Topic: Maude Barlow
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Could water scarcity cause international conflict?
Some have predicted that conflicts over water scarcity are inevitable, but what does the record show?
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Is access to clean water a basic human right?
A growing movement thinks so, saying it will guarantee that the poor have water. But at a water conference in Turkey, officials voice concern about implementing such a right.
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Is water becoming ‘the new oil’?
Population, pollution, and climate put the squeeze on potable supplies – and private companies smell a profit. Others ask: Should water be a human right?
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Water-rich New England builds ... a desalination plant?
Brockton, Mass., seeks a certain supply to assure growth. Some worry about what such installations portend.
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