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Iraq seeks firms to manage multi-billion oilfield water injection project
Reuters

Officials warn lack of rain leading to drought
The Times-Tribune

Lack of snow, rain, prompt Pa. drought concerns
The Ithaca Journal

Water emergency stays despite rain - Houston Chronicle

Rationing ahead unless UK gets rain
Telegraph

East Africa: Greater Food Insecurity Forecast
allAfrica.com

Haiti’s Cholera Outraced the Experts and Tainted the U.N.
NYTimes.com

Rain eases drought, may last through Thursday
Tulsa World

Drought cost Texas close to $8 billion in agricultural losses in 2011, study finds
Austin Statesman

Tiny Doses of Gas Drilling Chemicals May Have Big Health Effects
InsideClimate News

World Bank issues SOS for oceans, backs alliance
Reuters

Global Drought Monitor of the University College London

Drought: A Paleo Perspective -- What is Drought? Definitions and measures

List of Worst Droughts and Famines in History

Natural Gas Field Discovered near Israel as Country Seeks Alternative Sources
english.cri.cn

EPA may retest PA. water near fracking
Reuters

Supreme Court case involving Idaho lake house ignites conservative cause against EPA
The Washington Post

Schuyler-Seneca Town Talk: Ovid weighs in on hydraulic fracturing
The Ithaca Journal

A Pollution Fight Powered by Bioluminescent Sea Creatures
NYTimes.com

E.P.A. Implicates Fracking in Pollution
Associated Press

Drilling Down - Fighting Over Oil and Gas Well Leases
NYTimes.com

Texas Drought Is Revealing Secrets of the Deep
NYTimes.com

Rare Krypton 81 Isotope Helps Track Water in Ancient Nubian Aquifer - NYTimes.com

Under Libya: Riches More Precious Than Oil, Nubian Aquifer Holds Vast Quantities of Water
Bloomberg

New Orleans victory is bittersweet for towns flooded by Lee - latimes.com

Gadhafi loyalists blamed for Tripoli water crisis
Forbes.com

Worry More About Irene's Water Than Storm's Wind
Associated Press

Insight: NY water at risk from lack of natgas inspectors?
Reuters

House Fast-Tracks Bill to Limit EPA Power Over Mountaintop Coal Removal
SolveClimate News

Making solar power affordable to the world
The Globe and Mail

New York Sues U.S. Over Delaware River Basin Gas Drilling
Bloomberg

Groundwater Depletion Is Detected by Grace Satellites
NYTimes.com

PA DEP, Marcellus Shale Coalition Admit Drilling Wastewater Likely Contaminating Drinking Water
Marcellus Drilling News

Authority invests in study to save watershed land from drilling contamination
Altoona Mirror

Shipping Rates Seen Dropping as French Wheat Cargoes Sink: Freight Markets
Bloomberg

Hydraulic Fracturing for Natural Gas Pollutes Water Wells: Duke Study
Scientific American

Natural gas found in drinking water near fracking sites
CNN

USM researcher develops oil dispersant alternative
SunHerald.com

EPA: More Testing Needed Of Natural Gas Drilling Wastewater
WTAE Pittsburgh

Regulation Lax as Gas Wells’ Tainted Water Hits Rivers
NYTimes.com

Oil Tankers in the wake of the Egyptian Crisis

EPA to Limit Perchlorates in Drinking Water
Environmental Leader

Suez Canal concerns abate, despite Cairo protest
Global Post

European Aid Helping to Clean a Turkish Lake Dying from Pollution
Treehugger

Miss. Still Seeing Tar Balls from Deepwater Horizon Accident
AP Via Miami Herald

Pa. Allowed 3.6 Million Barrels of Frac Liquids into Treatment Plants
AP via Wall Street Journal

Panel Says Pollution Monitoring of Canadian Oil Sands Unsatisfactory
BBC

Penn. Studying Water Resources with an Eye on Fracking, Mining
StandardSpeaker.com

Federal Judge Backs EPA's $1.5B Everglades Cleanup Project
Miami Herald

EPA Proposes Carbon Storage Rule
WashingtonPost.com

Pittsburgh Bans Natural Gas Drilling to Protect Water Quality
Reuters

EPA to Revoke Arch Coal's Spruce #1 Mountaintop Mine Permit in WV
The New York Times

US Ban on Offshore Drilling Lifted
The New York Times

One-Third of Freshwater Turtles Face Extinction: Report
Treehugger.org

EPA Requests Data From 9 Firms on Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals
The Washington Independent

Ecuador's Tallest Waterfall Threatened by 1,500MW PRC-made Dam
RARE

NY Senate Votes for 9-Month Ban on Fracking for Natural Gas
Reuters

Gulf Oil Rig Designs Cataloged by WSJ
The Wall Street Journal

US Readies New Rules for Offshore Drilling in Shallow Water
Reuters

Gulf Oil Rig Explodes 50 Miles Offshore, 11 Workers Missing
Associated Press

Exxon to Pump Water into Iraq Oil Fields
Dow Jones Newswire

Ontario Power Grants Feed-In Tariff Contracts for 2,400MW
Sunpluggers.com

Chinese Freighter with 72K Tons of Coal Hits Great Barrier Reef
The New York Times

EPA to Limit Mountaintop Mining
The Washington Post

Oil's High, Stable Price Fosters Exploration, Helps Economy
The New York Times

Study: World Bank Water Lending Not Always Aligned with Needs
The Washington Post

EPA to Study Frac Drilling for Natural Gas
Marketwatch

Satellite Chronicles Mountaintop Mining
NASA

Clean Water Law Enforcement Restricted
The New York Times

Some New Yorkers Call for Shale Gas Despite Concerns
Reuters

Solar-Powered Water Cleaner Headed to Haiti
GlobalResourcesNews.com

Afghan Officials Say Iran in Contest for River Waters
Institute for War and Peace Reporting

Obama to Announce Nuclear Loan Guarantees for Georgia Plants
MSNBC

Public Firms Underreporting Water Risk: Report
CERES

China's Water Pollution Twice What Originally Stated
The New York Times

Nuclear Plant Leaks of Tritium Examined
MSNBC.com

Cotton Prices Reverse from 2009 Gains
Lubbock Online

Video: New Oyster Techniques Examined
Mother Nature News

Mediation Addresses Local Water Problem in Colombia
Reliefweb.int

Oil Spilled from Tanker in Texas
Associated Press

'Fracking' Techniques for Natural Gas Defended
buffalonews.com

EPA Proposes Runoff Limits in Florida
msnbc.msn.com

Glacier, Snow Loss Could Fuel Kashmir Conflict
alertnet.org

Safe Drinking Water Act Rarely Updated: NYT
NYTimes.com

EPA Records Show that 20% of Water Treatment Systems had Violations
NYTimes.com

Shale Natural Gas Examined as Water Pollutant
NYTimes.com

Shale Debated as Natural Gas Source
washingtonpost.com

Atlanta Brewery's Use of Rainbarrels Draws Regulators' Concern
Mother Nature News

Chesapeake Declines to Drill for Marcellus Shale Gas in New York Watershed
nytimes.com

Coal-fired Power Plants Add to Water Pollution
nytimes.com

Ships Bring Invasive Species in their Ballast; New Preventative Rules Recommended
Washington Post

Brazilian Tribes See Fish, Food, Fiber Drying Up Because of Climate Change
nytimes.com

ProPublica Questions Natural Gas Technique as Threat to Groundwater

UC Santa Cruz: Mercury from Groundwater Flowing into Ocean
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GlobalResourcesNews stories on the search term: water

Shale Advisors Call for Disclosure of Chemicals

DOE Report on Shale Gas Due This Month

Keystone XL Opposed as Decision Nears

House Proposes Cuts to Environmental Programs

Congressional Committees Look at Offshore Drilling Safety and Economics

Obama: End Oil Subsidies, Finance Alternatives

Existing Cap-and-Trade Credits See Volatility

Pennsylvania Gears Up for More Shale Gas

Ecology Ranks High in Online News Awards

BP Report Looks at Deepwater Horizon Disaster

Wind Power Up, US Energy Use Falls in 2009

Plan for 2050 Energy Mix Calls for Big Cuts
In Carbon Emissions and Fossil Fuel Use

Offshore Oil From Gulf Spill Washing Ashore

Senate Holds Hearing on Ocean Acidification

Obama to Open New Areas to Offshore Drilling

Solar-Powered Water Purifier Can Clean 6,500 Gallons a Day

Shale Gas Has Challenges, But Study Group Holds Out Hope

Energy Management Changes Coming to DC

Condos, Co-ops Save Energy with Good Studies

Marcellus Shale - Facts, Figures, Maps

Matthew10

The Barque Eagle Tackles a Squall in the Gulf of Mexico

British Industry Group Examines Peak Oil

Renewable Energy Technology 2010 Conference

Celine Cousteau on the world's oceans


Links for the search term: water

Experimental Global Water Cycle and Drought Monitor

Global Drought: Analysis of Historic and Future Soil Moisture Variability

Surf Your Watershed

Golan Heights water resources page

Water Scarcity: The Real Food Crisis

The Water Cycle: Water Storage in the Atmosphere

Glaciers of the United States
Has information and maps about glaciers in various states, such as California, Montana and others.

Windowfarms, a low-cost hydroponics strategy that uses an air pump to distribute the nutrients

US Drought Monitor

Water Scarcity, water & poverty, an issue of life & livelihoods

The economic costs of ocean acidification and molluscs | Climate Shifts
Ocean acidification and other changes will have an economic cost of $100 billion by 2100 under business as usual emission scenarios, this report says.

Arsenic study in Iowa section of Mississippi River Watershed

Secretary Vilsack Announces 41 Watersheds to Take Part in Mississippi River Basin Initiative | USDA

CARD: Resource and Environmental Policy: Watersheds in Iowa

IDNR - Iowa Geological Survey - Watershed Initiative

Pollution Control at the Local and Global Levels

MPR: Pollution cleanup cost is hard to comprehend

Pollution: costs of inaction -

O.C. Ocean Pollution Costs Millions in Health Care

Freshwater Pollution Costs US At Least $4.3 Billion A Year

Guide for water quality
Gives maximum contaminant levels (MCL's) for various pollutants.

How Old Is Water? Krypton Analysis Helps Scientists Unravel H20's Life Story

Water pollution: Acid drainage not just a mine issue anymore -- communities, recreation areas face emerging challenges

United Nations Environment Programme GEMS/WATER

Water: Science and Issues

Gaddafi's Saharan Farming Schemes « Economic Geography « GeoCurrents

Euro-Mediterranean Information System on know-how in the Water sector - International portal

Khaled Abu-Zeid

Water Resources Programme - Nubian Aquifer Project

July 22nd 2011 the day NATO hit the Libyan water supply pipeline. « The Truth is Where?

Saudi Aramco World : Seas Beneath the Sands

USGS National Wetlands Research Center

Water Risk Atlas | WRI Insights

Coca-Cola Beverage Bottle & Can Recycling Efforts: The Coca-Cola Company

NRDC: Tar Sands Pipelines Safety Risks
The Web page has map of pipeline routes superimposed on the Ogallala acquifer

Libya: vast tunnel network could make Col Gaddafi harder to find

GMR (Great Man-made River) Water Supply Project in Libya

USGS Water Data for the Nation

USGS Water Resources: About USGS Water Resources

EPA Proposes Perchlorate Standards in Drinking Water | Unregulated | US EPA

EPA Proposes Perchlorate Standards in Drinking Water | Unregulated | US EPA

Percent of Facilities Reviewed for Violations | ANCR Maps | Enforcement & Compliance History Online (ECHO) | U.S. EPA

Oil and Water | Earth Island Journal | Earth Island Institute

Energy, Carbon, Water Flow Charts from Lawrence Livemore National Laboratories

WSJ Mapped Analysis of Types of Oil Rigs in the Gulf of Mexico
One in four deepwater wells in the Gulf of Mexico use the long-string design of well. This type design, used by the Deepwater Horizon, is considered riskier than liner-style well.

The Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation
From the Web site: "The Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation began making grants in 1987-88. Over the past 15 years, we have emphasized partnerships, collaborations, and seed funding for new projects and organizations within the framework of our programs as defined by our guidelines."

Ocean Biogeographic Information System

The Environmental Defense Fund
From the mission statement: "Environmental Defense Fund is dedicated to protecting the environmental rights of all people, including future generations. Among these rights are access to clean air and water, healthy and nourishing food, and flourishing ecosystems. Guided by science, Environmental Defense Fund evaluates environmental problems and works to create and advocate solutions that win lasting political, economic and social support because they are nonpartisan, cost-efficient and fair. Environmental Defense Fund believes that a sustainable environment will require economic and social systems that are equitable and just. We affirm our commitment to the environmental rights of the poor and people of color."

Map Showing Extreme Climate Change Effects
This clickable map notates the effect of a 4 degree C change in global temperature on crops, water supply, marine life and forest fires.

Chemical Nitrogen Is Exceeding the Earth's Carrying Capacity, Essay Says
The application of chemical nitrogen fertilizer is boosting the growth of invasive species in the water and on land. Of the 80 million tons of chemical fertilizer used, only 17 million is actually absorbed to the benefit of crops; the rest erodes to nourish pest plants on land or algae in the water. Both of these invasive types starve off native plants and reduce biodiversity.

EPA's List of Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals, as transmitted by EarthWorks Action
Among the chemicals on the list are benzene (both by itself and as a constituent of diesel), hydrochloric acic, copper compounds, boric acid and napthalene.

The Case for Water Quality Markets in the Chesapeake Bay


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