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  • This Week In Water for December 10, 2017
    Arctic Melting May Be Triggering California’s Drought and Fires. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    What should be the peak of California’s rainy season is instead bone-dry with winds that are fanning several wildfires. According to one expert, the state is experiencing a "climate emergency."
    Warming in the Arctic freaks out a weather station.
    After Trump drastically reduces its boundaries, Bears Ears may now
    be open to uranium mining, contrary to administration statements.
    The situation in Puerto Rico is still grave and the Republican tax plan could make it worse.
    The earth hums and scientists are diving deep to solve the mystery as to why—and name that tune.
    7 min
  • Colorado River Lawsuit Dismissal
    On Monday, December 4, 2017, the federal district court in Denver dismissed the Colorado River Ecosystem lawsuit, which sought to establish rights of nature for the river. H2O Radio’s Jamie Sudler has more.
    2 min
  • This Week in Water for December 3, 2017
    "Kayaks That Make Music for Science." That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    The Senate Republicans' tax bill is not good for the environment, wildlife, or renewables.
    The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed to stand a lower court decision giving a Native American tribe rights to groundwater going back 150 years.
    Climate change is increasingly being taken into consideration by insurers and investors.
    Two endeavors in Mexico around producing some of our favorite alcoholic beverages are getting attention from water watchers—but for very different reasons.
    Listen as scientific data is transformed into art.
    8 min
  • This Week in Water for November 19, 2017
    Fertilizers : A Ticking Time Bomb for Water? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    At the COP23 climate change conference in Bonn, 27 governments agree to phase out coal, while the U.S. promotes it.
    The worldwide nitrate problem will continue to pollute water, even after fertilizers are curtailed.
    The UN warns about mine waste concluding that better protections are needed for communities downstream.
    TransCanada had to shut down its Keystone Pipeline after 210,000 gallons of tar sands oil leaked into South Dakota farmland. The leaking pipeline is not the Keystone XL, which the Obama Administration had disapproved, but the Trump Administration later allowed.
    World Toilet Day 2017 highlights gender inequality.
    8 min
  • Pipe Dream: One Couple’s Ideal Job of Moving Water Under Mountains
    A lot of water is moved from the western part of Colorado to the east where much of the state's population lives. Those diversions involve a complex system of pipes, reservoirs, pumps, and canals to keep the whole operation flowing. Setting aside the heated politics of moving resources from one basin to another, the conveyance of water under the Continental Divide is an engineering triumph, and in one case, for a couple living isolated in a high mountain valley, it's a "pipe dream" come true.
    7 min
  • This Week in Water for November 12, 2017
    Plastic or Paper? No, the Choice Is Between Plastic or Iron. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    The UN climate conference is under way, including an unofficial delegation from the one country whose government threatens to pull out.
    There is a major fight going on over the types of pipes to use to replace old infrastructure.
    In rural America, what types of pipe to use is secondary to the question of where to get the money for replacement and repair of water systems.
    A large amount of cocoa in our favorite candy has been grown illegally, and Ghana and Ivory Coast are struggling to stop it.
    When kids drink water at lunch time, they're less likely to be obese.
    8 min
  • This Week in Water for November 5, 2017
    Unimpeded by Trump, the U.S. Government Issues Dire Warnings About Climate Change, That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    The most comprehensive climate assessment that exists today warns of unpredictable tipping points.
    A three-year drought in Cape Town, South Africa leads to austere water restrictions.
    The Colorado River is threatened not just from global warming that may reduce its flows but also from contaminants, including uranium.
    The governors of 19 western states are asking the federal government for help to prevent the spread of invasive mussels.
    Why are Parisians so bubbly?
    8 min
  • This Week in Water for October 29, 2017
    It’s Not Just Climate Change, It’s Ocean Change. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.
    Forecast: The first freeze is falling later and fewer forecasters will be around to foretell it.
    Acidity in the oceans has increased by more than 25 percent since the Industrial Revolution, and that's affecting sea life.
    Nicaragua has decided to join the Paris Agreement, leaving just the U.S. and Syria opposing.
    The Journal of Nursing Scholarship published a special edition devoted entirely to how climate change is threatening human health.
    Republicans have moved to open the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska to oil and gas development.
    Media matters: Californians conserved water because they were well informed by journalists
    8 min

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