古巴嚴重水荒
古巴(Cuba)西部久旱不雨,哈瓦那(Havana)的蓄水僅剩下18%,有些民眾每6天才獲得1次自來水,政府加派送水車,希望能緩解嚴重水荒。http://www.cubaheadlines.com/2011/07/08/32332/droughts_in_cuba_worsen_in_last_decades_expert.htmlhttp://www.trust.org/alertnet/blogs/climate-conversations/new-sustainability-institute-focuses-on-science-and-the-south
減少核子汙染保護環境
為了保護環境,減少核子汙染等有毒物質排入格蘭德河(Rio Grande)中,影響下游民眾與動物的飲水,美國新墨西哥州洛斯阿拉莫斯實驗室(Los Alamos National Laboratory)已完全清除鄰近受污染的土壤,並於7月20日週三公布這個消息。http://www.sott.net/articles/show/232026-US-Rain-Threatens-to-Spread-Radiation-from-Los-Alamos-National-Labhttp://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/12/us-monsoons-wildfire-new-mexico-idUSTRE76A7DH20110712http://www.lanl.gov/news/releases/lanl_installs_additional_protective_measures.html