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Canada and British Columbia invest in wastewater infrastructure improvements in Kimberley
Water Canada
Kimberley, B.C. — The City of Kimberley will build new wastewater infrastructure after a combined investment of more than $90.6 million from the federal, provincial, and municipal governments. Click here to continue reading
Compare and contrast: Webcast: How water researchers are rethinking the global flood crisis
Nature
In this webcast, a panel of researchers discuss how to improve resilience to floods and the need for expertise from fields such as climate modelling, urban studies and behavioural science. Click here to continue reading
Compare and contrast: Sizing up hydrogen’s hydrological footprint
Nature
The use of hydrogen as an energy carrier is essential to decarbonizing economies. Industrial policies and technology developments could trim the water consumption involved in producing the gas, minimizing its cost and environmental impact. Click here to continue reading
Compare and contrast: Water and warfare: the battle to control a precious resource
Nature
Water resources can be casualties of violence, but disputes over water control can also act as triggers for unrest — for example, when two communities clash over access to a single water source. Historical records show that conflicts over water access stretch back millennia, with water systems often being targeted or manipulated as strategic assets on the battlefield. Click here to continue reading
Compare and contrast: The human factor in water disasters
Nature
Decisions about land use and infrastructure have left little space for water, amplifying the effects of natural disasters and climate change. Click here to continue reading
Compare and contrast: National policy aimed at reducing U.S. greenhouse gases also would improve water quality
Science Daily
A climate policy that raises the price of carbon-intensive products across the entire U.S. economy would yield a side benefit of reducing nitrate groundwater contamination throughout the Mississippi River Basin. The Gulf of Mexico, an important U.S. fishery, also would see modest benefits from the nitrate reductions. Click here to continue reading
University of Calgary named world’s first United Nations University hub for water
Calgary Herald
The University of Calgary has become the world’s first United Nations University hub focused on water. The hub is a partnership between the Calgary school and the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, which is a think tank based in Hamilton. Click here to continue reading
Glencore’s prized Canadian coal mines come with rising environmental scrutiny
Reuters
A Glencore-led consortium’s successful $9 billion bid for Teck Resources’ steelmaking coal unit could face tougher environmental clean-up obligations, as water pollution from the mines comes under increasing scrutiny in the U.S. and Canada. Ottawa and Washington are close to requesting a study of selenium contamination from Teck’s Elk Valley mines in southeast British Columbia. Click here to continue reading
EuroNews Green
Hydroponics uses just 10 per cent of the water needed for traditional cultivation. Amid water scarcity and shrinking arable land, some smallholders in Egypt are switching to soilless farming. Click here to continue reading
Compare and contrast: A quarter of freshwater fish risk extinction -study
Reuters
About a quarter of all freshwater fish species are at risk of extinction due to threats from climate change and pollution, the latest Red List of Threatened Species showed on Monday. Click here to continue reading