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EGYPT: Fuel spill fouls Nile River, threatening drinking water
Babylon & BeyondA spill of around 100 tons of diesel into the Nile River has forced Egyptian authorities to shut down four water purification stations as a precaution to prevent contamination. The spill resulted from the partial sinking of a barge owned...... -
The Dry Garden: Does rain mean an end to drought?
L.A. at HomeSaturday may mark the start of the 2011 calendar year, but the 2011 water year, the 12-month cycle used by hydrologists and water managers, began on Oct. 1. Few Southern California water years have begun on such a dry note....... -
Fluoride in drinking water: Will the EPA get tougher?
GreenspaceEnvironmental health groups are now looking to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to impose tougher standards on fluoride in drinking water, building on a decision Friday by the federal Department of Health and Human Services to lower the... -
PAKISTAN: Short on natural gas, locals are shivering and angry
Babylon & BeyondPakistan always seems to be short of something. Not long ago, a dearth of flour and sugar sent prices for those staples sky high. Farm fields parched by the country's severe water-supply shortage were submerged and silted over in last...... -
Q&A: Dr. Paul Farmer and Ophelia Dahl on recovery efforts in Haiti
L.A. NOWDr. Paul Farmer and Ophelia Dahl talk about their work on recovery efforts in Haiti with Los Angeles Times' reporter Molly Hennessy-Fiske. Farmer and Dahl are in L.A. to attend the "Haiti Stories" conference at UCLA on Saturday.... -
Caltech's Frances Arnold wins Draper Prize for biofuels-related research
GreenspaceFrances H. Arnold, a California Institute of Technology researcher, has won the 2011 Draper Prize, often described as the Nobel Prize for engineering, for her pioneering work on âdirected evolution.â The technique, a way to use evolution to engineer... -
L.A. air officials to vote on pollution trading [UPDATED]
GreenspaceA decade-long battle between Los Angeles regional air quality officials, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and California public health groups over the integrity of the area's pollution trading system will be rejoined Friday, as air district... -
A new theme at Tokyo Disney: hardship
Hiroshi Miura and a dozen other taxi drivers dressed in crisp blue shirts were shooting the breeze in front of the quiet Tokyo Bay Hotel at dusk Saturday. They had one thing on their minds: "X Day."
"That's the day Disney is going to reopen," said Miura,...Tags: Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Nuclear Power, Japan, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, China Earthquake (2010)
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California drought drove up energy costs
GreenspaceOne of the biggest costs of California's recent drought went largely unnoticed, according to a report that estimates state ratepayers paid $1.7 billion to replace lost hydropower with natural gas generation that also pumped millions of tons of... -
Book review: 'C' by Tom McCarthy
Special to the Los Angeles TimesC A Novel Tom McCarthy Alfred A. Knopf: 310 pp., $25.95 With "C," Tom McCarthy has written an avant-garde masterpiece — a sprawling cryptogram — in the guise of an epic, coming-of-age period piece. The novel (which is on this year's Man...Tags: Egypt, England, World War I (1914-1918), Radio, Entertainment
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State Legislature approves comprehensive package to overhaul water system, including an $11-billion bond
L.A. NOWThe state Legislature passed a wide-ranging water package that includes an $11-billion bond as dawn broke over the Capitol today. When the Senate took the final vote just before 6 a.m., it ended years of failed attempts to confront the...... -
L.A. cuts water consumption by 18%, setting new conservation record
L.A. NOWLos Angeles residents reduced water consumption by a record amount in the five months since mandatory water rationing began, including a 23% cut in usage by residents of single-family homes. According to the Department of Water and Power, L.A. recorded......
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