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The Salton of the Earth		02 Apr 2002	Daily Grist
The Salton of the Earth The Salton Sea is California's largest lake -- and one of the most endangered habitats in North America. The sea is extremely salty and getting more so every day. And outbreaks of botulism and lack of oxygen have killed thousands of the birds and fish that call the lake home. Now the lake faces another threat: California is under federal man ...
Topics: California, Colorado River, rivers and watersheds, Salton Sea, water conflicts, wildlife (all these topics)

On the Water Front		22 Mar 2002	Daily Grist
On the Water Front More than 2.7 billion people will experience severe water shortages by 2025 if the world continues to consume water at the current rate, according to a U.N. report released today, which happens to be World Water Day. The report goes on to say that another 2.5 billion may be living in areas where it will be difficult or near impossible to meet their water needs. (Yep, two out of three peopl ...
Topics: Africa, Asia, water conflicts, water pollution (all these topics)

Blood and Water, Part Two Without fair water distribution, the Middle East peace process is all dried up	Jessica McCallin	05 Mar 2002	Main Dish
A variety of explanations have been offered as to why Israel is reluctant to redistribute water resources. The most obvious reason is that doing so would require a change in Israeli lifestyles: no more private swimming pools and green lawns. But the motives go deeper than that, according to Robin Twite, director of the Environment Program for the Jerusalem-base ...
Topics: Israel, water conflicts (all these topics)

Holy Water		05 Mar 2002	Daily Grist

Topics: Middle East, water conflicts (all these topics)

Kenya Believe It?		20 Feb 2002	Daily Grist
Kenya Believe It? If Kenya gets its way, water distribution in east Africa could change dramatically: The nation's energy minister, Raila Odinga, has called for a review of the 1929 British colonial treaty that grants Egypt the right to veto projects involving use of the headwaters of the Nile. Od ...
Topics: Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, globalization, international government agencies, Kenya, Middle East, Nile River, rivers and watersheds, Sudan, water conflicts (all these topics)

Blood Is Thicker Than Water		10 Jan 2002	Daily Grist
Blood Is Thicker Than Water It was a family affair, but the significance was national: President Bush and his brother Jeb, the governor of Florida, signed an agreement yesterday to guarantee that water captured by a $7.8 billion Florida Everglades restoration effort ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, environmental restoration, Florida, food and agriculture, green living, national parks, politics, rivers and watersheds, water conflicts, wetlands (all these topics)

Zuni Day, Sweeping the Clods Away		03 Dec 2001	Daily Grist
Zuni Day, Sweeping the Clods Away The Zuni Pueblo tribe is joining forces with the Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity, and other enviro groups to fight a utility's plans to strip-mine coal from 18,000 acres of state, federal, and private land in western New Mexico. The coalition says the mining would draw water from the Zuni Salt Lake, where the tribe extracts salt for religious purp ...
Topics: energy, mining and drilling, Sierra Club, water conflicts (all these topics)

The Skipper Too?		30 Nov 2001	Daily Grist
The Skipper Too? The niftily named Carson wandering skipper -- a butterfly that is no bigger than a thumbnail -- has been given emergency protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The feds took the step yesterday to help preserve the butterfly's habitat in two counties along the northern border of Nevada and California. Bob Williams of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...
Topics: California, Nevada, US Fish and Wildlife Service, water conflicts, wildlife (all these topics)

Mulholland Drive, Bye		19 Nov 2001	Daily Grist
Mulholland Drive, Bye Almost 90 years too late, Los Angeles is finally making partial amends for one of the most infamous acts of water theft in history: the diversion of the Owens River to supply water to the then-infant city. The diversion caused the 110-square-mile Owens Lake to dry up, leading to dramatic and sometimes deadly dust storms and some of the worst air quality in the n ...
Topics: air pollution, California, lakes, pollution and waste, water conflicts (all these topics)

All Falls Down		22 Aug 2001	Daily Grist
All Falls Down Chanting "let the water flow," about 4,000 residents joined a convoy of trucks from around the country yesterday in Klamath Falls, Ore., to protest the federal government and demand more irrigation water for their farms. This spring, the feds shut off the water to protect endangered fish, and the small amount of water released earlier this month is expected to run out later this week. The farmers and their s ...
Topics: Oregon, water conflicts (all these topics)

It's Miller Time in Cali	Ben White	10 Dec 1999	Muckraker
Bill Bradley has not been particularly competitive with Vice Pres. Gore in the world of endorsements and establishment support within the Democratic Party. In fact, he's been roundly trounced. Gore boasts scores of supporters in Congress and among various and sundry party potentates scattered across the country. Gore also leads in endorsements from labor unions and other traditional Democratic interest groups. (Readers know that greenie groups bu ...
Topics: California, Greenpeace, Muckraker, politics, United States, water conflicts (all these topics)

A Bum Deal		26 Jul 1999	Daily Grist
A Bum Deal Nevada's two Democratic senators are pressing a bill that would force the Bureau of Land Management to sell land near California's Mojave National Preserve as a site for a second Las Vegas airport, even before environmental studies can be done to determine its potential impact. The Interior Department, on behalf of both the BLM and the National Park Service, is fighting the bill s ...
Topics: air pollution, California, Harry Reid, health, water conflicts (all these topics)

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