Sentences with phrase «clean water crisis»

Zoe is doing great in school, and is passionate about helping bring awareness to the worlds clean water crisis, and Emme will start Kindergarten next Fall.

Of course I'm going to ask the question «why,» since I had no real clue about the global clean water crisis.

ALBANY — New York is looking at a potential $ 40 billion clean water crisis, state Controller Thomas DiNapoli warned on Monday.

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In 2009, back at HBS for her five - year reunion, Kauss attended a panel about the global clean - water crisis.

Two entrepreneurs help tackle the clean - water crisis in impoverished communities around the world.

Hurricane Maria rampaged through Puerto Rico last week, leaving behind an ongoing humanitarian crisis for the island's 3.4 million residents who are struggling without electricity and clean water.

There is a grave environmental crisis in air quality (life expectancy in polluted northern cities is five and a half years lower than in the cleaner south), water and soil (one survey showed that 10 per cent of arable land was unsafe to grow crops on).

Although Musk's idea doesn't solve Puerto Rico's current crisis — 90 % of the island is still without power, and many are having trouble getting clean water — it could set the island on the path to sustainable, renewable energy, which could reduce its dependence on imported fossil fuels and ultimately bolster its economy.

More than 350 leading college entrepreneurs and 150 world leaders gathered at the Kairos Global Summit in New York City earlier this year to collaborate and create innovations and business models that address key global issues, including clean water, the global financial crisis, energy consumption, natural disasters, healthcare and more.

With local water contamination crises rocking our state in recent months, the last thing our residents should have to worry about is clean drinking water,» said McLaughlin.

«Privately funded water filters to help Americans w / o clean water in time of crisis isn't political,» DeRosa wrote on Twitter, adding it was «appalling» the lawmaker would make it an issue.

McLaughlin became a vocal advocate during the PFOA water contamination crisis in Hoosick Falls and Petersburgh, vowing to continue his crusade for clean water.

But 500 days after the contamination was confirmed, village residents say they feel like they've been shunted aside, even as their crisis spurred a focus on clean drinking water problems throughout New York.

Clinton included a passing reference to the Hoosick Falls water crisis and the need for clean water protections in her stump speech outside Albany this week.

It is the solution to deliver clean energy to regions that are facing water scarcity crisis and water economic issues.

And if you're looking to do some good in the new year, help advocate for clean water around the world (including in crisis spots like Flint, Michigan).

Late last year, a water crisis sent Flint, Michigan, into a state of emergency and showed the rest of the country the importance of clean, regulated water sources.

Together they are helping to bring awareness to the global water crisis and support clean water initiatives worldwide.

As part of the school's focus on project - based learning, a group of middle schoolers were working on a project about the global water crisis, planning to help a village in Tanzania get access to clean water.

With that in mind we set out to form an organization to raise awareness of the global water crisis, while trying to contribute to provide clean water for undeveloped countries where access to fresh water is limited.

Children who are deprived of sanitation and enough clean drinking water are less likely to bounce back from a crisis - related illnesses.

Global Thermostat uses captured CO2 for water desalination, synthetic «clean» fuels, bio-fertilizers, green plastics, building materials, carbonated beverages, greenhouses and enhanced oil recovery to help solve the climate change crisis.

A panel of experts gathered at the Clean Tech Forum this week to talk about technologies that will help with the impending water crisis.