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WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - A new study from the University of Nottingham's School of Life Sciences has found that one simple change can make a big difference for women with type 2 diabetes. The resear......

Infamous former owner of Thames Water coughs up more capital in bid to turn around badly performing utilityMany took the view in 2021 that Macquarie should have been run out of town, rather than be allowed to own another English water company.The giant Australian financial outfit's former outing, remember, was at Thames Water from 2006 to 2017, which was when the absurd games of financial leverage began at the UK's biggest water company. The then-chair of Ofwat later told MPs he asked himself the question “What do we do here, with that reputation?” when Macquarie made the best financial offer to rescue Southern Water. Continue reading......

Oklahoma Ends Recommendation To Add Fluoride To Water Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Oklahoma State Department of Health has removed its recommendation that fluoride be added to public water systems, joining a growing number of states that have rolled back similar guidance. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (L) with U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (R) at the Oklahoma State Capitol on June 26, 2025. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt's Office via The Epoch Times An archived version of the webpage states the department “supports community water fluoridation and recognizes the practice as safe, cost-effective and beneficial to all who drink and use the water.” The page now returns an error message. “I'm instructing the Oklahoma Department of Health to stop recommending fluoride in our water,” Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, said during a press conference on June 26. “Cities and water districts, they can still choose to do what they want, based on the...

The Australian investment giant will initially inject £655million into the group, followed by a minimum £245million by December, an amount that could grow to £545million....

Australia's Macquarie leads consortium putting up funds to help firm avoid breach of regulatory licenceWhat would happen if Thames Water is temporarily renationalised?Business live – latest updatesThe struggling UK utility Southern Water has secured investment worth up to £1.2bn in a deal led by its majority owner, Macquarie Group, that will help it avoid a breach of its regulatory licence.A consortium led by Macquarie has committed to invest £655m, with a promise of another £245m by the end of the year from existing shareholders and unnamed new investors. Southern could receive another £300m depending on the outcome of a legal appeal to increase the amount it can charge customers. Continue reading......

UK utility Southern Water Ltd. has secured a £1.2 billion ($1.7 billion) equity package from owners led by Macquarie Asset Management, a move that could save the company from a ratings downgrade....

A Himalayan village in Nepal has vanished — emptied by climate change...

MIT Invents "Bubble Wrap" That Pulls Fresh Water From The Air...Even In The Driest Places In The World MIT researchers have invented a new water-harvesting device — a high-tech version of “bubble wrap” — that can pull safe drinking water straight from the air, even in extreme environments like Death Valley, the driest desert in North America, according to LiveScience. In a study published June 11 in Nature Water, the team described how their innovation could help address global water scarcity. “It works wherever you may find water vapor in the air,” the researchers wrote. The device is built from hydrogel, a material that can absorb large amounts of water, sandwiched between two glass layers resembling a window. At night, the hydrogel draws moisture from the air. During the day, a special coating on the glass keeps it cool, allowing water to condense and drip into a collection system. The hydrogel is molded into dome shapes — likened to “a sheet of bubble wrap” — ...

Kenya's annual inflation rate flatlined in June helped by slower growth in utilities and housing prices....

Die beiden Blöcke des AKW Beznau laufen seit Sonntag nur noch mit halber Leistung. Damit soll das Ökosystem der Aare geschützt werden - der Fluss soll sich weniger stark durch das AKW-Kühlwasser erwärmen....

The government could put the struggling utility into a special administration regime – but what does this involve?When the environment secretary, Steve Reed, stood up in parliament last week, his message for the owners of the struggling Thames Water appeared clear: there would be no leniency on fines for breaching environmental standards – despite the requests of creditors who control the company.Amid the standoff, Reed said the government had “stepped up our preparations” for the next stage: putting the company, a provider of water and sewage services to 16 million customers in London and south-east England, into temporary nationlisation, known as a special administration regime (SAR). Continue reading......

Shares of Thai coconut-water maker IFBH Ltd. rose as much as 67% on their first day of trading in Hong Kong following a HK$1.16 billion ($148 million) initial public offering, the latest sign of renewed vigor in the city's equity capital market....

It is what we might call the HS2 fallacy: new reservoirs as tall as high-rise buildings that boost water companies' assetsBritain is running out of water, we are told. Soon there will be curfews, banning people from turning on their taps, as happens in Italy. Standpipes will sprout on the side of parched roads where trees once stood.Rivers will run dry and rural communities will begin digging wells in response to a water apocalypse destined to arrive courtesy of the ravaging effect of climate change. Continue reading......

Wir testen den kompakten Stromzähler 3EM-63T Gen3 von Shelly, den Tuehakny Wasserstandsmelder und den Tasmota-Gaszähler Smartnetz Smart Gas Reader SCE 2.0....

India is considering revising the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty with Bangladesh, set to expire in 2026. New Delhi seeks a new treaty reflecting its current irrigation, port maintenance, and power generation needs....

Optical film manufacturer Efun held its shareholders' meeting, successfully passing all proposals. Efun highlighted that with technological advancements, the demand for next-generation smartphones and AI products is becoming increasingly widespread. The key components of these products—semiconductor chips and OLED displays—require large quantities of water and gas barrier films used in packaging to ensure component longevity....

Live cattle futures posted steady to 25 cent higher trade on Thursday, even as cash weakness started to creep in. Cash trade saw some light action this afternoon at $230 in the North and $223-225 in the......

John Griffith, CEO of American Water, joins Open Interest to talk about the need to invest capital in our water infrastructure. (Source: Bloomberg)...

BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT/PARIS (dpa-AFX) - European shares finished lower on Wednesday, handing back gains from the previous session as the fragile Iran-Israel truce took hold.U.S. President Donald Trum......

Despite dramatically cutting back on her water use, Janice Deas (pictured) has seen her bills rise by as much as 170% since October....