Guest guest Posted February 5, 2003 Report Share Posted February 5, 2003 Water and power: The French connection - " You don't send God to prison, " goes the bitter joke that circulated among citizens of the alpine city of Grenoble. J & #0233;r & #0244;me Monod must be God, they said; otherwise, how did the world's leading water executive manage to avoid prison? Only God, after all, can walk on water. http://www.enn.com/news/2003-02-05/s_2507.asp Defending the internal water empire - While peddling the benefits of free-market privatization abroad, France carefully guards its own borders against foreign companies, claiming water is too important to be controlled by outsiders. http://www.enn.com/news/2003-02-05/s_2508.asp Humanity wages war with nature for water, says report - An ever-growing human demand on water for irrigation, industry, and municipal use is radically diminishing and damaging natural habitats, reports the January/February edition of World Watch magazine. http://www.enn.com/news/2003-02-05/s_2417.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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