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New Information Shows How Climate Change Will Affect Water

Environment News ServiceOctober 6, 2008.
How do we deal with rising seas, threatened infrastructure, increasing storms, and less drinking water?

When Will Los Angeles Run Out of Water? Sooner Than You Think

Scott Thill, AlterNet. October 4, 2008.
L.A. has two options: Pray for rain, or suck off Northern California's supply. Guess which one it's going to try first?

The Middle East's Water Crisis: Will the Jordan River Run Dry?

Gidon Bromberg, Yale Environment 360. September 24, 2008.
Huge withdrawals for irrigation, rapid population growth, and a paralyzing regional conflict have drained nearly all the water from this fabled river.

Importing Food Means Exporting Drought

Tom MacMillan, Comment Is Free. August 22, 2008.
If we don't make changes quickly it will be our plates, not our rates, that bear the brunt of water shortage.

Did McCain Just Lose Colorado?

Joseph Romm, Climate Progress. August 18, 2008.
McCain might have just lost Colorado after saying he wanted to renegotiate a 1922 water deal and take water from Colorado and New Mexico.

Middle East Faces Widespread Drought and Devastated Crops

Abigail Brown, Water For The Ages. August 14, 2008.
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.

Water's Odyssey from Sewer To Cup

Michael B. Farrell, Christian Science Monitor. August 13, 2008.
The strangest thing about Orange County's facility that turns wastewater into drinking water, is that there was no public resistance.

Why Water Rights Are Women's Rights

Yifat Susskind, AlterNet. August 5, 2008.
Across the world, it is women and girls who are responsible for risking their health and often lives to get their households' water.

Israel-Hamas Standoff Deepens Water Woes

Rafael D. Frankel, Christian Science Monitor. July 31, 2008.
Severe water contamination in the Gaza Strip is worsened by Israeli blockades, say many Palestinians.

Water Scarcity: The Real Food Crisis

Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360. June 9, 2008.
In the discussion of the global food emergency, one underlying factor is barely mentioned: The world is running out of freshwater.

How the World Is Realizing that Water Is "Blue Gold"

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?

Drought Is Spurring Resource Wars

Ernest Waititu, Indypendent. April 29, 2008.
In Ethiopia, violence breaks out as water turns to sand and climate change takes hold. It may be a warning to the rest of the world.

Can You Get by on Just 5 Gallons of Water a Day?

Sophie Morris, Independent UK. April 28, 2008.
A British woman attempts for a day what most in the developing world deal with all the time -- living on just over 5 gallons of water.

Forget Carbon: You Should Be Checking Your Water Footprint

Amol Rajan, Independent UK. April 23, 2008.
Water footprints will tell consumers the amount of precious H2O that has been used in the products they buy.

Are Coke's Water Conservation Intentions for Real?

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.

Asia Teeters Toward Food Crisis from Lack of Water

Daniel Pepper, AlterNet. April 17, 2008.
In countries like India, overpumping of groundwater for agriculture is reaching crisis level.

At Least 36 U.S. States Face Water Shortage

David Gutierrez, Natural News. April 15, 2008.
Available freshwater supplies are dwindling across the country due to rising temperatures, droughts, increasing sprawl and population.

Diminshing Latin American Glaciers Threaten Water Supply

Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor. April 10, 2008.
Rivers fed by melting glaciers across Latin America may soon dry up, forcing changes on the people who depend upon them.

The U.S. Nears the Limits of Its Water Supplies

Shiney Varghese, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. April 8, 2008.
Public water systems are failing, several states are setting severe water use restrictions, and key water sources are drying up.

One Thirsty Town's Answer to Water Shortage

Vijaysree Venkatraman, Christian Science Monitor. April 7, 2008.
Residents have devised ways to capture and reuse rainwater to help solve the shortage.

Those Who Control Oil and Water Will Control the World

John Gray, Comment Is Free. April 7, 2008.
New superpowers are competing for diminishing resources. The outcome could be deadly.

Shrinking Glaciers and Rising Seas Affect Food and Security

Brad Knickerbocker, Christian Science Monitor. April 2, 2008.
It's becoming clear now that climate change may be altering the way people and governments think about water.

The Folly of Turning Water into Fuel

Stan Cox, AlterNet. March 22, 2008.
Agribusiness and politicians are sucking our country dry with mandates for biofuels.

Climate Change's Most Deadly Threat: Drought

Todd Wilkinson, Christian Science Monitor. March 6, 2008.
A new book reveals that the Earth's distant past can predict the crises that may lie in our future.

Can We Save California's Water?

Richard M. Frank, UC Berkeley School of Law. February 23, 2008.
An effort is under way to save one of the most important water sources for California's residents.

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