Countries Blame China, Not Nature, for Water Shortage

But the drought has also created a major public relations problem for the Chinese government in neighboring countries, where in recent years China has tried to project an image of benevolence and brotherhood.

Farmers and fishermen in countries that share the Mekong River with China, especially Thailand, have lashed out at China over four dams that span the Chinese portion of the 3,000-mile river, despite what appears to be firm scientific evidence that low rainfall is responsible for the plunging levels of the river, not China’s hydroelectric power stations.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/world/asia/02drought.html

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One Person Really Can Make a Difference

Blog, blog, action. It all started with a blog that Beth Terry of Oakland, Calif., read on rodale.com about the monstrous plastic garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean. She was particularly struck by a photo of an albatross that had essentially been shrink-wrapped. It inspired her to start cleaning up her act, when it came to plastic waste. And she started a blog, fakeplasticfish.com and wrote about her plastic concerns. As she set about finding homes for all of the plastic items in her life that had served their useful purpose, she discovered that when it came to Brita plastic water filters, there was no room at the inn.

http://www.triplepundit.com/2010/03/one-person-really-can-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/

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GLOBAL: Unsafe water, the silent killer

JOHANNESBURG, 22 March 2010 (IRIN) – Every 20 seconds a child dies from a water-related disease – 1.8 million children younger than five years each year. This alarming figure is from a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), which says millions of tonnes of solid waste are being flushed into water systems every day, spreading disease.

http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=88520

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