WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a new national strategy to enforce safe drinking water laws in small, rural communities on Tuesday and pledged to redouble efforts to protect children from toxic water in schools. The announc
JOHANNESBURG - The shopping list includes wind farms, seawalls and even real estate — new homelands for flooded-out islanders. And poor countries want to present the bill to the rich at next week's climate talks in Copenhagen. How many billion
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida's congressional delegation has asked the nation's top environmental regulator to work closely with the state when setting water pollution standards. Florida's two U.S. senators and 23 of its 25 representatives sent a lett
Water prices will remain broadly flat for the next five years, Ofwat, the industry regulator said on Thursday in a move that cheered customers and tempered the pessimism of water companies that had expected prices to fall, even as their costs rose.O
Average water bills in England and Wales will be reduced slightly over the next five years, regulator Ofwat has announced.It has ruled that typical bills will fall by £3 to £340 by 2015, before the impact of inflation is considered. Publ
KABUL - A remote-controlled bomb hidden in a water truck exploded in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing three people including two children, the Interior Ministry said. Another two children and one man were wounded in the attack in the eastern
LOS ANGELES - Suddenly, the moon looks exciting again. It has lots of water, scientists said Friday — a thrilling discovery that sent a ripple of hope for a future astronaut outpost in a place that has always seemed barren and inhospitable. Ex
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