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Environment

Flint residents grapple with water crisis a decade later: ‘If we had the energy left, we’d cry’ | Flint water crisis

Earlier this month, Brittany Thomas received a call that her 11-year-old daughter Janiyah had experienced a seizure at school. “She’d…

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Environment

Michigan doctor who revealed Flint water crisis now takes on child poverty | Poverty

In 2015, Dr Mona Hanna-Attisha alerted the world that children were being poisoned by lead in the water of her…

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Environment

Thames Water could raise bills to £627 a year to help fix leaks | Thames Water

Thames Water could raise bills to as much as £627 a year to pay to fix its leaky network, after…

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Environment

‘No dividing line’: consultants advising private water companies also work for their regulator, Ofwat | Water industry

The water industry regulator has spent £26.7m on business consultants in the past five years, including several companies that have…

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Environment

‘Dirty secret’: insiders say UK water firms knowingly break sewage laws | Water

Whistleblowers say UK water companies are knowingly failing to treat legally required amounts of sewage, and that some treatment works…

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Tech

Best Filtered Water Bottles of 2024

I considered five important criteria when using each reusable water bottle: filtering and filter capacity, materials, taste, ease of use…

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Environment

Water is at the heart of farmers’ struggle to survive in Benin » Yale Climate Connections

For the residents of Dassa-Zoumè, a city in the West African country of Benin, choosing between drinking water and having…

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Politics

Thames Water nationalisation plan could move bulk of £15bn debt to state | Thames Water

Thames Water could be renationalised, with the bulk of its £15.6bn debt added to the public purse, under radical plans…

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Environment

US lawmakers Elizabeth Warren and Ro Khanna seek to ban trade in water rights | Water

With private investors poised to profit from water scarcity in the west, US senator Elizabeth Warren and representative Ro Khanna…

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Environment

California cracks down on farm region’s water pumping: ‘The ground is collapsing’ | California

Even after two back-to-back wet years, California’s water wars are far from over. On Tuesday, state water officials took an…

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