The government has a target of the end of the year to bring the plant to a cold shutdown, when the reactors are stable and the water inside them is no longer boiling.

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We have low population density, clean air, fresh water, fertile land, an ocean on either side and a grand total of two nations on our borders. (One of which is a also a huge, stable and peaceful nation with clean air, fresh water, and fertile land and even lower population density).

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Kayaks, unlike canoes, sit low in the water and though rental kayaks are far more stable than professional models, they can still roll over.

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D. student Roxana Leontie developed a program that would allow the robot to carry items without stable centers of gravity say, bottles of water or half-filled bags of pet kibble.

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"What one of the things that we as a global community have been slow to realize is that even in an industrialized economy will still demand very directly on the health of natural systems to provide the water we drink and to keep the climate stable, " Leape said.

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Shanghai, for instance, also boasts abundant supplies of clean water (a crucial input) and a fairly stable electricity grid.

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Japanese trading houses, long major players in global energy and commodities markets, recently have stepped up acquisitions in the global water business as they seek to tap a growth market with stable cash flow.

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Without a stable climate, addressing other environmental threats will be impossible, ensuring a future of more degraded water and land.

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