Friday, October 14, 2016

Canada has 20 percent of the planet’s freshwater. But some worry there’s not enough to go around.

Canada has 20 percent of the planet's freshwater. But some worry there's not enough to go around.

OTTAWA — Canada has about 20 percent of the planet’s freshwater resources, sits astride the largest freshwater body of water in the world — the Great Lakes — and has so many power dams along its mighty rivers that when Canadians talk about electricity, they often just call it “hydro.” Yet there are Canadians who […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/10/14/canada-has-20-percent-of-the-planets-freshwater-but-some-worry-theres-not-enough-to-go-around/

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