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World Water Day
Water is crucial for human survival and the alleviation of poverty and hunger.
Saturday, March 22 is World Water Day: a global observance and day of action to draw attention to the plight of the more than 1 billion people world-wide that lack access to clean, safe drinking water. Established in 1993, World Water Day was designated in 1992 by the United Nations General Assembly, and with each passing year the observance grows larger and stronger with events and activities around the world.
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Check out the graphic on worldwide per capita paper consumption in The New York Times |
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Kenyan courts consider terminating biofuel plans
The Kenyan courts are considering halting the first stage of a US$370 million biofuel project that aims to replace up to 20,000 hectares of coastal grassland with irrigated fields of sugarcane. A judicial review of the project, based at the Tana River Delta on the northern Kenyan coast, was granted last month (11 July) after a campaign from environmental groups such as Nature Kenya and the East Africa Wildlife Society,and nomadic cattle-farming groups. The project is intended to generate electricity — up to 34 megawatts a day at its peak — from sugar refining and up to 20 million litres of ethanol fuel annually from molasses.
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