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The greatest flood danger to the Netherlands comes from the North Sea, which is more powerful and unpredictable than the Dutch rivers. So, Dutch law has historically required North Sea defenses to deliver a 1-in-10,000-years level of protection. "And now the Parliament wants to raise the...
The U.S. has a long way to go before it is climateproof, but so does most of the world. Japan has an impressive, long-standing system of flood control, including the so-called G-Cans project, a massive underground system in Tokyo that can pump 200 tons of water per...
And so both companies are alert to historic opportunity--otherwise known as China. The Chinese have awakened to the ongoing train wreck between highly polluted rivers and aquifers and booming cities. "Every year, there are 20 million new urban Chinese," says Frérot. "The authorities have decided to commit as...
Since then Queensland Premier Peter Beattie declared such recycling mandatory. It's already standard practice in Namibia and Singapore and in cities like London, which draw much of their water from rivers where treated sewage has been dumped upstream. Queasiness is a luxury no one can either afford or justify...
Gold mining in Guyana inflicts “severe environmental, health, and social damage on the areas and people near mining operations,†according to a Harvard Law School report released this week. The situation in Guyana reflects a broader global concern, said Bonnie L. Docherty, a clinical...