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News tag: Environment

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Flood watch statement issued by multiple midwestern Ontario areas

CKNX News Today The Saugeen Valley Conservation Authority (SVCA) and Municipality of West Grey is expecting to see some flooding over the next couple of days.   Click here to […]

Compare and contrast: India says it conveyed concerns to China over hydropower dam in Tibet

Reuters India’s foreign ministry said on Friday that New Delhi has conveyed its concerns to Beijing about China’s plan to build a hydropower dam in Tibet on the Yarlung Zangbo […]

Compare and contrast: Shrinking Colorado River Could Raise US Grocery Prices in 2025

Newsweek Farmers relying on the Colorado River are raising the alarm as diminishing river flows threaten food supplies and could lead to increased U.S. grocery prices in 2025. Agriculture claims […]

Compare and contrast: Utah will pay millions for farmers to leave fields empty and leave water for the Colorado River

The Salt Lake Tribune Utah’s multimillion-dollar plan incentivizes conservation and aims to do a better job of tracking the water that’s saved in hopes of getting credit for it in […]

Compare and contrast: Southern Utah looks to expand water reuse, ‘ultra-efficient’ landscaping

The Times-Independent Water managers are looking to make some big policy shifts in an effort to stretch resources a little further. While water reuse is considered a beneficial use in […]

Compare and contrast: Researchers seek to expand ‘citizen scientist’ testing of UK river quality

The Guardian Citizen science testing of river water quality will expand this year in an attempt to make the data part of official monitoring of waterways, the head of an […]

Compare and contrast: California tribes celebrate historic dam removal: ‘More successful than we ever imagined’

The Guardian In October, the removal of four hydroelectric dams built on the river was completed – the largest project of its kind in US history. The blast of the […]

Compare and contrast: New method estimates Atlantic freshwater transport across latitudes

Phys.org The ocean, which contains 97% of the Earth’s water, plays a crucial role in the global water cycle. It exchanges freshwater with the atmosphere, land, and cryosphere, and these […]

Compare and contrast: Water rates in Northern Ireland suggested to help address wastewater crisis

The Guardian The introduction of water rates in Northern Ireland could address crumbling wastewater infrastructure and the impact on waterways, it has been suggested. It comes as the Stormont executive […]

Compare and contrast: Embankment of 18th-century canal in Cheshire collapses after flooding

The Guardian Engineers are assessing the scale of damage to a canal built more than 250 years ago after flood waters caused a dramatic collapse of part of its elevated […]

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