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Denver Water votes to delay drought pricing by one month
Denver :: CO :: USA | 8 hours ago
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Font Resize The Denver Post Cheesman Reservoir was at a low level in January 2013. (Provided by Denver Water) Denver Water has some good news for customers hoping to keep their lawns green: The Denver Water Board of Commissioners voted at their
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Drought Eases In The East, But Still Worrisome Out West
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 7 days ago
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The federal agencies saddled with doom and gloom forecasts have mixed news for the vast regions of the country that have been suffering from drought. The good news is reserved for Easterners and Midwesterners: Your drought pain has eased notably, the
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Bill creating emergency water permits advances
Carson City :: MI :: USA | 7 days ago
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Nev. (AP) Permits allowing livestock owners in drought stricken areas emergency access to water moves closer to law with an Assembly committee 's nod of approval. The Assembly Natural Resources Committee unanimously passed SB134 on Thursday. It's a
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Vermont wants Monsanto to label its GMOs
Boston :: MA :: USA | 7 days ago
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But Vermont still wants to require Monsanto to label all of its genetically modified food products with GMOs labels. Monsanto , the often vilified agribusiness corporate giant, is back in the news. First, the Supreme Court upheld its ownership over
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U.S. tax dollars promote Monsanto's GMO crops overseas: report
Lyon :: France | 9 days ago
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News Analysis & Opinion Related Topics French beekeepers demonstrate to protest the use of genetically-modified organisms in front of French Monsanto headquarters in Bron, near Lyon, January 20, 2012...U.S. taxpayers are footing the bill for overseas
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CAPLAN: Last year's drought is NOT just a memory
Evansville :: IN :: USA | 19 days ago
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I'm sipping a hot cup of coffee, typing this column as I wait for my shoes to dry. While I'm glad last year's drought is just a distant memory, it's a little annoying that the weather is putting a damper on my weekend gardening plans...There are many
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Iran water situation improves
Tehrān :: Iran | 20 days ago
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The precipitation rate in the current farming year is normal, as the distribution of rainfalls has been satisfactory," he said. "Since the country faced a period of drought, three consecutive wet years should follow to reach a normal situation."
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Shocking humanitarian toll: Somalia famine kills 258,000 men, women and children
The catastrophic drama of famine-driven deaths has continued to play out on a stage in Africa, with little notice by the outside world, even though warnings were loud and urgent, starting in 2011, when the famine was officially declared a
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NSW on the brink of drought, warn farmers
Sydney :: Australia | 22 days ago
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Some landholders in the far north of the state say they have not had enough rain for more than a year, and this has caused dams and storage to dry up. They say they have to cart water and hand-feed livestock due to dwindling rainfall, and many are
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Mulroy seeks protection for drought tool
Las Vegas :: NM :: USA | 28 days ago
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Southern Nevada's top water official urged Congress on Thursday to preserve favorable tax treatment of municipal bonds, a key tool communities are using to improve their water structures and fight drought. For those of us on the ground, finding ways
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