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NEWS ABOUT: natural resources

natural resources stories: 15 news summaries
OPINION

 Let's Start Paying 
 for Water—Or Lose It 

Solution to 'crisis' may be controversial, but problem will only worsen

Aug 30, 09 11:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - You may receive a water bill every month, but you’re not actually paying for water. You’re paying for the cost of service, and this free-rider problem is contributing to the worsening water crisis that threatens to dehydrate the US, author and law professor Robert Glennon argues in the... More »

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conservation • drought • water • natural resources • water shortage • water supply • desalination

 Russia Warns 
 of Arctic War 

New document says Moscow should prepare for polar resources battle

May 14, 09 3:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - A document released by the Russian government suggests that the country should prepare for war in the Arctic within the next decade, as rising temperatures intensify the scramble for the region's vast oil and gas fields. Russia claims sovereignty over a 465,000-square-mile ridge, which the US and other northern... More »

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Russia • oil • Arctic • natural resources • Lomonosov Ridge • Dmitry Medvedev • Arctic Circle • Russian foreign ministry

Bush Policies Will Blow Through Nat'l Parks for Years

Putting commerce over conservation, White House stifled scientists' protests

Jan 25, 09 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Views of spacious skies and purple mountain majesties in US national parks may soon be interrupted by industrial roads and power lines, after years of Bush policies that pushed commerce over conservation, reports the Los Angeles Times. And unlike the many decisions that President Obama can quickly reverse, the changes... More »

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Bush administration • conservation • Department of the Interior • natural resources • oil drilling • national park • National Park Service • Bureau of Land Management

OPINION

 War in Congo Is Over 
 Profit—From Us 

Westerners fund violence over control of minerals

Nov 1, 08 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - We’re told that the renewed bloodshed in Congo is spurred by tribal conflict and payback for the Rwandan genocide, but that’s not true, writes Johann Hari in the Independent. In fact, the war starting again there—"the deadliest war since Adolf Hitler"—is over Congo’s... More »

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genocide • war • natural resources • minerals • Rwanda • Congo

OPINION

Water-Neutral Campaign
Is Nothing but Eco-Guilt

If rich countries were really water-neutral, we'd all be dead

Aug 24, 08 3:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new UK campaign urging people to be more “water wise” lays bare a flaw in the environmental movement, Brendan O’Neill writes in Spiked. The campaign urges people to be conscious of the “virtual water” used on their behalf to carry out tasks like growing coffee beans... More »

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environmentalism • natural resources • Britain • green • water supply • eco-friendly

 This View Zaps Stress, Naturally 

Study finds plasma TV images no substitute

Jun 11, 08 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - For stress relief, there is no substitute for views of nature, the Seattle Times reports. A University of Washington study found that students who faced a stressful task returned to a normal heart rate most quickly while looking out the window at trees and grass. More »

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stress • psychology • nature • University of Washington • relief • natural resources • Plasma TV

WWII Mines Block Egypt's Access to Oil

4.8B barrels of crude
lie under 22M mines, shells in desert

Mar 12, 08 6:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Millions of land mines and unexploded artillery shells left over from World War II are hampering Egypt's efforts to get at a treasure trove of oil and gas beneath the desert, der Spiegel reports. The ordnance is an unwelcome reminder of the North African conflict between Brits and Erwin Rommel’... More »

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oil • OPEC • Egypt • World War II • natural resources • land mines • natural gas • Erwin Rommel

Feds Flood Grand Canyon

Controlled deluge may help rebuild vanishing sandbars

Mar 5, 08 6:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Government officials sent a flood of water surging through the Grand Canyon today in a bid to mimic Mother Nature and rebuild sandbars and other natural habitat for endangered fish. The deluge will continue for three days, increasing by about four or five times the usual flow from the Grand... More »

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endangered species • environment • environmentalism • flood • natural resources • Grand Canyon • Glen Canyon Dam • manmade flood

Greenies Blast Plan to Flood Colorado River

Move may help fish endangered by dam, scientists say

Feb 26, 08 8:15 PM CST
(Newser) - A plan to flood the Colorado River is a token move that leaves fish endangered, green advocates say. Federal officials retort that scientists will probe whether the controlled flood—the third so far—helps species threatened by the Glen Canyon Dam. But "doing one of these every five or... More »

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flooding • natural resources • Grand Canyon • Glen Canyon Dam • manmade flood

EU Makes Nice With Africa 

Europe offers trade pacts that snub human rights; UK refuses to attend Lisbon summit

Dec 7, 07 8:10 PM CST
(Newser) - The EU will pooh-pooh human rights issues this weekend as it woos Africa with new trade pacts at a rare summit in Lisbon, the Economist reports. With China and India snapping up more African resources, Europe plans to offer friendly deals that leave out human rights demands. But the EU's... More »

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China • Africa • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • India • European Union • Sudan • Lisbon • natural resources

Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Water

Sunbelt lusts for Great Lakes' water,
but eight states vow to keep it

Oct 28, 07 3:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - You'd think the warm weather and easy living would make the West and South leave Frostbelters alone. But no, they want what that frost is made from: water. As drought and development strain limited local water resources, the Sunbelt wants to tap some of the billions of gallons of Great... More »

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California • Texas • Wisconsin • Southeast • West • Midwest • Chicago • water • New York • New Mexico • Michigan • Lake Superior • Lake Ontario • Lake Erie • Lake Michigan • Illinois • natural resources • Lake Huron

Britain to Claim Antarctic Seabed

Bid follows this summer's Arctic territory scramble

Oct 17, 07 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain will submit a claim to the UN for 386,000 square miles of Antarctica, its foreign office said today, joining the international race to grab a piece of the mineral- and oil-rich territory as global warming makes it more accessible. The move violates a 1959 treaty, which Britain signed,... More »

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climate change • oil • gas • United Kingdom • Antarctica • sovereignty • natural resources • mineral resources • Britain • natural gas • poles

China Seeks Oil in Africa

Eschewing the West, Beijing touts mutual prosperity with developing nations

Aug 13, 07 10:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - China is exploring the sweltering wilderness of Chad in search of lucrative pockets of oil and other materials, the New York Times reports. Chinese officials tout the strategy as a "win-win" situation as the country develops relationships with African nations to achieve mutual prosperity by capitalizing on natural resources... More »

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China • Africa • oil • Chad • trade • poverty • US economy • natural resources

Canada Vows to Defend Pole

New patrol vessels
to venture out as
Arctic tensions
escalate with Russia

Aug 10, 07 2:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Russia presses claims to the North Pole, Canada is stepping up its defense of its Arctic territory and will no longer take its sovereignty "too lighty," PM Stephen Harper declared yesterday during an Arctic tour. Canada is building six patrol vessels to guard the icy territory where... More »

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Russia • Canada • North Pole • Arctic • natural resources • Stephen Harper • patrol vessels • territory

Russians Advance on North Pole

With eye on energy-rich seabed, submarines make test dive

Jul 29, 07 5:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a race to claim rich natural resources under the North Pole, two Russian submarines successfully dove several thousand feet in Russia's northern territorial waters today, Reuters reported. Though US and Russian subs have long plied the waters under the pole, none has reached the seabed there, at a depth... More »

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Russia • Canada • United States • North Pole • Arctic • Norway • Denmark • natural resources

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