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20.02.26 - 13:42
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Osaka stunned by anonymous gift of gold bars to fix ageing water pipes (The Guardian)
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Mayor says Japanese city will respect donor's specification that £2.7m gift must be used to repair dilapidated systemOsaka has received a hefty gift of gold bars worth 560m yen (£2.7m) from an anonymous donor and a request for its specific use: to fix the Japanese city's dilapidated water pipes.The gold bars, weighing a total of 21kg (46lb), were given to the Osaka City Waterworks Bureau in November by the donor who wants to help improve ageing water pipes, the mayor, Hideyuki Yokoyama, told reporters on Thursday. Continue reading......
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19.02.26 - 22:48
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European Markets Finish Under Water On Thursday (AFX)
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BRUSSELS (dpa-AFX) - The major European stock markets finished lower on Thursday, opening lower and then spending the session in negative territory to end near daily lows.Geopolitical issues weigh......
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19.02.26 - 08:09
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Wasser mit Geschmack kurbelt Geschäft bei Gerolsteiner an (DPA-AFX)
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GEROLSTEIN (dpa-AFX) - Mineralwasser mit Geschmack und stilles Wasser: Das sind 2025 Wachstumstreiber beim Gerolsteiner Brunnen gewesen. Vor allem Wasser ohne Kohlensäure habe überdurchschnittliche Zuwächse erzielt, teilte das Unternehmen in Gerolstein ......
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19.02.26 - 05:27
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How A Water War Is Brewing Over A Drying Lake In Nevada (ZeroHedge)
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How A Water War Is Brewing Over A Drying Lake In Nevada
Authored by John Haughey via The Epoch Times,
A Nevada lawsuit trickling toward trial could determine how the nation's most arid state balances the legal rights of upstream landowners to divert water from rivers for agricultural irrigation with the impacts those withdrawals have on downstream ecologies and economies.
Water rights exceed water supply across much of the western United States. With many watersheds failing to deliver enough water for local needs, the suit is being watched by attorneys, state water managers, and federal agencies. It could potentially set a precedent in revising how states across the West regulate access to water.
The Nevada case, filed by the Walker River Paiute Tribe and Mineral County, may also present an opportunity for a win-win solution, in which nonprofits and government entities purchase private water rights from willing upstream sellers and dedicate them to downstream public benefit.
Without public-pr...
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18.02.26 - 23:15
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Maryland, Virginia Democrats press DC Water on Potomac sewage spill (The Hill)
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Maryland and Virginia Democrats are pressing local utility DC Water over a recent wastewater spill that leaked into the Potomac River, an incident that has also sparked some political tension in the region. In a Wednesday letter to DC Water CEO David Gadis, the lawmakers said they were reaching out “to express our serious concern......
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