Word: river
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...Songhua river in northeastern China doesn't have the history of the Mekong, the spirituality of the Ganges or the sheer power of the Yangtze. But in November 2005, this 1,200-mile (2,000 km) waterway made headlines when a chemical plant in the Chinese city of Jilin spilled massive amounts of the toxic chemical benzene, creating a 50-mile (80 km) noxious slick. The chemicals oozed toward the sea, and Chinese cities that drank from the Songhua were forced to cut off supplies, leaving millions to fend for themselves. As the slick passed over the border...
...point nuclear weapons at each other, yet the Indus Waters Treaty - which divvies up the two countries' trans-boundary waterways, overseen by a joint commission - has survived for decades. And even though nations can be quite possessive over water (India and Bangladesh have skirmished repeatedly over the shared Mahananda River), they trade it all the time in other forms like rice and grain that require millions of gallons to grow...
...Winthrop Street—adjacent to OM and Peet’s Coffee on JFK Street—swarms of party-goers celebrated Earth Week, picking up fliers, sampling food, and mingling with representatives from various local organizations. Square restaurants had booths set up, as did the Charles River Conservancy and Green Streets, a grassroots organization that promotes environmentally-friendly transportation. Visitors could also drop off unwanted computers, monitors, and cell phones for recycling at RE/MAX Destiny’s office around the street as part of the organization’s eco-wise realtor program. Zipcar?...
...There were some crazy wind shifts,” Stokes said. “It was nice to be more familiar than the other fleets on how to deal with the conditions on our home river...
Some might favor a jog along the river, a picnic, or some other such nonsense to celebrate the best weekend weather we've had this year. Not these two, snapped yesterday afternoon from the banks of the Charles. We also overheard so many prefrosh commenting about the nice weather. So clueless...