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University Colloquium: A Sustainable Future
Summer A 2009
Mining
permits for Uranium near the Grand
Canyon have increased to 1100.
See the CNN report here. (May 8th,
2009)
Are you
buying water in bottles? Have a
look at this
slide show for the cumulative impact
of our actions.
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"Progress Energy's
plans to build a $17
billion nuclear
plant in rural Levy
County will do more
than just add
advance charges to
its customers'
utility bills.
The utility's plans
also calls for
wiping out about 765
acres of wetlands,
according to a
public notice posted
recently by the
agency that issues
federal wetland
permits, the Army
Corps of Engineers.
Yet Progress Energy
plans to do little
to replace their
beneficial effect on
the underground
aquifer — even as
the new power plant
slurps up more than
1 million gallons of
water a day from
that source. At its
peak, the plant
could use more than
5 million gallons a
day." |
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(Water World
online Apr 23, 2009)
• Amendment to H.R. 1145
would require comprehensive study of effects of
pharmaceuticals and consumer products in our water
supply
WASHINGTON, DC, Apr. 23, 2009
-- Deeply concerned about the still-unknown effects
that rising levels of pharmaceuticals and household
chemicals in our drinking water have on people,
Congresswoman Bean amended a nation water policy
today to require a comprehensive analysis by
government scientists of this disturbing trend.
Environmentalists and national park managers
plan to fight FPL's push for rock mining
approval at a county hearing, saying Turkey
Point plans will put supplies of fresh water
at risk.
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