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 Gigantic guzzling golf courses
The amount of water used by 60,000 villagers in Thailand, on average, per day is 6,500
cubic meters. And the amount of water used by one golf course in Thailand, on average, per
day is 6,500 cubic meters! Worldwatch
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 Of smoking forests and violent stormsSmoke from burning Amazon forests is drying up rain and making storms much
more violent than usual all over South America. Smoke rises to the clouds, delaying the
release of rain and allowing the clouds to grow taller. And higher clouds produce more
violent thunderstorms.
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$100 billion water market?
With looming water scarcity, companies are getting into the water purifying business.
Estimates say worldwide revenues from municipal and industrial water treatment could top
$100 billion. One major player is Dow Chemical, formerly Union Carbide of the infamous
Bhopal gas tragedy. New York Times |
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 108,000 to be homeless
China will relocate 108,000 to make way for the Three Gorges dam project. By the time the
dam is completed in 2009, about 1.13 million people will have moved, some staying as far
as 1000 kms away from the dam.China Daily |
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 Paying
for environmental sins?
The people of UK have voted YES. A survey shows that the taxpayers appear to be happy to
put their money where their mouths are on issues relating to health and the environment.
They would like non-biodegradable products taxed as a "sin" to society. Here is
how they voted.Reuters |
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