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A quiet revolution: Southwest cities learn to thrive amid drought

Grist

While such growth comes with serious problems — from traffic gridlock, to air and water pollution, to the destruction of nature — running out of water is not now on that list for most of the larger cities of the West. The city now requires an array of water-saving technology in new homes, such as low-flow toilets and showerheads.

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Where Does All The Radioactive Fracking Waste Go?

DeSmogBlog

And since 1997 about one million barrels worth of oilfield waste has been brought to Lotus’s disposal site, situated off a dusty desert road located 19 miles west of Andrews, Texas (and just several miles from a massive solar array financed by Facebook and which provides energy to Shell’s fracking operations).

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How to assess the carbon footprint of a war

Envirotec Magazine

We know that war is bad for the environment, with toxic chemicals left polluting the soil and water for decades after fighting ceases. Using an array of methods, colleagues and I have been working to open this “black box” of wartime emissions and demand transparent reporting of military emissions to the UN’s climate body, the UNFCCC.

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