Tag: Water

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New plant in Scotland to generate heating from wastewater Public buildings in Stirling, Scotland, are being kept warm by heat recovered from a nearby sewage works Energy Environment UK
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Campaigner swims from summit of Snowdon to the sea to highlight plastic pollution A campaigner for Surfers Against Sewage has swum 26k from the summit of Snowdon to the sea, collecting evidence of plastic pollution Environment UK
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New Arctic protections agreed by Canadian government and Inuit community Canada's largest national marine conservation area is to be created to protect a large, biodiverse area of Arctic water Environment
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Rage against the latrine: the safer, more sustainable loo that's changing lives A lack of hygienic sanitation is a major issue in many parts of the world, but are resource-hungry western style toilets the only option? No... Society
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Slovenia names water a fundamental right Slovenia's parliament adopts amendment that declares the country’s water supplies are ‘a public good managed by the state’ and ‘not a market... Environment Society
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This invention lets rural Hondurans clean their water – and own the treatment plants What’s at stake in a world where science is marginalised? Programmes such as AguaClara, which offer sustainable, low-cost solutions to Hondu... Environment Science
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