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Ministry not to blame for Cholera, says Ngilu
Nairobi :: Kenya | 41 minutes ago
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Water minister Charity Ngilu has said her Ministry is not to blame for the Cholera outbreak that has so far caused 194 deaths in the country since January. She was speaking in Parliament in response to a question by nominated MP Mohammed Affey. While...
Tags: clean water, Ms Ngilu, Kenya, Nairobi
Millions have no clean water
Richards Bay :: South Africa | 9 days ago
Credibility Jacob Zuma has expressed concerns about the high number of rural communities in the country that still have no access to clean water despite some being situated near big dams. Speaking at the launch of a multimillion rand Nsezi Water Treatment Plant...
Tags: clean water, South Africa, Richards Bay, Jacob Zuma, Dam, Drinking water, Zulu people, KwaZulu-Natal, Environment
They’re still after you water
Toronto :: Canada | 9 days ago
Credibility Congress is about to pass another law that completely ignores the Constitution, the Clean Water Restoration Act (S-787). For the first 100 years, the states set water policy. The feds got into the business in 1886 with the “River and Harbor Act, and...
Tags: federal government, clean water, Supreme Court Rulings, Congress, completely ignoring, federal agency, 4th amendment, water restoration, navigable water, claims jurisdiction, Canada, Toronto, Clean Water Act, Russ Feingold, Commerce Clause, Navigability, United States Constitution, Politics, Water law, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Rapanos v. United States, Law Crime
Govt must plan ahead - Zuma
Richards Bay :: South Africa | 10 days ago
Credibility President Jacob Zuma on Saturday called for an urgent end to water contamination, saying that spillage of sewerage into South Africa's water supplies would lead to water being undrinkable. "We must deal with the spillage of sewerage into our water supplies...
Tags: Jacob Zuma, South Africa, Nsezi Water, treatment plant, clean water, water treatment, plan ahead, Richards Bay, South African people, Zulu people, Water supply, Sanitation, Drinking water, Environment, Millennium Development Goals, Polygamy
GALLIGAN: Sewer rate increases are a must
Jeffersonville :: IN :: USA | 17 days ago
Credibility On Monday, the Jeffersonville City Council will consider the finals readings of ordinance 2009-OR-43, which will dramatically increase the rates our city’s sewer customers pay during the next six years. Though this rate increase has been discussed publicly...
Tags: Jeffersonville Sanitary Sewer Board, Jeffersonville City Council, clean water, water act, rate increase, sewer rate, consent decree, EPA, combined sewer, sewer overflow, Jeffersonville, Public health, Sewerage, Tom Galligan, Jeffersonville Indiana, Water pollution, Environmental engineering, Hydraulic engineering
Cargill fined $200,000 for clean water violations at Fort Morgan packing plant
Fort Morgan :: CO :: USA | 18 days ago
Credibility Cargill also entered an administrative agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that requires Cargill to undertake a range of corrective measures. These include staff training, mechanical upgrades to its water treatment operation and reassignment...
Tags: Font Resize Cargill, packing plant, Fort Morgan, clean water, Meat packing industry, Discharge, Meatpacking, Cargill, Cargill Meat Solutions, Environment
E.P.A. Vows Better Effort on Water
Charleston :: WV :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility At a daylong hearing before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, the E.P.A. administrator, Lisa P. Jackson , said that agency officials “are falling short of this administration’s expectations for the effectiveness of our clean water...
EPA will review 79 mountaintop coal mining permits
Charleston :: SC :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility W.Va. The Obama administration on Friday stepped up efforts to curb environmental damage from surface coal mining, announcing plans to give 79 permit applications in four states additional scrutiny...Environmental Protection Agency said it wants to...
Tags: EPA, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, coal mining, mining permit, clean water, water act, West Virginia, obama administration, surface mining, Obama
Fla. gets D+ on water protection
Jacksonville :: FL :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility Florida received a D-plus grade for its water quality protection, based on a Gulf Restoration Network report released Wednesday. The report graded states bordering the Gulf of Mexico on how well they implemented the Clean Water Act and protected their...
Tags: report card, Florida, Gulf Restoration Network, Mexico, clean water, water act
Timberland Introduces '09 Eartherkeeper Heroes
08.19.2009 – STRATHAM, N.H.-Today The Timberland Company introduced its 2009 roster of Earthkeeper Heroes, reinforcing its commitment to helping individuals become catalysts of environmental movements around the world. In partnership with Changents.com,...
Tags: Timberland, Changents, Change Agent, Earthkeepers, Heroes, Earthkeeper Hero, environmentally friendly, sustainability, global warming, environmental issues, Homeless shelters, Green design, clean water, water pollution, community projects, urban green, photographer, environmental activists, environmental change, Generation Y, socially responsible, renewable energy, alternative energy, recycle, ocean habits, homeless, green, green technology
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