News headlines for “Water and Development”, page 105
Changing Weather, Changing Fortunes
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Mar 12 (IPS) - Sri Lanka has paused for breath after the extreme weather conditions last year that many associate with climate change.
Across U.S., Health Concerns Vie with Fracking Profits
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 08 (IPS) - Peter "Pete" Seeger is a 93-year old U.S. folk legend who resides in Wappinger Falls in southern New York. He can be spotted occasionally on the traffic-heavy Route 9, flanked by world peace signs and armed with a banjo.
U.S. Abstains on Controversial World Bank Mongolia Mine Project
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 07 (IPS) - The United States has refused to vote for involvement by the World Bank Group in a massive but controversial mining project in Mongolia.
Peace and Dead Sea at a New Low
- Inter Press Service
EIN FESHKA, Occupied West Bank, Feb 26 (IPS) - Two of the three main objectives of the Red Sea-Dead Sea canal project grapple with how to "save the Dead Sea" and "build a symbol of peace in the region." With Israeli-Palestinians relations and the Dead Sea at an all time low, questions arise whether the ‘Red-Dead Canal' (as it is known in environmental jargon) could save not only the hyper-saline desert lake but peace itself.
More Dead Than Red
- Inter Press Service
EIN GEDI, Israel, Feb 25 (IPS) - The World Bank has declared the Red Sea-Dead Sea canal project feasible. Designed to "save the Dead Sea", "desalinate water and/or generate hydroelectricity at affordable prices in Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Authority", and "build a symbol of peace in the Middle East", the scheme, green groups warn, is fraught with environmental hazards.
Saving Heat from Going Down the Drain
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Feb 20 (IPS) - Whenever hot water from the kitchen tap or the bathroom shower goes down the plughole, a substantial amount of heat energy goes with it. In some German buildings this is being recovered and used to heat buildings in the winter and run air conditioning systems in the summer, representing a real energy-saver.
Water, Water Everywhere – and No Early Warning in Sight
- Inter Press Service
GWANDA, Zimbabwe, Feb 14 (IPS) - Muzeka Muyeyekwa from Mapfekera Village in Zimbabwbe's Manicaland Province wonders what he will feed his three children for lunch.
River Restoration Remains Out of Reach
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Feb 12 (IPS) - The process of cleaning the Matanza-Riachuelo river basin, which in its final flow borders the Argentinian capital, shows remarkable progress. But the biggest challenge remains the cleaning of the watercourse, which has been damaged by centuries of neglect.
U.N.'s Water Agenda at Risk of Being Hijacked by Big Business
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 11 (IPS) - Amidst growing new threats of potential conflicts over fast-dwindling water resources in the world's arid regions, the United Nations will commemorate 2013 as the International Year of Water Cooperation (IYWC).
Saving a Shrinking Lake
- Inter Press Service
GULFE, Cameroon, Feb 09 (IPS) - Approaching the Lake Chad basin from Gulfe, a small locality 45 kilometres from Cameroon's Far North Regional capital Maroua, the atmosphere of despair is palpable: dusty air, fierce and unrelenting winds, wilting plants and sand dunes suggest that this once lush area is undergoing a terrible change.
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