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EPA Announces $25 Million to Improve Water Quality, Infrastructure in Arizona
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $25 million in funding to invest in Arizona for statewide improvements in local water infrastructure and the reduction of water pollution. “In an arid environment, water is the most precious natural resource and we are working with our state and city partners to protect it,” said Jared Blumenfeld, EPA’s Regional Administrator ...
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Ceres Aqua Gauge: New Tool for Companies, Investors to Manage Risks of Worldwide Water Supply Pressures
Against a backdrop of increasing business exposure to global water supply threats, Ceres today released a new tool for evaluating those risks – and opportunities – that both investors and companies can use as a roadmap to enhanced water stewardship. "Water risks are urgent today and, given population and climate trends, can only grow increasingly more so," said Ceres president Mindy ...
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Climate chaos inflicting growing costs on US
According to the report Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States, climate change is already having a direct and negative effect on the American people, impacting “water, energy, transportation, agriculture, ecosystems, and health” all across the nation. The report was issued by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (GCRP) as the result of research initiated during the Bush ...
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Sustainability Gets a Warmer Embrace from U.S. Companies
BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 30, 2007 (ENS) - If past is prologue, then to forecast where businesses will be in tackling environmental protection, humane labor practices, biodiversity, water supply and other sustainability challenges, we have to look back. Fifteen years ago, when the GreenMoney Journal was launched, a relative handful of niche companies such as Ben & Jerry's, Timberland, and ...
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