Lori Pottinger, Huffington Post. November 16, 2009. Thanks to grassroots advocacy and new legislation, important ecosystems across the globe will be guarded from harmful damming projects.
Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. September 28, 2009. Recently, Australia drastically reduced its per capita water usage. So what's the holdup stateside?
Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. July 8, 2009. Californians have very little clue about what a real water crisis looks like. It looks like what's happening in Australia.
Keith Schneider, Yale Environment 360. April 4, 2009. Steadily rising temperatures in south Australia and the recent drought may signal a permanent climate shift.
Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. April 2, 2009. Coca-Cola just got slapped down in Australia for running a series of advertisements claiming the soft drink does not cause obesity or tooth decay.
Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. February 19, 2009. As the global economy melts down, so is the planet, with droughts threatening food production and industry across the world.
Joseph Romm, Climate Progress. November 13, 2008. Unfortunately it is a classic case of "climate feedback" as desal plants cause more emissions and ocean acidification.
Ann Bartow, Feminist Law Professors AlterNet: PEEK. November 7, 2007. Ann Bartow: I wonder if the average porn consumer would recognize what was occurring or care about the coercive way that it was produced.
Melissa McEwan, AlterNet: PEEK. September 7, 2007. Melissa McEwan: Bush calls the APEC conference OPEC, can't find a door and gets mooned by protest group called "Bums for Bush."
Kelpie Wilson, TruthOut.org. May 30, 2007. In drought-riddled Australia, the effects of global warming are rippling through the economy -- effecting everything from farming to mining. It may even swing the next national election.