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  • The City That Unpoisoned Its Pipes

    The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, has left the city in dire straits without funds or political will to replace its lead pipes. Less than fifty-miles away, the city of Lansing has managed to replace almost all of its pipes, even during the Great Recession. Between Flint and Lansing, divergent approaches to management of utilities, funds, and citizen health provide extraordinary lessons about what worked and what caused the failures.

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  • 'No one leaves anymore'. How Ethiopia's restored drylands offer hope

    Environmental refugees in Ethiopia flee their country because there are no jobs without healthy land. A group of former refugees have returned to Ethiopia with a business venture in Gergera to improve the land by regreening efforts, foresting, and building water conservation systems. The new businesses demonstrated such positive effects that the region is now on the brink of resettlement due to improved environmental conditions.

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  • How a new source of water is helping reduce conflict in the Middle East

    Israel experienced extreme drought a few years ago and its water supply was very low. National campaigns to install desalination plants have helped Israel turnaround its inadequate water supply into a surplus. The water scientists who have helped make this surplus see an opportunity for water diplomacy and the de-politicization of water in the Middle East so that more of it can be shared with other geographies.

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  • How 3D printing can save lives

    Due to the inaccessibility of inactive munitions to provide hands-on de-activation experience to security experts, training individuals is difficult. Inactive munitions cannot be shipped to other countries, thus other methods have been explored. A military disposal technician, Allen Tan, created a 3D printing technology that can now create replicas of multiple bomb models. Plans can now be transmitted online and printed in 3D anywhere in the world for study.

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  • Holland is relocating homes to make more room for high water

    The Dutch have spent centuries trying to hold back both the sea and the big rivers that flow into it. But rising water due to climate change is forcing a new approach for their low-lying country.

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  • L.A. Offers Free Recycled Water to Residents

    California has long struggled with creative solutions to its lack of abundant water. Los Angeles offers its residents free recycled water as a solution to drought and water shortage issues.

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  • Why the Gates Foundation is flooding a new rice variety with funding

    With climate changes causing extreme fluctuations in the weather, agricultural conditions and small farming operations are suffering around the world. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has funded research and initiatives that reduce poverty in the world and increase agricultural development. The Foundation supports the tools, crops, and partnerships for more robust and resilient crop yields through its Stress Tolerant Rise for Africa and South Asia initiative.

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  • Rio Doce grassroots response arises out of Fundão mining disaster

    More than six months after a mining tailings dam broke in Brazil, killing 19 people and polluting the 530-mile length of the Rio Doce, grassroots groups have arisen to take action and seek justice.

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  • Seeing the forest through the trees?

    A new timber mill in Costilla County could majorly improve the forest health of the greater region by thinning undergrowth to reduce risk of wildfires, curbing the spread of invasive insects, and decreasing the demand for water in the face of drought. The mill could also create jobs and further economic development for the area.

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  • Sharing the shortage

    Farmers and land owners in the Rio Grande del Rancho region are using a collaborative, community-based approach fostered by acequias to ensure better sharing of water resources in times of scarcity.

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