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Planet Around Another Star May Have More Liquid Water Than Earth

by Andrew Follett Large amounts of liquid water may exist on an exoplanet relatively close to Earth, researchers at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) announced Thursday. Scientists determined that the planet’s mass could be up to 0.05 percent liquid water on the surface, whereas Earth is only 0.02 percent liquid water. Proxima b is also very close…

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LA Waters Fake Grass While Fining People For Their Water Use

by Blake Neff Los Angeles’s local government has been sprinkling hundreds of gallons of water on fake grass, all while fining residents of the city hundreds of dollars for their excessive water use. Over the course of the year, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has hit dozens of homeowners with fines for…

Gov’t Report Slams EPA For Not Enforcing Drinking Water Law In Flint

Gov’t Report Slams EPA For Not Enforcing Drinking Water Law In Flint

By Michael Bastasch Michigan regulators have gotten most of the blame for allowing high levels of lead get into the city of Flint’s drinking water, but a new government report notes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wasn’t enforcing federal law despite knowing lead was seeping into people’s drinking water. A new Congressional Research Service (CRS)…

Government Poisons Water Supply, Private Corporations Save the Day
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Government Poisons Water Supply, Private Corporations Save the Day

Those dastardly corporations built on greed and profit have stepped up to save the day after government poisoned residents’ water supply in Flint, Michigan. Of course, lovers of all things emanating from the State will tell you this all stems from evil austerity, ignoring the irresponsible government spending and mismanagement that led them to such…

New App Allows Neighbors to Tattletale on Water Wasters in Cali
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New App Allows Neighbors to Tattletale on Water Wasters in Cali

By: Laura Meyers In the wake of California’s four-year long drought, the Placer County Water Agency has created two new smart phone apps to help citizens track and report wasteful water usage. One is a shower timer, which converts time in shower to gallons of water used. The second allows people to tattletale on their neighboring, evil…