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Trickle-down Economics
Saving Forests Can Mean Clean Water for Cities |
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02 Sep 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Trickle-down Economics Saving Forests Can Mean Clean Water for Cities Cities around the world could save billions of dollars on water-treatment plants if they dedicated resources to protecting nearby forests, which naturally filter and purify drinking water, according to a new report by the World Wildlife Fund and the World Bank. Researchers came to this conclusion after s ... |
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| Topics: New York, rivers and watersheds, water pollution, wilderness, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics) |
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