On AlterNet: water scarcity
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "water scarcity"
Carl Pope, Huffington Post. September 25, 2009.
For 30 years clean water has been the public's number one environmental priority, but we still don't seem able to act to protect those vital supplies.
Ranjit Devraj, IPS News. September 4, 2009.
India's current dry spell is rapidly turning into a full-fledged drought as a result of reckless exploitation of groundwater resources for farming.
Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. August 20, 2009.
While remarkable and innovative efforts at sustainable water management are still being pursued here, these efforts are no longer either unusual or groundbreaking.
Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. August 6, 2009.
This question is perhaps the thorniest question in the world of water. Here's a look at some of the laws surrounding it.
Josh Harkinson, MotherJones.com. August 4, 2009.
94 percent of the water we use comes from the products we buy -- from almonds and tomatoes to blue jeans and microchips.
Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. July 27, 2009.
The Pacific Institute show how California's agricultural sector can flourish despite threats to water supply.
Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. July 10, 2009.
Certainly farms and farmers are suffering, so are fish and ecosystems. But so is the truth. Here are three oft-repeated falsehoods.
Agence France PresseJune 3, 2009.
Climate change threatens to reduce the availability of scarce water resources, increase food insecurity and hinder economic growth.
Barbara Fraser, Daily Climate. May 20, 2009.
In a dry land where almost everyone has their eye on their uphill neighbor's water, there is already conflict in the Andes.
Forrest Wilder, Texas Observer. May 19, 2009.
Groundwater is threatened by drought, overpumping and the loss of natural recharge. Too bad the state's laissez-faire water laws won't help.
Tara Lohan, AlterNet. May 8, 2009.
Like much of the West, the state has serious water issues, but Mother Nature is only partly to blame.
Carolyn Kormann, Yale Environment 360. April 11, 2009.
Bovlia will soon be paying a disproportionately high price from global warming: the rapid loss of glaciers and a decline in vital water supplies.
Laurie David, Allen Hershkowitz, March 11, 2009.
Each flush of a urinal wastes more than a gallon of water, millions of times each day. It's time to go waterless.
Randall Amster, Huffington Post. March 10, 2009.
When it comes to protecting water, we should look to numerous examples around the world of communities who still manage resources collectively.
Tara Lohan, The Nation. February 19, 2009.
With droughts from California to China threatening food production, one man has the solution we need to head off a global crisis.
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.
Christina Larson, Environment: Yale Magazine. February 17, 2009.
Not only are cities impacted by their regional climate, they also shape it. And they way we build cities may determine how much rain we get.
Joseph Romm, Climate Progress. February 11, 2009.
Eight years of disinformation and muzzling U.S. climate scientists has left the public largely unaware of the catastrophes ahead.
Margaret Clune Giblin, Center for Progressive Reform. February 11, 2009.
Just as the economic evidence shows that we're in a recession, the scientific evidence shows that climate change will affect our natural resources.
Sarah Newman, Huffington Post. February 5, 2009.
It's time we learn from what's happening in Australia. Here's how we can do that.
Tara Lohan, AlterNet AlterNet: Water. February 2, 2009.
From California to the Himalayas, things are looking bad.
Doug Obegi, Huffington Post. January 30, 2009.
We can follow the old course toward drought, failed crops and fisheries or commit to a new, smart-water solution for the 21st century.
Tara Lohan, AlterNet. January 23, 2009.
Filmmaker Jim Thebaut talks about the precarious future of the Southwest and the call for a national water plan.
Christina Larson, Christian Science Monitor. January 22, 2009.
Less snow in the mountains means less water and less food. It also means more of the same for other Asian nations downstream.
Frank R. Rijsberman, Boston Review. January 21, 2009.
So, is the planet drying up? Not exactly, but a growing number of people are sharing a fixed amount of water that is badly managed and polluted.
