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Paul Stewart in August 1st 2010
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The BBC The Phiphidi Waterfalls are a majestic site hidden between thick trees and lush green vegetation in the far north of South Africa, near the border with Zimbabwe. The falls are surrounded by large trees with roots that reach out over the water like arms raised in worship of the area considered sacred by [...]
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Paul Stewart in August 1st 2010
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The BBC Concerns are growing for survivors of flooding in north-west Pakistan after the heaviest rains in a generation killed at least 1,100 people. There are reports of diarrhoea and cholera among the hundreds of thousands left homeless, and food and potable water are in short supply. Pakistan’s military is helping with the rescue effort, [...]
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Brady Yauch for Probe International The Three Gorges dam’s celebrated flood-storage capacities are facing renewed criticism in the wake of recent floods that have, again, highlighted its shortcomings. According to Dr. Wang Weiluo, a Chinese engineer who participated in the Three Gorges feasibility study, the Three Gorges dam will never be able to work according [...]
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Al Jazeera Floods sweeping through northeastern China have left more than 100 people dead or missing after 10 days of downpours. Waters have cut off roads, left villages inaccessible and knocked out communications and water supplies in the hardest-hit areas, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday. At least 592,000 residents were evacuated from [...]
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A Filmmaker’s Thoughts from the Front Lines of the Oil Spill by ETHAN STEWART for the Santa Barbara Independent This week marks the 100-day anniversary of the worst oil spill in the history of the United States. On April 20, British Petroleum’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig blew up off the coast of Louisiana for reasons [...]
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Mark Leon Goldberg for UN Dispatch The General Assembly today voted for a resolution that declares that access to water and clean sanitation to be a human right. From the UN News Center: Safe and clean drinking water and sanitation is a human right essential to the full enjoyment of life and all other human [...]
