Water & drought
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Cancerous chemicals such as lead and copper are just some of the contaminants found in the drinking water of some 27 million Americans, revealed a damning new report by the National Resources Defense Council (NDRC), calling to question the safety of water systems in the country. According to the report, over 18,000 community water systems across […]
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The destruction of the Oroville dam’s main and emergency spillways made major headlines early on in 2017. Some 188,000 Californian citizens were left with no choice but to leave their homes and evacuate. Fortunately, the dam held up and the residents were able to return home safely. However, the damage left behind is no less […]
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Radical Left-wing Marxists who run the state of California have been belly-aching about secession since Donald J. Trump rode a populist, anti-establishment wave of sentiment nationwide into the White House. But those who are stumping the loudest for a new “Republic of California” should step back, breathe deeply for a few moments, and take an […]
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One of the major problems currently facing the Earth is water scarcity. Around one fifth of the global population lives in an area where water is scarce, while a further 1.6 billion people live in areas that lack the infrastructure needed to bring water to them from aquifers and rivers. In fact, UN Water reports […]
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The situation at the Oroville Dam has stabilized for the moment, but more storms are coming this week. (Article by Michael Snyder from Thedailysheeple.com) When those storms arrive, will authorities be able to avoid the kind of catastrophic incident that almost happened over the weekend? As you will see below, it is being admitted that a […]
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Considering the vast amount of disinformation and propaganda generated by those pursuing the climate change agenda, it’s no wonder that the general public has a difficult time making sense of the so-called debate regarding the issue. I use the term “so-called” because there has been very little room for real debate – scientists who dare […]
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Mention the term “weather modification” in polite company and you’re likely to be immediately dismissed as some kind of conspiracy nut. But the truth is that weather modification technology has been in use throughout the world for decades and lately has become a burgeoning industry with more and more countries investing millions in cloud seeding […]
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An assistant professor of geography from Michigan State University (MSU) has crunched the numbers and determined that, based on current demographic, socioeconomic, and other factors, more than one third of all Americans will soon be unable to pay for water out of their own taps. Elizabeth Mack, publishing her work in the open-access journal PLOS […]
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Officials in Jackson County, Oregon have again shown their disrespect for private property rights, telling a local couple they must tear out a 40-year-old two-acre pond located on the property they bought two years ago. Jackson is the same county that recently imprisoned and fined another area landowner, Gary Harrington, for illegally collecting rainwater – […]
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Texas’s reputation of having the biggest of everything just got a major boost with the announcement that the world’s largest nature park is to be built in the city of Dallas. The years-in-development park project has not received much publicity so far, partly because it is actually the result of a tying together of several […]
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Donald Trump assured his farm-owning supporters that he is their best chance to put a stop to the EPA’s penchant for over-regulation. He expressed the need to eliminate the Waters of the United States rule, and scrap the EPA’s clean power plan, which costs us $7.2 billion annually. This makes Trump by far the best […]
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Some commercial farms in California came up with their own solution to the drought, and it’s not pretty. They decided to use recycled oil industry waste water to grow their produce. Chevron Oil Company treats 21 million gallons of waste water per day and sells it to farmers, who in turn use it to water 45,000 […]
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Half of Zimbabwe’s rural population is soon to be devastated by drought conditions and in need of food assistance, if they aren’t already. With rain not expected for several more months, concerns for the nation continue to rise. By next year, five million people are expected to need food assistance, thanks to the drought that […]
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On May 31, 2016 Drought Monitor reported that 84% of the State of California was in drought, compared to 97% two months earlier. Areas of the once Golden State experiencing exceptional drought (ED-4) had “fallen from 46% to 21% since October of 2015.” But that doesn’t necessarily mean that things are getting better. This drought has been in progress […]
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A recent press release from Greenpeace states that the world’s coal power plants consume enough freshwater to sustain 1 billion people. How does obtaining energy from hemp compare to burning fossil fuels in terms of conservation and care when it comes to water resources? Bio-diesel can be made from any oil or fat, including hemp […]
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