Posted by Matt in June 28th, 2008 |
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Conflict,
Water,
Afghanistan,
Change Water,
climate change,
Conflict,
Conflicts,
Crises,
darfur,
Doctors,
Drier,
Food Energy,
Land,
Land Water,
Oil Supplies,
Population,
Risk,
Somalia,
stress,
Stresses,
Tendency,
Violence Increases,
Water Scarcity
As drylands get drier and violence grows, new crises resembling Darfur will arise.
The world will experience a growing risk of conflicts over food, energy and water in coming years. The population rises each year by about 80 million people, with most of the increase in impoverished regions already facing environmental stress. Climate change, water scarcity [...]
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Posted by Matt in September 29th, 2007 |
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China,
Water,
pollution,
Chinese Public,
Current Rate,
Economic Expansion,
Economic Juggernaut,
Economic Power,
Environmental Degradation,
Groundwater,
Hydrologist,
International Repercussions,
North China,
Political Challenge,
Pollution Problem,
Pollution Reaches Deadly Extremes,
Richard Evans,
Ruling Communist Party,
Three Decades,
Water Crisis,
Water Pollution,
Water Resources,
Water Scarcity
For three decades, water has been indispensable in sustaining the rollicking economic expansion that has made China a world power. Now, China’s galloping, often wasteful style of economic growth is pushing the country toward a water crisis. Water pollution is rampant nationwide, while water scarcity has worsened severely in north China — even as demand [...]
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