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Art Show Spotlights India's Polluted Yamuna River

The source of 70 percent of New Delhi's water, the Yamuna River is filthy with sewage and garbage, but people are now being drawn to its banks by a new art exhibit that seeks to raise awareness about the river's plight.




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Efforts underway in one of most extensive US river restorations ever

The world's largest dam removal project is nearing completion on Elwha River on Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula. Now it's time to enter the next phase of work on one of the greatest salmon rivers in the nation: the restoration of an entire watershed.




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Winterproofed houseboat with a rooftop deck is a tiny hotel on the river (Video)

Here is one woman's version of simple living on the river, in a boat that is equipped to see the tough northern winters through.




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Potomac River Named as America’s Most Endangered River of 2012

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, and while some great progress has been made, there are still many rivers which are endangered, including one flowing through our nation's capital.




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New Zealand river has the rights of personhood

Meet the Whanganui. You might call it a river, but in the eyes of the law, it has the standings of a person.




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Laos Moves Forward With Massive Mekong River Dam

Modifications to the $3.5bn project have been made to address environmental concerns, but it may not deflect criticism.




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The River Thames From its Source to London in Glorious Colour (Photos)

From its tiny source to the Houses of Parliament, here are glorious photos of the River Thames.




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The Colorado River named most endangered river in America [Video]

A beautiful video by photographer Pete McBride shows how this epic and ancient river is now the most endangered in the country.




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Save the Buffalo River! America's first national river threatened by Cargill factory hog farm

Forty years ago, activists blocked plans to dam the Buffalo River, eventually getting Congress and President Nixon to designate the river as America's first National River. Now, a factory hog farm is putting one of Arkansas' most beautiful spots at risk.




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Views of the River Thames by artists, showing its changing nature

The River Thames has inspired artists throughout the ages; here's a modern take on it.




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America's top 10 most endangered rivers in 2014

If a country is a body, rivers are its arteries through which vital blood flows. We must revive our waterways before more damage is done.




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Artists and scientists collaborate to create giant river sculpture

The Nature Conservancy teamed up with two artists to create a habitat-enhancing sculpture made from natural materials.




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Dynamic map of river's 15,000 history is made with lasers & data

Data is not just for the internet giants; using remote laser-sensing technology, it can generate lovely maps of a river's long-past history too.




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Expedition floats length of Mississippi River on raft made from trash

Recycled Mississippi is traveling the length of one of America's iconic rivers, which also happens to be one of the most polluted, and filming a documentary along the way.




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These 10 rivers likely the source of millions of tons of ocean plastic

Research reveals that rivers deliver up to 4 million metric tons of plastic debris to the sea every year, with up to 95% coming from just 10 of them.




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River Ethiope could be first waterway in Africa recognized as a living entity

Rivers are people too, you know.




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Highest ever levels of microplastic found in English river

The levels were so high that scientists are revising up their estimates for global marine microplastic pollution.




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Will driverless taxis kill public transit?

In Ottawa, Canada, self-driving cars are being touted as a reason to delay transit investment.




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Two Men Fined After Rescuing Deer From Icy River

To many people, Jim Hart and Khalil Abusakran are heroes. When the two men from Maryland saw a deer stranded in the icy waters of the Patapsco River, they did what few others would dare. With an




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ALL the rivers in the United States on a single beautiful interactive map!

A recent report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concluded that 55 percent of U.S. rivers and streams are in poor condition. When we see a number like that we might not realize how many rivers there are in the US...




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Explore one of the West's last wild rivers with Google Street View

The software lets you virtually float down the Yampa River, which has been largely unchanged by man.




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Why are transit riders who jump fares treated so much more harshly than drivers who steal parking spaces?

It's time for some fareness.




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Asian Carp Study Largest Since Reversal of Chicago River

This $2 million project, funded mostly with private money, is billed as the most comprehensive look at the Chicago waterway system since the reversal of the Chicago River more than 100 years ago. This




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Ontario Reacts to Live Asian Carp Spilled in River

This was an actual test. But only a test. Like those emergency tones you hear on your TV when a storm is approaching. Officials in Ontario, Canada, think the possibility of a live Asian carp invasion via truck is real. People




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Cousins River Residence by GO Logic is smaller and simpler

Who says you can't have both beauty and efficiency?




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Floating Pool To Filter Prague's Polluted River For Swimmers

How a floating pool could help filter this city's contaminated waters so residents can once again enjoy them.




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Mysterious 4-mile long river in Peru is so hot it actually boils

Now confirmed, the legendary boiling river deep in the Amazon was long considered an impossibility due to its distance from active volcanoes.




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The world's rivers are clogged with pharmaceutical waste

Scientists say levels are dangerously high, affecting wildlife and ecosystems.




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New York's Governor Cuomo considers helmet mandates for car drivers

He wants data? We've got data. And if it saves just one life.....




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London cracks down on drivers who sit with engines idling

It's about time more cities did this.




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Speeding Driver Kills Nearly an Entire Flock of Sheep

Pastoral life has long been emblematic of a harmonious relationship between man and nature -- but that was all shattered recently in a horrific accident that killed nearly an entire flock of sheep. The incident took place on a roadway




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Hungary Toxic Sludge Flood Reaches Danube River

The flood of toxic red sludge, which burst forth from a containment pond in Ajka, Hungary and covered several villages earlier in the week, reached a branch of the River Danube today. According to the head of the




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'RiverBlue' documentary wants to save our rivers from the denim industry

If you care about water quality and ethical textile production, then this is a project worth supporting. Watch the trailer and be inspired to help.




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Almost half of American drivers don’t bother using their turn signals

And then they yell at cyclists for not following the rules.




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Photo: River rushes through a mountain forest

Jake Wolf took this photo just outside of Grand Lake, Colorado.




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Why is this Colorado river orange?

EPA to blame for the catastrophe on the Animas.




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Group files suit to recognize the Colorado River as a person

Corporations have rights ... why not rivers?




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Massive river bed installed in a Danish museum

Olafur Eliasson is back with another environmental project on a giant scale.




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Study finds that drivers would rather use a transporter, but people who walk or bike enjoy the ride

For people who walk or bike, getting there is half the fun.




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Yet another study confirms that drivers of expensive cars are more likely to ignore pedestrians

Nevada study finds that every thousand bucks of added value decreases the odds of yielding to pedestrians by three percent.





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Uber CEO says drivers should get health-care benefits based on how much they work, and Uber would pay for it

The suggestion comes as Uber faces mounting pressure to provide health-care and other protections for its workers during the pandemic.




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Remdesivir will not be the main driver of Gilead's revenue: Bernstein

Ronny Gal of Sanford C. Bernstein says he thinks remdesivir will not be the most significant revenue contributor for Gilead Sciences over time. He also explains his rationale for raising the company's price target to $75 from $72.




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Cars could go completely driverless 'very soon,' says CEO of Chinese autonomous driving tech start-up

Currently, most regulations across various cities in China still require the presence of a safety driver in vehicles.




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Oil surges on big bet that drivers will take to the roads as states reopen

Oil prices are rising as producers cut output and investors bet the U.S. consumer will help drive the industry out of its demand crisis.




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Uber CEO: Our drivers and couriers should get health care and earnings protection based on hours worked

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi tells "Squawk Box" that the company is a proponent of a model in which drivers and couriers have minimum earning and health care protections based on the hours worked.




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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on earnings, assisting drivers during pandemic and more

Uber reported its biggest loss in three quarters, but shares of the ride-hailing giant on the rise after pointing to early signs of recovery in different markets across the globe. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi joins "Squawk Box" to discuss.






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An ancient river on Mars may have flowed for 100,000 years

We’ve found a 200-metre cliff in Mars's Hellas basin, the first evidence of a river that flowed on the planet for more than 100,000 years