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"Water. The single most necessary element to sustain life. Brockovich warns that America's water crisis isn't looming on the horizon--it's already here. Superman Isn't Coming makes clear that the most precious resource on planet Earth is alarmingly polluted by toxins, hazardous waste, lead, fracking chemicals, and more. In the 20 years since her eponymous film, Brockovich has kept up the fight for clean water one town at a time. She receives thousands...
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Water is the first medicine. It affects and connects us all... When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth and poison her people's water, one young water protector takes a stand to defend Earth's most sacred resource. Inspired by the many indigenous-led movements across North America, this bold and lyrical picture book issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth's water from harm and corruption.
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Sourcebooks eXplore
Pub. Date
[2021]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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Walter and his neighbor, Milton, two lobsters living in the ocean near Boston, Massachusetts, blame each other when heaps of garbage appear in both of their yards as they prepare for the annual garden contest. Includes facts about lobsters, water pollution, and the Boston accent, a glossary, and ways to care for the ocean, as well as a list of organizations that do the same.
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An annotated copy of Dante's Inferno, found at the scene of the crime, may contain the clues Brunetti needs to solve the murder - and uncover who is ruining the waters of Venice's lagoon. But Brunetti needs the help of his wife, Paola, a professor of literature, and his daughter, Chiara, who should be doing her Latin homework. Over long lunches, on secret boat rides, and in quiet bars, as the weather heats up, the flowers come into bloom, and the...
8) River road
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TOR
Pub. Date
2012
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1st ed.
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332 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
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Wizard sentinel Drusilla Jaco and her partner, Alex Warin, struggle to stop a war between humans and preternaturals in New Orleans, a situation that escalates when a menacing adversary poisons the waters of the Mississippi.
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"When Dottoressa Donato calls the Questura to report that a dying patient at the hospice Fatebenefratelli wants to speak to the police, Commissario Guido Brunetti and his colleague, Claudia Griffoni, waste no time in responding. "They killed him. It was bad money. I told him no," Benedetta Toso gasps the words about her recently deceased husband, Vittorio Fadalto. Even though he is not sure she can hear him, Brunetti softly promises he and Griffoni...
10) Water pollution
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Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2005
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xxv, 164 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
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English
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Twenty-First Century Books
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[2015].
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64 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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Discusses how droughts, floods, and massive storms along with the human population affects water usage, and explains how the competition for clean water has increased.
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Earth fairies volume 6
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Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
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65 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm.
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English
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Milly the river fairy needs Rachel and Kirsty's help to find her missing magic wand in order to help clean up a polluted river.
15) Water pollution
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Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
2008
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32 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
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English
17) Wasted waters
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Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
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32 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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Disasters like Love Canal and more recently in Flint, Michigan, happened slowly over years, and caused lasting damage. A powerful way to demonstrate cause and effect in ecosystems, this book chronicles each disaster s story, and even the resulting legal battles. This book is lamentably timely, and all readers will easily be drawn in by these morality stories of corporations terrible impact in the effort to save money. Statistics on each spread communicate...
18) The old boat
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Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W. W. Norton and Company
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English
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"Off a small island, a boy and his grandfather set sail in their beloved fishing boat. They ride the waves, catching wants and wishes and seeing the wonders of the ocean. But soon the boy is sailing the boat himself, drifting further from shore as the waters grow muddied and turbulent. When a storm washes him ashore, he sees home in a new light. He decides to turn the tides of his fortune, cleaning the island's waters and creating a new life with...
20) Water supply
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Reference shelf volume 80, no. 2
Publisher
H.W. Wilson Co
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
viii, 195 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
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