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New York Water

Shale-Shocked

Ellen Cantarow | Posted 03.24.2012 | Green
Read More: Marcellus Shale, Fracking, Water, Fracking New York, Ithaca, Finger Lakes, Hydraulic Fracturing, New York Water, Dimock Pennsylvania Fracking, Dimock, Dimock Pennsylvania, Green News
Ellen Cantarow

This is a story about water, the land surrounding it, and the lives it sustains. But for once, this story isn't about tragedy. It's about a resistance movement that has arisen to challenge some of the most powerful corporations in history.

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Is NYC Losing 30 Percent of Its Water?

Susanna Murley | Posted 08.22.2011 | Green
Read More: New York City Water Energy, New York City Water Waste, New York Water, New York City Water, New York City Water Fracking, Green News
Susanna Murley

Water leakage is not a problem unique to New York City. "Non-revenue water" (for the non-wonk: water that is treated but never reaches a consumer) accounts for 10-30 percent of water that enters the water systems in developed countries.

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In Soft Water

Martin Marks | Posted 07.23.2011 | New York
Read More: New York Water, New York, New-York-Smoking-Ban, New York News
Martin Marks

While some might be up in arms over the New York City outdoor smoking ban that took effect today, I, rather, choose to focus my attention on a set of problems that seem to have been plaguing our city for the better part of a year: soft water.

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Wastewater In New York Found To Be Radioactive

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Energy, Fracking, Water, New York Wastewater, Dirty Energy, Environment, Natural Gas, New York Water, Natural Gas Dilling, Radioactive Wastewater, Green News

As New York gears up for a massive expansion of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, state officials have made a potentially troubling discovery about...

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