIN | Trichet challenges inflationism | Commentary and weekly watch by Doug Noland | The acu... (photo: AP / Francisco Seco)
ECB   Economic Crisis   Finance   Photos   Wikipedia: 2010 European sovereign debt crisis  
Cholera patients lie on beds in Budiriro clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. Zimbabwe's economic meltdown has been worsened by a cholera outbreak across the country which has killed nearly 3,100 people and infected 58,993 -- the worst Africa death toll from cholera in 15 yea The Star
Cholera outbreak kills 77 in northern Cameroon
| YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Cholera has killed 77 people in northern Cameroon since early June, the government said on Monday, raising concern that the worst epidemic since 200... (photo: AP / Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Cameroon   Cholera   Disease   Photos   Wikipedia: Cholera  
Climate Change Environment and Nature
- NIA teaches teachers to use facts only in studying climate c
- A graphic look at the world's changing climate
- Climate Change Art Contest: Submit Your Creative Vision To H
- Study: Climate change 'undeniable'
Barack Obama features in banned commercial from dutch online shop Wehkamp
Obama must take a lead on climate change âEuro" and soon
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- Rains unleash death, devastation in Pakistan
- Floods dump scores of chemical containers into China river
- Flash floods kill 113 in Pakistan
- Ministry advocates farmers’ suit vs Vedan
Palestinian Bedouins wade through floodwater which destroyed huts and agriculture in the Mughraka area, central Gaza Strip on 20 January 2010. Flooding has forced more than 100 people from their homes and farms in Gaza after heavy rains hit the area. Security services worked through the night to evacuate families from the area of Wadi Gaza, south of Gaza city. At least 12 people were injured in the flooding which destroyed scores of homes and inundated animal pens. (Photo by Ahmed Deeb/ WN)
Rains unleash death, devastation in Pakistan
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Desalination Hydrology
- Could an Aqua-Net Bring Water to the Desert?
- Nanotechnology for water purification
- Nanotechnology For Water Purification
- Eco holiday village doubles as science lab
Hearing of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security and British Vice President designate of the EC before the EP Foreign Affairs Committee and with the participation of the EP Committees on Development, Intenational Trade, Budgetary Control and Constitutional Affairs: Press point
Israel should open Gaza crossings: EU
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- Panel suggests measures for revival of Yamuna
- Taking disaster prevention seriously
- Steps taken to interlink rivers: Digambar Kamat
- Vessels' transit through Gorges Dam suspended again
river - water , the source of water
India, Pakistan look to settle water dispute
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Hydropower Oceans and Seas
- Predator inspection class ROV unveiled by Global Marine Syst
- Stanley reservoir opened
- Invasive mussels pose threat to dams
- Afghanistan war: How USAID loses hearts and minds
Jona river in Jona, Stadthaus (city hall) to the left .In the early 19th century, Jona river's hydropower was used for a larger number of watermills along the small river.
Hydropower dam on Mekong River threatens giant fish
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- Rescued sea turtle recoups in Utah
- Plankton, base of ocean food web, in big decline
- Key base of ocean food web dropping dramatically
- University Of Hawaii Completes 3-Year Investigation Of Milit
Volunteers dig in to sea turtle watching
Volunteers dig in to sea turtle watching
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Global Warming Water Pollution
- Global warming causes dramatic decline in global phytoplankt
- Global warming 'undeniable,' world report says
- Study finds black carbon implicated in global warming
- Ten key indicators show global warming "undeniable"
Phytoplankton bloom in the Baltic Proper, July 3, 2001.
The dead sea: Global warming blamed for 40 per cent decline in the ocean's phytoplankton
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- Body of Second Missing Sailor Recovered in Afghanistan
- Advocates press Congress on renewable energy standard
- Ohio beach water quality panned in study
- Panel suggests measures for revival of Yamuna
Local beaches among nation's cleanest
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