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NoWaterNoLife

  1. Agriculture in US west must face adjustments to address depletion of surface water and groundwater resources. bit.ly/JQuDyq
  2. Columbia River salmon are recovering, especially sockeye. Their numbers are up but threats still remain. bit.ly/KxoB8S
  3. Ground water extraction and human demand for water supplies has an overlooked, yet major impact on rising sea levels. bit.ly/JKmEYi
  4. Global wetlands shrank by 6% from 1993-2007 due to conversion for agriculture, drainage and water diversion. bit.ly/K2qsBw
  5. Global wetlands shrank by 6% between 1993 and 2007 due to conversion for agriculture, drainage and water diversion. bit.ly/K2qsBw
  6. Global wetlands shrank by 6% between 1993 and 2007 due to conversion for agriculture, drainage and water diversion. news.mongabay.com/2012/0514-wetl…
  7. Philadelphia to spend $2 billion to manage its storm water via green methods: porous pavement, green roofs, more trees. bit.ly/IFDC6q
  8. 98% of dams being built in Western China, many cascading closely together, are in hi-moderate Earthquake Hazard Zones. bit.ly/HbOiaK
  9. New list of the 10 most polluted US waterways and the top 20 polluters affecting our drinking water and ecosystems. bit.ly/H9VMtW
  10. In the Columbia River Basin Washington state's Mill Pond Dam to be removed to restore stream and fish habitat. bit.ly/HzLXX5
  11. New IPCC reports risks of costly, deadly and severe weather events due to climate change, population shifts & poverty. bit.ly/HfGC5d
  12. American Rivers to remove 100 obsolete dams in 2012, restoring free-flowing rivers & water for fish, wildlife & humans. bit.ly/GTQS5f
  13. Texas in water crisis due to its worst 1-yr drought ever, population rise, & higher temps causing evaporation: to.pbs.org/H3qWH7
  14. US addresses future global conflicts over water availability in new study & with new public-private Water Partnership! bit.ly/GQh9R7
  15. Why do we ignore water needs? South African notes we do this today at our own peril, as did the Ancient Egyptians. bit.ly/GFPPK5
  16. Kenya taking proposed Serengeti Hwy (& RR?) to E. African Court of Justice for trial. Great trans-boundary precedent. bit.ly/GDopQE
  17. EPA sued by those against use of fertilizers & chemicals polluting Mississippi River and creating Gulf's dead zone. reut.rs/A3rm2L
  18. Photos & notes on African Women in Alison M. Jones newsletter honoring Womens Day: bit.ly/wh0Dt1
  19. Yearly 3.5 million get sick from swimming in rivers, lakes, ocean per EPA. Yet gov't to stop monitoring contamination. wapo.st/zZd2iH
  20. US House of Representatives approves 80 % of BP fines going to coastal restoration of MS, FL, AL, LA and TX. bit.ly/yWlkgV