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Trump signs order to 'make America's showers great again'![]() ![]() Washington (AFP) April 10, 2025 US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order lifting water-pressure restrictions on showerheads, a move the White House said would "make America's showers great again". Trump has long complained about inadequate water pressure in American bathrooms which he blames on federal water-conservation regulations. "In my case I like to take a nice shower, to take care of my beautiful hair," Trump told reporters as he signed the order in the Oval Office on Wednesday. "I have to stand unde ... read more |
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![]() Washington (AFP) April 11, 2025 US President Donald Trump threatened Mexico on Thursday with "escalating consequences" on trade unless it provides more water to Texas under a contentious decades-old treaty. ... more ![]() ![]() Sarnia, Canada (AFP) April 9, 2025 Like many Canadian border cities, Sarnia has seen a surge of patriotism in response to President Donald Trump's aggressive behavior, but residents of the community on Lake Huron have focused on one threat in particular: local waters. ... more ![]() ![]() Laguna Grande (AFP) April 9, 2025 In a drought-hit Mexican border region at the center of growing competition with the United States for water, conservationists are working to bring a once-dying river delta back to life. ... more ![]() ![]() Hussainabad, Pakistan (AFP) April 6, 2025 At the foot of Pakistan's impossibly high mountains whitened by frost all year round, farmers grappling with a lack of water have created their own ice towers. ... more |
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Andong, South Korea (AFP) Mar 28, 2025 Walking with a cane, 84-year-old apple farmer Kim Mi-ja surveys the wreckage of her village, which was reduced to rubble and covered in ash by South Korea's worst wildfires. ... more |
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![]() Paris (AFP) Mar 27, 2025 Deforestation, farming and climate-fuelled fires are driving increasing threats to fungi, the lifeblood of most plants on Earth, the International Union for Conservation of Nature warned on Thursday. ... more ![]() ![]() Mexico City (AFP) Mar 27, 2025 Mexico's water debt to the United States under a decades-old supply treaty has opened a new battlefront between the two countries, in addition to US President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs. ... more ![]() ![]() Columbus OH (SPX) Mar 26, 2025 Researchers have developed a new material that, by harnessing the power of sunlight, can clear water of dangerous pollutants. Created through a combination of soft chemistry gels and electrosp ... more ![]() ![]() Boston MA (SPX) Mar 26, 2025 Reducing the amount of agricultural sprays used by farmers - including fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides - could cut down the amount of polluting runoff that ends up in the environment while at ... more |
![]() Lake Retba, Senegal (AFP) Mar 25, 2025 The waters of Senegal's Lake Retba are back to their famous pink hues three years after floods washed away their rosy tinge - and businessfolk and tourists are thrilled. ... more ![]() ![]() ![]() Available on Amazon Books |
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![]() Rennes, France (AFP) Mar 21, 2025 Police broke up an operation smuggling critically endangered eels in western France, arresting seven people suspected of causing nearly half a million euros' worth of ecological damage, authorities said Friday. ... more ![]() ![]() Geneva (AFP) Mar 24, 2025 Canada has launched a dispute against China at the World Trade Organization over additional duties on agricultural and fishery products, the international body said Monday. ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (AFP) Mar 24, 2025 Residents of Paris have backed a scheme to pedestrianise and create green spaces on hundreds of roads in the French capital in a consultative vote marked by a record low turnout, according to results published on Monday. ... more ![]() ![]() Caracas (AFP) Mar 24, 2025 Venezuela will cut the public sector work week to three half-days, the government said Sunday, after low water levels began to threaten hydroelectric power generation. ... more |
![]() Tulle, France (AFP) Mar 21, 2025 A rare discovery in France of a pair of wolves, each from a distinct genetic background, has excited animal lovers demanding their protection and objections from farmers eager to protect livestock. ... more ![]() ![]() Montreal (AFP) Mar 20, 2025 To sow or not to sow? Canola farmers in Canada's vast western Prairies region have found themselves in the crossfire of trade wars with both the United States and China. ... more ![]() ![]() Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) Mar 21, 2025 Brazil is home to 12 percent of Earth's freshwater reserves, much of it in the Amazon, but is losing natural surface water as climate change and land conversion from forest to farming take their toll, a report said Friday. ... more ![]() ![]() Washington (AFP) Mar 20, 2025 The United States said Thursday it refused a request from Mexico for water due to shortfalls in sharing by its southern neighbor, as President Donald Trump ramps up a battle on another front. ... more |
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![]() Beijing (AFP) Mar 20, 2025 Chinese tariffs on Canadian products including rapeseed oil and pork come into effect Thursday, with an industry lobby warning the new levies will have a "devastating impact" on farmers. ... more ![]() ![]() Lima (AFP) Mar 20, 2025 In the bone-dry hills overlooking Lima, the luxury of running water is just a dream for thousands of Peruvians who get theirs delivered by tanker truck. ... more ![]() ![]() Hamm, Germany (AFP) Mar 17, 2025 A Peruvian farmer taking a German energy giant to court said Monday he is battling for "climate justice" and wants the company to pay for the consequences of rising temperatures. ... more ![]() ![]() Berlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 17, 2025 Agrivoltaic systems, which merge agricultural cultivation with solar power generation, represent a strategic solution to the dual challenge of meeting increasing global energy demands and ensuring f ... more |
![]() ![]() Available on Amazon Books ![]() ![]() Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Mar 14, 2025 EU countries agreed to push forward with plans to ease current restrictions on some gene-edited crops - a move backed by farmer groups but opposed by environmentalists. ... more |
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![]() Ithica NY (SPX) Mar 14, 2025 Climate change and flagging investment in research and development has U.S. agriculture facing its first productivity slowdown in decades. A new study estimates the public sector investment needed t ... more ![]() ![]() Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 14, 2025 The extraction and processing of geological resources, including critical metals and minerals essential for renewable energy and energy storage technologies, require substantial amounts of energy an ... more ![]() ![]() Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2025 The NISAR satellite, a collaborative effort between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is set to revolutionize agricultural monitoring by providing high-resolution data on crop ... more ![]() ![]() Madrid (AFP) Mar 13, 2025 Spain, which is nearing the end of a years-long drought, can expect such dry spells to become increasingly "frequent and severe" due to global warming, according to a scientific report published Thursday. ... more |
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