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Dozens of members of Congress have warned that the most common method of abortion in America may not just kill unborn babies and harm their mothers, it may also pollute America’s drinking water with forever chemicals that could impact declining fertility levels. Some 25 congressional Republicans signed a letter calling on the Trump administration to determine whether the abortion pill mifepristone has an environmental impact on the U.S. water system. “[M]ifepristone is a potent progesterone blocker that disrupts hormonal balance in pregnant women to induce abortion. This raises questions about the drug’s potential endocrine-disrupting effects when present in drinking water...

Most Americans want law and order. When a peaceful protest turns into a riot – storefronts smashed, fires lit, and police under attack – something has to be done. Fast. And while law enforcement has a toolbox of non-lethal methods, one old-school tool that’s mostly been shelved in the U.S. deserves a second look: water cannons. Now, I get it. Some folks hear “water cannon” and think of black-and-white photos from the 1960s, with peaceful civil rights protesters being blasted in Birmingham. That image stuck with America, and for good reason. But today’s reality is very different. We’re talking about...

.. The petitioners have been a consortium of environmental groups and neighbors of the project in southern Boulder County who filed a lawsuit in 2018 against Denver Water and the Army Corps of Engineers which approved the project, as well as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Their primary objections were to drawing water from the headwaters of the Colorado River on other side of the Continental Divide through the Moffat Water Tunnel, clearing the trees as part of the project to enlarge the reservoir, and effects on wildlife, including elk habitat.

...“It’s such a victory for the river,” said Elaine Marsh, a watershed resource specialist with Summit Metro Parks. Marsh is one of the founding members of Friends of the Crooked River, a nonprofit organization focused on giving a voice to the Cuyahoga River....

A pair of tweezers squeezes water from the spongy material developed by the team. (Credit: Xingying Zhang) In a nutshell This wood-based material can pull water directly from air using only sunlight, working even in arid regions with humidity as low as 30% and in freezing temperatures down to -20°C. The device captured 2.5 milliliters of water per gram overnight in real-world testing, releasing it when exposed to sunlight with 94% efficiency. Made from affordable materials like balsa wood and lithium chloride, this technology could provide clean drinking water in areas lacking infrastructure or during emergencies. **************************************************************************** MELBOURNE — Love...

Researchers have found a new way to test for water contamination. And it's thanks to our poop. In late 2024, researchers from Chungnam National University and Gyeongsang National University published their findings on a new technique for detecting fecal contamination in water using human viral DNA, known as microbial source tracking (MST), in the journal Water Research. And while this may make you let out a little "ew" under your breath, it's critical to know that fecal contamination is, in fact, a significant issue both globally and here in the United States. The World Health Organization explained, "In 2022, globally,...

Pakistan Army initiated small arms fire along the LoC; Indian Army responded swiftly. No casualties reported.In the wake of the barbaric terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir, that claimed the lives of 26 people, tensions have significantly escalated along the Line of Control (LoC). The massacre has sparked outrage across India and strong condemnation from the international community, calling out Pakistan -sponsored terrorism. In a fresh provocation, the Pakistan Army opened small arms fire on Indian posts along the LoC late Thursday night. According to Indian Army officials, the firing was effectively responded to, and there were no casualties...

In short: India and Pakistan have escalated a diplomatic offensive against each other, days after a deadly attack in Kashmir. Both countries have expelled senior officials and cancelled visas held by nationals of the other. What's next? India has vowed to pursue those responsible for the attack to "the ends of the earth". Pakistan has warned India that any move to restrict water into the country would be considered "an act of war", as relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours further deteriorate days after a deadly attack. The attack at a popular tourist destination in India-controlled Kashmir that left 26 people...

The day after a deadly attack on tourists killed 26 people in the mountain town of Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir, India announced it was closing a border with Pakistan, downgrading its diplomatic ties and suspending a crucial water treaty. The Indus Waters Treaty lays out how India and Pakistan use water from six rivers that flow through both countries. It was negotiated by the World Bank in 1960 and affects hundreds of millions of people on either side of the border. India's foreign secretary, Vikram Misri, told reporters on Tuesday night that the treaty will remain suspended until Pakistan "credibly...

BREAKING VIDEO: "Water Is Not A Human Right" Says New WEF Head Peter Brabeck-Letmathe It's Hard To Believe That Klaus Schwab Could Be Replaced By Someone More Evil We Present To You The Globalists' New Leader Of The Super Villains Who Literally Wants To Cut Off The Lifegiving Access To Plentiful Water, Energy, & Food Klaus Schwab Famously Said "You Will Eat The Bugs," Now, Brabeck-Letmathe Says "You Will Die Of Thirst" The New WEF Head Shall Now Be Known As The Dehydrator!!! Grok 3 Query: "Did WEF Head Peter Brabeck-Letmathe say 'Water Is Not A Human Right?'"

President Donald Trump threatened Mexico on Thursday with tariffs and sanctions if it continues "stealing" water from Texas. Trump's comments referred to a 1944 water treaty for the "Utilization of Waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande," which requires Mexico to send 1.75 million acre-feet of water from the Rio Grande every five years. The U.S. is required to send Mexico 1.5 million acre-feet of water every year from the Colorado River. The New York Times, based on International Boundary and Water Commission data, stated that from October 2020 to October 2024, Mexico provided only...

President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs, and possibly sanctions against Mexico, if it continues to rob South Texas farmers of Rio Grande water promised under a decades-old treaty. In a post on Truth Social on Thursday, Trump proclaimed that Mexico owes Texas 1.3 million acre-feet of water under the 1944 Water Treaty, though Mexico was violating their obligation. “This is very unfair, and it is hurting South Texas Farmers very badly,” the president wrote. “Last year, the only Sugar Mill in Texas CLOSED, because Mexico has been stealing the water from Texas Farmers. Ted Cruz has been leading the...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump, after complaining about it for years, signed an order to lift restrictions on water pressure in showers on Wednesday, saying he wanted to "take care of my beautiful hair." Trump's executive order is aimed at reversing efficiency and water conservation steps taken by the last two Democratic presidents, Barack Obama and Joe Biden. According to a White House fact sheet, Trump will "end the Obama-Biden war on water pressure and make America’s showers great again." Trump directed the Energy Department to rescind a rule begun by Obama and brought back by Biden that limited the...

Utah became the first state in the nation to restrict all but a few approved flags from being flown on government buildings and to prohibit fluoride from being added to public water systems. Gov. Spencer Cox allowed the flag bill to take effect without his signature as the deadline approached Thursday evening, while he signed the fluoride bill into law.

The sprawling estuary about 70 miles inland from San Francisco feels distinctly out of place — more like the swampy Florida Everglades than arid California. But from that confluence of two great rivers, the Sacramento and the San Joaquin, 1,100 miles of webbed waterways and levees send upward of six million acre-feet of freshwater a year to thirstier parts of the state, from farms in the San Joaquin Valley to the Southern California megalopolis. Known as the California Delta, the estuary is among the state’s most important sources of water — and most consistent flash points over environmental protection. Donald...

A plan to build the largest reservoir in California in decades, Sites Reservoir about 70 miles north of Sacramento, is being challenged as ecologically destructive and not worth the cost in a lawsuit filed by environmental groups Wednesday. The $4.5 billion project, which seeks to boost water supplies for drought-plagued cities and farms, was recently put on the fast track by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The suit, though, alleges the reservoir’s environmental impact report was insufficient, failing to address harm to fish and greenhouse gas emissions — problems opponents say make the additional water hard to justify. “It’s not a negligible...

Artist's depiction of an Earth-like beach on Mars. (© Prasa-gg - stock.adobe.com) ================================================================= In a nutshell * Chinese Zhurong rover discovered underwater layers of sediment beneath the Martian surface that closely resemble Earth’s coastal beach deposits, providing the strongest evidence yet for an ancient ocean on Mars. * The beach-like formations extend continuously for over 1.3 kilometers, indicating a stable, long-lived body of water rather than temporary flooding — essentially a “vacation-style beach” that existed for tens of millions of years. * This discovery suggests Mars once had a complex water system with rivers, waves, and ocean currents that could...

The Standing Rock Sioux tribe has claimed that the project has encroached on its land, damaged sacred sites and would potentially harm a major source of their drinking water by going under Lake Oahe. [snip] But what continued to throw a wall up in the discussions was the tribe's demand to receive a fee for shipping the oil. "Even though the pipeline never crosses the Standing Rock Sioux reservation, [snip] "But time and again the tribe rebuffed or ignored the company's offers demanding, instead, a toll on the crude that passed through the pipeline, an ultimatum that showed the tribe's...

No new water storage infrastructure has been built in California, more than a decade after voters approved a $7.5 billion water bond in Proposition 1 of 2014. The San Jose Mercury-News reported Wednesday that officials are deciding what to do with nearly half a billion dollars of available cash after the “collapse” of a project to expand the Los Vaqueros Reservoir, which is east of San Francisco. Other projects have received funding for planning and permitting, but nothing has been built. The newspaper noted: A majority of the seven board members of the California Water Commission, a state agency that...

For an idea of how well liberals are taking Trump’s success, let’s have a look in the classroom: A teacher at an all-boys Catholic high school on Staten Island resigned after going on an anti-President Trump tirade during class that descended into calling one of his students a “punk a–” during an unhinged outburst, according to a recently leaked video clip. The unnamed teacher at Monsignor Farrell High School was recorded last Wednesday by a student while speaking vehemently against Trump — criticizing the president’s order to release billions of gallons of water in California to fight the Los Angeles...