Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2008 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/water/97610/is_california_on_the_brink_of_environmental_collapse/ California has spared no expense to taxpayers or natural ecosystems to become the most hydrologically altered landmass on the planet. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:00:01 PDT Rachel Olivieri, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/water/97456/fossil_fuels_are_the_bottled_water_of_energy/ We already know the many reasons not to drink bottled water, but fossil fuels are really bottled energy. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:00:01 PDT Andy Posner, Huffington Post http://www.alternet.org/water/97455/free_water%3A_collecting_rainwater_is_catching_on_in_the_u.s./ Rainwater harvesting is a well-known practice in the developing world, but it is also now gaining traction in the U.S. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:00:01 PDT veg-head, off-grid http://www.alternet.org/water/96843/alaska_chooses_largest_gold_mine_over_clean_water/ Alaska is one step closer to approving Pebble Mine, which threatens the world's largest salmon fishery and native communities. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:00:01 PDT Kari Lydersen, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/water/96653/it%27s_pretty_clear_that_europe_is_using_%27trade%27_deals_to_steal_food_from_poor_countries/ A new wave of food colonialism is taking food from the mouths of the poor. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:01 PDT George Monbiot, Monbiot.com http://www.alternet.org/water/96630/half_of_baghdad_lacks_drinking_water_/ Amid soaring temperatures, Baghdad's Water Authority says three million people in Baghdad have no access to running water. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT Kareem Abed Zair, Azzaman http://www.alternet.org/water/96471/dispatch_from_denver%3A_making_climate_change_the_issue/ Why we need to make "global warming" the most important issue of the convention. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:00:01 PDT Jeffrey Allen, OneWorld.net http://www.alternet.org/water/96079/will_thirsty_states_get_great_lakes_water/ A new compact protecting the Great Lakes is set to pass Congress, but there are a few green critics with serious concerns. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT Dave Dempsey, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/water/96072/welcome_to_the_food_revolution/ The Slow Food Nation gathering promises to be a Woodstock for food lovers and enviros concerned with our food system. Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT Kerry Trueman, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/water/96051/importing_food_means_exporting_drought/ If we don't make changes quickly it will be our plates, not our rates, that bear the brunt of water shortage. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:00:01 PDT Tom MacMillan, Comment Is Free http://www.alternet.org/water/95471/why_t._boone_pickens%27_%27clean_energy%27_plan_is_a_ponzi_scheme/ The controversial oil magnate has made headlines for a supposed conversion to cleaner energy, but there's ample reason to be suspicious. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT Scott Thill, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/water/95814/water_for_all%3A_the_leaders_of_a_new_revolution/ A gathering of international thinkers, artists, and activists is inspiring a new revolution in the right to water and what belongs to the commons. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:00:01 PDT Jay Walljasper, OnTheCommons.org http://www.alternet.org/water/95630/what_if_your_tap_water_is_not_safe_to_drink/ In the U.S., 89.3 percent of tap water is deemed safe, but what if you're one of the 29 million people whose water missed the mark? Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:00:01 PDT Elizabeth Royte, Huffington Post http://www.alternet.org/water/95462/did_mccain_just_lose_colorado/ McCain might have just lost Colorado after saying he wanted to renegotiate a 1922 water deal and take water from Colorado and New Mexico. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:00:01 PDT Joseph Romm, Climate Progress http://www.alternet.org/water/95458/dead_zone_diet%3A_why_fertilizers_are_taking_fish_off_the_menu/ Fertilizer runoff from industrial agriculture and fossil-fuel use are causing catastrophic "dead zones" in our oceans. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:00:01 PDT Kerry Trueman, Huffington Post http://www.alternet.org/water/95107/climate_change_is_already_affecting_the_west%27s_water/ By 2020 Glacier National Park will be "Puddles National Park" and the rest of the west won't be much better off. So where's the concern? Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:00:01 PDT Bob Burnett, Huffington Post http://www.alternet.org/water/95090/small_hydroelectric_dams_not_so_green/ Often included among "clean" sources of energy, small hydroelectric dams have been constructed without proper consideration of their effects. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:00:01 PDT Mario Osava, IPS News http://www.alternet.org/water/95085/middle_east_faces_widespread_drought_and_devastated_crops/ Contrary to popular belief, the Middle East isn't entirely desert. But now even those fertile valleys fed by the Tigris and Euphrates are at risk. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:00:01 PDT Abigail Brown, Water For The Ages http://www.alternet.org/water/94962/the_must-drill_mentality_is_threatening_nyc%27s_water/ Trapped within the rocks of New York's famed watershed is a trillion dollars worth of natural gas. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:00:01 PDT David Sassoon, Huffington Post http://www.alternet.org/water/94947/water%27s_odyssey_from_sewer_to_cup/ The strangest thing about Orange County's facility that turns wastewater into drinking water, is that there was no public resistance. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:00:01 PDT Michael B. Farrell, Christian Science Monitor