Desalination 'not the solution'
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Turning salt water into drinking water is not a solution to tackle global water scarcity, a WWF report says.
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By Andy Reid, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Jun. 21--Year-round water restrictions could provide a lesson in conservation, but not the answer to solving South Florida's water woes, utility operators and environmentalists warned Wednesday.
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Politics continue to complicate energy policy.
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Some experts say that moving solar energy from niche to mainstream is unlikely without big breakthroughs.
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By IAN STARRETT i.starrett@newsletter.co.uk  PLANNED new water legislation could threaten fish farming, textile and other industries here, a DUP councillor has claimed.
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Science & environment: Britons know that the planet is heating up - but are still not ready to change their lifestyle
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By SETH BORENSTEIN WASHINGTON - The harmful effects of global warming on daily life are already showing up, and within a couple of decades hundreds of millions of people won't have enough water, top scientists will say next month at a meeting in Belgium.
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Plans to protect Britain do not heed the risk of rising river levels caused by global warming, finds study.
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By The Boston Globe  Feb. 7--NANOTEcHNOLOGY -- engineering substances down to billionths of a  meter in size -- holds out such promise of providing super-strong materials or  desalinating water inexpensively that no one wants to put a red light in its  way.
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Water meters should be introduced in drought-hit parts of England to help save water, the environment secretary says.
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By Kevin Howe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Feb. 23--A study of desalination projects on Monterey Bay will include the possibility of ship-borne seawater purification plants, the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District board ruled Thursday.
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Dredging is useful for removing contaminated material from sediment, but can't eliminate the problem, a report says.
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UK government departments are failing to meet targets for cutting emissions, waste and water use, a watchdog says.
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By DECLAN FERRY  COUNCIL bosses admitted yesterday they will not meet next Friday's deadline for restoring a city's clean water supply.   Director of Services Ciaran Hayes said Galway's supply from the Luimnagh treatment plant will not be flowing for another three weeks.
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BEIJING, Sept. 11 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- In many parts of the world, good quality fresh water resources are becoming increasingly scarce.
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Rather than a help toward energy independence, Big Oil and ethanol could be roadblocks.
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East China province invests 3.6 bln yuan in sea water desalination    JINAN, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- East China's Shandong Province, a coastal region that suffers from a shortage of fresh water, will invest 3.6 billion yuan over the next four years to build 21 sea water desalination plants.