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What’s Up With Water — May 24, 2022

Circle of Blue

Welcome to “What’s Up With Water” – your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. The Yamuna River provides water to millions of people in the capital region, but is drying up, according to the Indian Express. Campaigners say the actions in 2021 are just a start. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann.

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Politicians Are Still Using the Disinformation Playbook and It Makes Me Mad

Union of Concerned Scientists

The diversion On Wednesday, March 23, a story from Energy News Network (EEN) described how one Jerry Cirino, state senator of Ohio, has introduced legislation that would require Ohio college and university instructors to include “false and misleading counterpoints” when teaching climate science. No kidding, Senator. Source: Google maps.

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Canada’s Top Seven Climate Villains Fueling Climate Catastrophe

Enviromental Defense

That’s why we’ve included them in our brand-new campaign that names and shames the key players in the fossil fuel industry who are guilty of fueling climate chaos and the tactics they use to greenwash and misinform us all. You’ll likely have heard about Corson and Imperial in the news lately. Who is on the list? What can you do?

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Perspective: More Attention Needed on Freshwater Biodiversity

Circle of Blue

Home to about 65 million people across four countries, the lower Mekong is also prized for its diversity of aquatic species. In recent years I’ve been writing about global freshwater issues, with a particular focus on Southeast Asia’s Mekong River. The good news is that we’re seeing more signs of that happening.

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What Americans Actually Think About Plastic Pollution

Ocean Conservancy

This research was shared by several news outlets, and although finding microplastics in these food items was not much of a surprise to us , plenty of people were shocked by our results and began to ask more questions about microplastic pollution and human health impacts. What did we find? About half of U.S.

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What’s Up With Water – December 13, 2021

Circle of Blue

Welcome to “What’s Up With Water,” your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. In an interview with Rudaw news service, Azzam Alwash called the potential lawsuit “nothing but PR.” He said Iraq should focus its efforts on mending antiquated irrigation systems and preventing water waste. Transcript.

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An A to Z of Fossil Fuel Industry Deception

Union of Concerned Scientists

In Chevron’s twisted logic, the reliance of billions of people worldwide on a high-carbon energy system for decades to come is part of a transition to ever-cleaner energy as long as the industry lowers the carbon intensity of oil and gas. You can take action here.