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A Competition Looks for the Water-Energy Nexus

Hoover Dam. Image Credit: kyle simourd via Flickr Here at TreeHugger, we talk a lot about saving water , and reducing energy usage . But the two also intersect, since moving around all of the water we use takes up a ton of…you guessed, it: energy. This is called the water-energy nexus , and in its 2010 competition, non… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Michael Lohan — Lindsay and I Are Closer Than Ever!

Filed under: Michael Lohan , Lindsay Lohan Michael Lohan just moved into his new L.A apartment — and he tells us, the place has two major perks … 1) it’s right by the water … and 2) it’s only 11 miles from his newly-sober daughter. According to Michael, his new crib is right by the Santa… Read more

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What are These Animals Doing in the Water? (Slideshow)

Photo via The Telegraph Fish aren’t the only creatures that like spending time in the water: From the bovines of the Bahamas’ Pig Beach and the water-loving Turkish Van cat to swimming orangutans, see more mammals unexpectedly jumping into oceans, rivers, lakes, and pools for a dip.

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Justin Bieber Throws Himself Off a Cliff

Filed under: Justin Bieber , Paparazzi Video Justin Bieber tempted fate at an exclusive resort in Barbados on Wednesday — because for some terrifying reason … the 16-year-old singer decided to throw himself off an enormous cliff. Okay, so the cliff was barely 10 feet above the water — but… Read more

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World Cup Stud in Bikini Battle … with His GF

Filed under: Lionel Messi , Paparazzi Photo , TMZ Sports , World Cup Argentinian soccer stud Lionel Messi — one of the best strikers on the planet — showed off his world cup … in an itty bitty mankini in Cancun on Wednesday. Messi cooled off in the water with his similarly dressed girlfriend. The couple that shares… Read more

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Piranha 3D Footage Too Racy for Comic-Con?

Considering the marketing campaign for Piranha 3D has revolved around girl-slapping videos , wet t-shirts, straight up nudity and all-around misogyny — not to mention the implied carnage that thousands of CG-created 3D piranhas can do to an unsuspecting co-ed swimming in the water — that it has been deemed not appropriate for families attending Comic-Con next weekend should come as a surprise to exactly no one.

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What Happens When Business Students Think About the Water Cycle?

Image credit: Good Business students spend a lot of time thinking about supply chains, but what happens when you take them out into the desert and ask them to think about the water cycle? It’s a question for which the Stanford Graduate School of Business wanted an answer…. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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PepsiCo Using Potatoes to Run UK Chip Factories

Image via The Guardian What are potato chips? They’re slices of potatoes with the majority of the water taken out (and in most cases, a lot of oil added in). What happens to all the water – around 80% of a potato? Well, for four potato chip factories in the UK where water is an increasingly significant issue, the water will go straight toward processing the themselves. PepsiCo is planning to take the factories off the water grid entirely, and use the water from the roughly 350,000 tons of potatoes processed each year into products like Walker’s Cr… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Tammy and Melissa Etheridge Call It Quits

There must be something in the water this week with all these breakups! Melissa Etheridge and wife Tammy (formerly Tammy Lynn Michaels) have decided to go their separate ways after…

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Serena Williams And Her Grand Slam Bod

Serena Williams hit the beach in Miami, Florida this weekend in a glamorous green and lace bikini. The tennis ace showed off her amazing body while relaxing with friends and even hit the water to play a little football. Serena certainly is “booty-ful”

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