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What’s Up With Water — March 8, 2022

Circle of Blue

In Ukraine, the Russian invasion has endangered basic services like water and healthcare. Those who remain are witnessing the hardships of life in a war zone. In the past week, a series of storms flooded roads, buildings, and vehicles. I’m Eileen Wray-McCann. UN officials say bombings have damaged water pipes.

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The glass that offers Ukraine hope: Oksana Kondratyeva on the interface between art, science and architecture

Physics World

A nine-part stained-glass series was installed depicting the history of humankind’s relationship with energy, from Prometheus stealing fire from the gods, to scientists splitting the atom. Back in Ukraine, with the war still active, it is difficult to establish the scale of damage to the country. Courtesy: Oksana Kondratyeva).

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The Year in Water, 2022

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Food distribution was not helped by simmering local conflicts that obstructed aid work and global grain markets that were disrupted by Russia’s war against Ukraine. The series found that ending toxic blooms is eminently achievable. The strength of the shark’s teeth and the breadth of the bite were on full display in 2022.

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We can quickly rid ourselves of Russian fossil fuels in a way that would also accelerate climate action ?

A Greener Life

Many have argued that it is precisely the EU’s purchase of Russian fossil fuels which enables Russia to fund the war in Ukraine. Many have argued that it is precisely the EU’s purchase of Russian fossil fuels which enables Russia to fund the war in Ukraine. Implementing a war economy.

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The Stream, March 30, 2022: New Technology Could Solve Solar Energy’s Water Problem

Circle of Blue

Read the final report in Circle of Blue’s three-part series on Arizona’s water reckoning. The war in Ukraine is accelerating the climate crisis in the Horn of Africa, where many have grown dependent on the region’s grain exports. Morocco on the Brink of Drinking Water Crisis, Experts Say. On the Radar. More Water News.

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Biden puts climate goals at risk in order to put pressure on Russia?

A Greener Life

And many climate advocates, including the Secretary-General of the UN Antonio Guterres , are concerned that we are now disregarding the climate crisis in the wake of the horrific events in Ukraine. ” The global surge of rising energy prices and the war in Ukraine prompted Biden to make the U-turn. Period, period, period.”.

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‘Big Oil’s profits go through the roof?

A Greener Life

The energy industry has been hit by a series of shocks first with the pandemic, then a shortage of gas supply and then the war in Ukraine – the latter two developments have sent energy prices soaring. He complained that the pressure on companies to move away from oil and gas and towards renewables was one of the reasons.