The State of Minnesota has settled with 3M companies over legacy pollutants in groundwater east of St. Paul, but what, exactly, will the settlement pay for?
Minnesota settlement with 3M may fix drinking water but not the environment
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Water, Conflict, and Peace
We live on a water planet. As the writer Arthur C. Clark noted, if we didn’t happen to be land-dwelling creatures, we would call our planet Ocean, rather than Earth. And for humans, fresh water is critical for life, health, our economies, and vibrant ecosystems. The vast majority of water on the planet—more than 97 percent—is salt water, in our oceans.