Water

Politicians of western countries avoid talking about population control, but if we invest in family planning we might just save our planet.

Pakistan: Havoc strains external balances, cuts GDP

Is drinking water the cure for the nation's obesity epidemic? Not likely. But a new study has found that drinking a couple of glasses of water before meals can help people consume fewer calories.

Maumelle Water Management was required last week to re-sample two areas in town to make sure the city’s water supply was not contaminated.

Event at Bayview Park will include water safety demonstrations

Baguio city—The world has long marveled at the Ifugao Rice Terraces as the Eighth Wonder of the World. Little known is the story of its people who turned their harsh environment into a life-sustaining ecosystem and a magnificent landscape sometimes called “the stairway to heaven of giants.”

The Coppell water conservation and drought contingency plan is at Stage 1. The plan, which goes into effect every May 15 and continues until Sept. 15, is mandated by a city ordinance and by the state as well.

While the federal government takes political heat for planning new clean-water standards in Florida, a state agency is drafting its own rules - and drawing fire from some environmentalists. The debate over how to set the bar will reach the First Coast this week, when the Florida Department of Environmental Protection holds public workshops Tuesday and Wednesday in Bunnell in Flagler County ...

The Forest Service had the Lake Isabella Water Tower, overlooking Engineer’s Point on Isabella Lake, demolished Monday morning. This structure served as a landmark for many in the valley over the last 59 years. The Army Corps of Engineers originally constructed the water tower in 1951 to provide their work center and campsites around the lake with water. In recent years, the tower served as the ...

Food is relatively cheap and plentiful in Britain today, but will that still be the case in 50 years?

Mine's a jellyfish salad... how wildlife decline may affect our food

ISLAMABAD – A month after torrential monsoon rains triggered Pakistan’s worst natural disaster on record, flood waters are starting to recede – but there are countless survivors at risk of death from hunger and disease.

SA's water restrictions will end in December but the state government is yet to reveal new water conservation measures.

CEDAR CITY - Water resources and the systems that make use of them shape the way a community develops and thrives, but Cedar City resident Doug Hall believes unless a new water rate structure is instituted by Cedar City Corporation, Festival City USA will no longer have cause for celebration. Hall sent letters to Mayor Joe Burgess and all the city councilors dated July 28 expressing his concern ...

People are warned again not to go into the water along Plymouth's seafront following water tests carried out after a sewage spill.

The Obama administration’s reluctance to discipline senior generals for comments bordering on insubordination seems to have encouraged the generals to believe they can speak their mind with impunity about President Obama's management of the Afghan conflict, notes Ray McGovern .

ISLAMABAD, Aug 29 — A month after torrential monsoon rains triggered Pakistan’s worst natural disaster on record, flood waters are starting to recede — but leaving countless survivors at risk of death from hunger and disease. The disaster has killed at least 1,643 people, forced more than six million from their homes, inflicted billions of dollars ...

South Australia's water restrictions will end on December 1, with no permanent measure announced.

Maumelle Water Management was required last week to re-sample two areas in town to make sure the city’s water supply was not contaminated.

A month after Pakistan's worst natural disaster on record, flood waters are starting to recede - but leaving survivors at risk of death from hunger and disease.