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Compare and contrast: Calls for failing English water firms to be taken over using special administration
The Guardian
Triggering special administration would put Thames and other failing companies in government control, removing company directors and ending the dividends paid to shareholders. The companies could then be transferred to new owners who could be publicly owned or controlled. Click here to read the story.
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Compare and contrast: Watch water form out of thin air
Science Daily
Palladium, a rare metallic element, can rapidly generate water from hydrogen and oxygen. Researchers witnessed this process at the nanoscale for the first time with an electron microscope. By viewing the process with extreme precision, researchers discovered how to optimize it to generate water at a faster rate. Process could be used to generate water on-demand in arid environments, including on other planets. Click here to read the story.
Compare and contrast: AI Is Everywhere Now – and It’s Sucking Up a Lot of Water
Inside Climate News
Artificial intelligence has become a part of everyday life, but there’s little regulation thus far of its deployment and use. Currently, there’s no law on the books in the U.S that requires AI companies to disclose their environmental impact in terms of energy and water use. Concerned researchers rely on voluntary data from companies like Apple, Meta and Microsoft. Click here to read the story.
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Compare and contrast: New research reveals why the mighty Darling River is drying up – and it’s not just because we’re taking too much water
The Conversation – Australia
Water flows in mainland Australia’s most important river system, the Murray-Darling Basin, have been declining for the past 50 years. The trend has largely been blamed on water extraction, but our new research shows another factor is also at play. Click here to read the story.
Compare and contrast: The Fate of Thousands of US Dams Hangs in the Balance, Leaving Rural Communities With Hard Choices
Inside Climate News
Dams across the country are aging, and also facing pressures from urban sprawl and intensifying floods wrought by climate change. Click here to read the story.
Ontario announces $70M for Collingwood water treatment plant expansion
Water Canada
The Ontario government has committed nearly $70 million towards the expansion of Collingwood’s water treatment plant, a critical project that will support housing and growth in both Collingwood and New Tecumseth. The funding, part of the Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund, was announced by Brian Saunderson, MPP for Simcoe-Grey, on September 26. Click here to read the story.
Compare and contrast: Hurricane Helene’s Devastation Shows No Region Is Safe from Climate-Fueled Disaster
Scientific American
The swath of devastation, which cut hundreds of miles inland from Florida’s Gulf Coast into southern Appalachia, is a stark reminder of the worsening impacts of climate change. Rising temperatures are fueling stronger, deadlier hurricanes with impacts that can ripple across the country. Click here to read the story.
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Compare and contrast: Melting glaciers force Switzerland and Italy to redraw part of Alpine border
The Guardian
Glaciers in Europe, the world’s fastest-warming continent, are retreating at an accelerated pace because of human-caused climate breakdown. Click here to read the story.
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Durham Region secures $34.9M provincial grant for water infrastructure upgrade
Water Canada
The Region of Durham has received a $34.9 million grant from Ontario’s Housing Enabling Water System Fund to support a major rehabilitation project at the Oshawa Water Supply Plant. The $47.8 million project will increase system capacity to support future growth and housing development across the region. Click here to read the story.
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Alberta First Nation angered over lack of consultation in dam decision
CBC
A southern Alberta First Nation says it will fight a government decision on a dam because the province broke promises to take its concerns into account. Click here to read the story.
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