Water
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The latest figures on California’s water conservation are in, and they’re pretty dismal. Despite calls to reduce consumption during our punishing drought, Californians used 2.6 percent more water in January compared with the same month in 2020, according to state data. The figures for February and March are unlikely to be much better. These disappointing […]
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – At Moanalua Shopping Center, there’s a hub for military families seeking assistance amid the ongoing tainted water crisis. So far, more than 18,000 claims have been filed there and $28 million paid out. Raymond Mcknight is chief of the temporary lodging assistance team. He lives in Radford Housing, where the water has […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNCN) – The White House announced Sunday morning that the United States is sending $54 million in additional humanitarian assistance to Ukraine amid the ongoing attack from Russia. “This additional assistance will support our partners to provide critically needed health care, safe drinking water, sanitation, hygiene supplies, and protection for vulnerable children,” an […]
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Two California congressmembers are asking the federal government to study whether there’s evidence that potential toxic and contaminated drinking water at Fort Ord can be tied to specific cancers and other diseases. “Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to our servicemembers and their families,” said Reps. Katie Porter and […]
U.S. Consulate General Tijuana Joint Statement The U.S. and Mexican governments met today in Tijuana to discuss transboundary water pollution challenges along the shared border. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan and U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar led the U.S. delegation, which also included Commissioner Maria-Elena Giner of the International Boundary […]
A federal judge in the United States has approved a $626m settlement for victims of the lead water crisis in Flint, Michigan, in a case brought by tens of thousands of residents who were affected by the contaminated water. The payment, awarded on Wednesday, is one of the largest civil settlements in Michigan’s history, and […]
Water utilities and regulators in the US have identified 56 new contaminants in drinking water over the past two years, a list that includes dangerous substances linked to a range of health problems such as cancer, reproductive disruption, liver disease and much more. The revelation is part of an analysis of the nation’s water utilities’ […]
For all these years, ice for a layman has just been water that turned solid in low temperatures. However, scientists from the University of Chicago and the Carnegie Institution of Washington in the US have created ice from a whole new method that uses high pressure rather than low temperature. As bizarre as it may sound, but […]
Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Were you to see a ghost cutting about, what would be your first instinct? Forgive us for this assumption, but we imagine it’s probably not “take a polaroid of it”, right? Tell that to the various heroes of Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water — Project Zero in Europe […]
Day, 25, was last seen at the Illinois State University campus in Normal on August 24 and his car was found two days later about 60 miles north of his home in Bloomington. The graduate student’s body was found floating in the nearby Illinois River on September 4, but his remains weren’t identified until late […]