On AlterNet: water privatization
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "water privatization"
Alan Snitow, Deborah Kaufman, Tomdispatch.com. October 6, 2008.
Neglect of public infrastructure has private companies swooping in to buy public systems, like water, with grave consequences.
Abigail Brown, Water For The Ages AlterNet: PEEK. October 2, 2008.
Leading water researcher Peter Gleick has a few words for the next man in charge.
William E. Marks, AlterNet. October 2, 2008.
Your small bottle of Fiji water may not cost much to you, but it does for the people of Fiji and its environment.
Jon Keesecker, AlterNet. September 9, 2008.
In one U.S. city, a mayor is putting the city's water systems up for sale in exchange for money for eduction.
Tara Lohan, AlterNet AlterNet: Water. August 26, 2008.
An official declaration has said that Coke has "overexploited" a town's groundwater.
Dave Dempsey, AlterNet. August 26, 2008.
A new compact protecting the Great Lakes is set to pass Congress, but there are a few green critics with serious concerns.
Scott Thill, AlterNet. August 21, 2008.
The controversial oil magnate has made headlines for a supposed conversion to cleaner energy, but there's ample reason to be suspicious.
Tara Lohan, AlterNet AlterNet: Water. August 6, 2008.
Looks like David has won over Goliath. At least for now.
Amy Vickers, AlterNet. August 5, 2008.
In its attempts to strike blue gold, Nestle has pursued water extraction deals that have many locals seeing red.
Graham Hill, Huffington Post. July 31, 2008.
A life cycle assessment traced the entire life cycle from water extraction to serving it up in a glass.
Richard Girard, Polaris Institute. July 31, 2008.
In the UK, private water delivery companies see bottled water as a direct competitor for their product, tap water.
Tara Lohan, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. June 19, 2008.
Another win in the fight against privatization of water.
Maude Barlow, YES! Magazine. June 6, 2008.
Water has become a key strategic security issue for the U.S. government and that has some very concerned.
Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch. June 5, 2008.
The people of Felton, California learned that they had successfully wrested control of their water from the clutches of a giant corporation.
Mark Clayton, Christian Science Monitor. May 29, 2008.
Increasingly it is being asked: Which countries are water rich, which are water poor, and who should manage water resources?
Richard Girard, Polaris Institute. May 29, 2008.
While water shortages are getting worse in areas of increasing urbanization, Coke is digging in their heels there to make more money.
Prabhakar Deshpande, India Water Portal. May 27, 2008.
A fictional look at how humanity copes when things are coming down to the last drops of water.
Jared Simpson, Waterblogged.Info AlterNet: Water. May 21, 2008.
A story actually covered by the local TV news station.
Elizabeth Royte, Bloomsbury USA. May 20, 2008.
Elizabeth Royte's new book explains why bottled water is one of the greatest marketing coups of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Tara Lohan, AlterNet AlterNet: Water. May 13, 2008.
Nestle is scaling back their proposal for a new bottling facility ... drastically.
Michael E. Campana, WaterWired AlterNet: Water. May 8, 2008.
Denying the poor access to adequate water "is to deny them the rights to health and to lead a dignified lifestyle."
Melissa Knopper, E Magazine. May 6, 2008.
Environmental concerns are sending people back to their taps and putting bottled water companies on the defensive.
Tom A. Peter, Christian Science Monitor. April 29, 2008.
The state's legislature has passed a bill that limits how much groundwater bottlers and other companies can draw.
Maude Barlow, The New Press. April 24, 2008.
As Barlow's new book shows, the world does not lack the knowledge about how to build a water-secure future; it lacks the political will.
Tara Lohan, AlterNet AlterNet: Water. April 17, 2008.
The company is trying to sell itself as working toward water conservation, while at the same time depleting water sources.
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