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The Pecks: Maintenance -- and gravel -- make for a lush green lawn

There is perhaps no place where my upbringing and Marcia's are more different than the lawn. More (Source: The Oregonian)

Posted at 05:00pm
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Getting Lessons on Water by Designing a Playground

The sixth graders at Stephen A. Halsey Junior High School 157 in Queens have a tough assignment before them: design a new playground that will transform a sea of black asphalt at their school into a recreational oasis — and, while they are at it, help clean up New York...

Posted at 08:21am
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Water cutoff contributes to Klamath Basin bird deaths, highlights challenge facing crucial wildlife refuges

A cut-off of water supplies to a key Klamath Basin national wildlife refuge contributed to the deaths of 10,000 or more birds this year, the most in a decade, the refuge's manager says....

Posted at 09:02am
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A turbine that makes water from the desert air

How do you produce your own drinking water in the desert? Why with wind turbines, of course.

Posted at 10:25am
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Liter by Liter, Indians Get Cleaner Water

As evening falls in Chuddani, a village of about 500 homes, people arrive by bicycle, motorbike, tractor and on foot with jugs that they fill with water from faucets...

Posted at 03:22pm
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Unfortunately, You Can’t Get Your Water over WiFi

In the last two years, we have spent a huge sum of money on infrastructure — one kind of infrastructure....

Posted at 04:50pm
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Clean Water: World's Nations Meet U.N. Target For Safe Drinking Water Ahead Of Schedule

The world's nations achieved a U.N. goal of cutting in half the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water five years ahead of the 2015 target, the United...

Posted at 09:20am
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Drought will push up price of food, farmers warn

Farmers in drought-stricken areas of the country are facing crucial decisions in the next few days and weeks over what to grow this year – and their plans could mean rising food prices for hard-pressed consumers this summer.

Posted at 02:28pm
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Water Pipe Study: United States Needs $1 Trillion For Drinking Water Lines Over Next 25 Years

Plugging the leaks in water pipes and building new ones to keep up with a growing population could cost the United States $1 trillion over the next...

Posted at 02:20pm
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Mild drought caused Maya collapse in Mexico, Guatemala

Relatively mild drought conditions may have been enough to cause the collapse of the Classic Maya civilisation, which flourished until about AD950 in what is now southern Mexico and Guatemala.More (Source:...

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