Rain. Just because it falls on your roof doesn't mean it's yours. At least not in Colorado or Utah.
In these states, citizens or businesses that attempt to collect or store rainwater are in fact breaking the law. The overriding rule here is that of prior appropriation i.e. in order to have any rights to water you have to gain a state water right.
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A "SNP" is a single nucleotide polymorphism. Within a genetically distinct population, i.e. people of a certain ethnicity, religion, or geographic region, there are several versions of the DNA sequence of any given gene that is almost identical, with the exception of one sequence unit at a specific site. This single nucleotide variation occurs in the population at observable frequencies.
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Picture this: You're a cell.

Summer is over, and so is the trial time-of-use pricing plan offered by my power company. And I am happy to report it was a success. With my timers and my determination to use as little electricity as possible between noon and 7:00 PM, I cut my electricity use from a peak of about 50 KWH per day last summer, to well under 38 KWH per day this summer. I figure I saved between $15 and $20 a month under this program.
I love paying less money to my electricity company. ...

If you live in the Rocky Mountain States and have been feeling a little irritable or losing hair lately just blame the selenium in your water. In a recent report it was found that over 80% of the areas studied in the American West are suffering from highly toxic levels of selenium caused, primarily, by the mining industry. So ubiquitous is the problem that it is causing the citizens, lawmakers, and environmentalists, to question whether the Clean Water Act, and the infrastructure which enforces it, is adequate in protecting and ...