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Europe · EnglandWater companies in England have faced a barrage of criticism as data revealed raw sewage was discharged for more than 3.6m hours into rivers and seas last year in a 105% increase on the previous 12 months.
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Water companies in England face outrage over record sewage discharges
100% Left coverage: 1 sources
Animals · ZeballosIntense efforts are underway to reunite an orca calf with its family pod after its mother was stranded and died in a tidal lagoon near the remote northern Vancouver Island village of Zeballos.See the Story
Time of essence amid efforts to reunite orphaned B.C. orca calf with its pod
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Water · ItalyUNESCO World Water Development Report 2024 highlights that tensions over water are exacerbating conflicts worldwide. To preserve peace, states must boost international cooperation and transboundary agreements, it noted. Between 2002 and 2021, droughts affected more than 1.4 billion people. Climate change is projected to increase the frequency and severity of these phenomena.See the Story
Water Crisis Threatens World Peace - IndiaWest Journal News
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United Nations · SwitzerlandIt is “essential” to provide all countries on the planet “a safe and equitable water supply” to promote their prosperity and, by extension, peace, underlines the annual report on water published on Friday by Unesco for UN-Water.See the Story
Water, a factor of prosperity and peace when shared fairly, for the UN
Environment · United StatesAs calls increase for better water quality monitoring and mitigation in rural and economically disadvantaged communities, emerging research adds prisons, jails and detention centers to the areas of concern. A new paper published in the American Journal of Public Health finds that 47% of America's carceral facilities are in a watershed likely contaminated with "forever chemicals" known as PFAS.See the Story
Drinking water in US prisons may contain dangerous levels of ‘forever chemicals’: Study
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Climate Change · JohannesburgFor two weeks, Tsholofelo Moloi has been among thousands of South Africans lining up for water as the country’s largest city, Johannesburg, confronts an unprecedented collapse of its water system affecting millions of people. Residents rich and poor have never seen a shortage of this severity. While hot weather has shrunk reservoirs, crumbling infrastructure after decades of neglect is also largely to blame. The public’s frustration is a danger sign for the ruling African National Congress, whose comfortable hold on power since the end of apartheid in the 1990s faces its most serious challenge in an election this year. A country already famous for its hourslong electricity shortages is now adopting a term called “watershedding” — the practice of going without water, from the term loadshedding, or the practice of going without power.See the Story
Taps have run dry across South Africa’s largest city in an unprecedented water crisis
69% Center coverage: 52 sources