Sentences with phrase «lack clean drinking water»

Even more appallingly, Trudeau found billions of dollars for Kinder Morgan in a matter of hours while dozens of Indigenous communities lack clean drinking water.

Lomborg, in the Wall Street Journal, states: «In a world in which malnourishment continues to claim at least 1.4 million children's lives each year, 1.2 billion people live in extreme poverty, and 2.6 billion lack clean drinking water and sanitation, this growing emphasis on climate aid is immoral.»

Because of lack of resources classrooms are overcrowded, school facilities unsanitary and run down, and students lack clean drinking water.

With the population expected to reach at least 9 billion, parts of the world still lack clean drinking water and $ 1 trillion worth of all food produced worldwide is lost or wasted.

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LifeStraw Safe Water Fund People in Puerto Rico still lack access to clean drinking water — here you can send them individual filters or one large enough to supply a small vilWater Fund People in Puerto Rico still lack access to clean drinking water — here you can send them individual filters or one large enough to supply a small vilwater — here you can send them individual filters or one large enough to supply a small village.

«The lack of urgency on the part of the Christy Clark government shows that she is neglecting residents» inherent right to clean drinking water.

Though we believe that 3,000 abortions a day in America are exactly 3,000 too many, we are just as concerned about the 20,000 children who die every day worldwide because of hunger, lack of clean drinking water and preventable disease.

And «more than half of the 3.4 million residents lacking access to clean drinking water,» according to POLITICO.

where English is not widly spoken, or read, and the lack of clean drinking water.

Of those deaths, 88 percent are due to lack of sanitation facilities and insufficient clean water for drinking and hygiene.

According to the World Water Council, 1.1 billion people live without clean drinking water and 2.6 billion lack adequate sanitaWater Council, 1.1 billion people live without clean drinking water and 2.6 billion lack adequate sanitawater and 2.6 billion lack adequate sanitation.

In Haiti, cholera is a risk; after 2016's Hurricane Matthew, affected areas experienced a 50 per cent increase in cases thanks to a lack of clean drinking water.

-- Nell Fox, Seattle, WA Today fully one - sixth of the world's human population lacks access to clean drinking water, and more than two million people — mostly kids — die each year from water - borne diseases.

Talking with a lot of people there and learning more about the lack of opportunity to earn a fair wage, provide for families, have access to clean drinking water, etc. etc. etc. got me even more fired up.

Already over a billion people lack of clean water (1.2 billion people with no drinking water)- In the future expect 2/3 of the planet to be without water (4 - 5 -LSB-...]

Other causes of bladder infections are feeding your dog poor - quality dog food, containing, chemicals and additives; lack of clean drinking water; and holding urine too long.

In an effort to raise awareness about the lack of access to clean water, this team of engineers built a machine that converts sweat into drinking water.

From this score is subtracted «health risk penalties,» which measure damaging behavioral factors (i.e. smoking, obesity, and childhood malnutrition) and environmental factors (i.e. pollution and lack of clean drinking water).

Tribune: Speakers at a seminar held on Thursday called for tangible steps to fight climate change and provide potable water to as many as 1.2 billion people who, they said, lacked access to clean drinking water.

Only HIV / AIDS, malnutrition, and lack of clean drinking water and sanitation are greater health threats than the problems of polluted indoor air.

In the West African nation of Togo, more than half of the population live below the poverty line, and a large number of the population lack reliable access to education, healthcare, electricity, and clean or safe drinking water.

«Billions of people lack access to clean drinking water and researchers are constantly searching for cost - effective ways to purify water for rural villages and developing areas.

«Direct solar desalination could be a game changer for some of the estimated 1 billion people who lack access to clean drinking water,» said Rice scientist and water treatment expert Qilin Li, a corresponding author on the study.

But for many people around the world, getting clean water isn't nearly as simple, and the combined effects of contaminated drinking water and the lack of adequate sanitary facilities can take a huge toll on both individuals and communities.