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How Farm-Raised Salmon Are Turning Our Oceans Into Dangerous and Polluted Feedlots By Tara Lohan, AlterNet "Farm-raised salmon" sounds nice and sustainable, but they've become harbingers of disease, contaminating the oceans with antibiotics and toxic chemicals. Read more » Water Is Being Used by Corporations as the Newest Way to Look "Socially Responsible" By Diane Farsetta, PR Watch But the primary importance of water to life makes the corporate warping of water policy and philanthropy especially troubling. more » How the Last Bushmen Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanent Drought By Alan Snitow, San Francisco Chronicle A journalist and water adviser writes about how the the Kalahari Bushmen have a lot to teach us about surviving in times of scarcity. more » Cooking the Numbers: The Misleading Use of Water Numbers By Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute There are people and groups who work to produce or disseminate bad numbers as a way of influencing policy decisions in their favor. more » 'Water Recklessness Worsening Drought' in India By Ranjit Devraj, IPS News India's current dry spell is rapidly turning into a full-fledged drought as a result of reckless exploitation of groundwater resources for farming. more » Has Japan's Dolphin Slaughter Been Prevented? By Tara Lohan, AlterNet Media presence in Taiji seems to be keeping the dolphin killers at bay -- for now. more »

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