âCongress and the public cannot consistently track federal climate change funding or spending over time,â the report concluded. The report also found federal funding for global warming had increased by 116 percent between 1993 and 2004, to $5.1 billion.
So how much water should I really drink? Today, the IOM liberally recommends an even higher volume of total daily water intake: 3.7 liters (15 cups) for the average adult male and 2.7 liters (11 cups) for the average adult female. If these numbers seem daunting, donât worry.
Usually, they point to the roughly 50 billion (mostly plastic) bottles we throw away every year. The International Bottled Water Association, ever sensitive to criticism that it's wasting precious resources, has commissioned its first ever study to figure out how much water goes into producing one liter.