Mthandeki Nhlapo, Peter Waldorff, Susan George, AlterNet. April 28, 2011.
The right to water is akin to the right to life, but many governments are reluctant to recognize this and shoulder their responsibilities to deliver safe, affordable water.
California is trying to solve its water crisis with a huge push for ocean desalination, but opponents claim its too expensive and dangerous for the environment.
The U.S. Water Trade Mission to India to secure the entry of U.S.-based corporations into the lucrative Indian water market has Indian water activists seething.
Darcey Rakestraw, On the Commons. December 10, 2010.
Large swathes of the Aral Sea has ceded to what is now known as Aralkum desert -- one of the most shocking man-made environmental calamities of the 21st century.
Even though water privatization has been a massive failure around the world, the World Bank just quietly gave $139 million to its latest corporate buddy.
The practice known as 'cloud seeding' has been done in California for decades. But the environmental costs are high and the regulations for corporations nonexistent.
Bottled water giants are pilfering water from rural towns and cities, while their products are trashing the planet and putting a hole in our pockets. It's time to call it quits.
Unfortunately, conservation measures mean less money for water companies, which can sometimes mean rate hikes -- especially when for-profit companies are in control.
Despite a widespread crisis of confidence inspired by the failures of privatization and the global economic crisis, the private water industry is far from giving up the ghost.
Expect the influence by corporate giants like the Resnicks to increase even more due to the recent Supreme Court decisions that blocks bans on corporate spending for candidates.
Critics point out inconsistencies in Coke’s approach to the environment including its opposition to city efforts to support public water and to bottle recycling bills.
