The thinking is that by shipping water north, the strain of overuse on the Yellow River will be relieved.

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What we've realized is that shipping water from Italy and then trucking it to our restaurant is a pretty extravagant and somewhat wasteful thing.

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And although they cannot compete with aeroplanes for speed, or with water-borne shipping for volume, they could cover in a few days a distance equivalent to a six-week journey by ship.

ECONOMIST: Pushing the envelope

The point is a vital barrier protecting the deep water channels along which shipping travels to the Humber ports.

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Indiana and Illinois have contended that separation would boost flood risks and disrupt water tourism and commercial shipping in the busy metro area.

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Success brought loud criticism that the company was denying locals a key natural resource and committing environmental depredation by shipping bottled water halfway across the globe.

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Sediment-carrying rivers have been diverted, sea level has risen (increasing the volume of water in the lagoon), a deep-water channel has been dredged for shipping, and turbid waters are killing the eel grass that stabilises mud flats.

ECONOMIST: Flood barriers

Because shipping companies are already refusing to transport pyrotechnics rather than get in hot water for not having all employees cleared by the government.

FORBES: The Two-Month Window

Usess of the Airware technology, which started shipping last November, so far include agricultural drones that use image analysis to decrease waste of water and increase crop yields.

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