Jeff Conant, AlterNet. December 1, 2008. As companies like Coca-Cola start throwing around the term, it has many people highly skeptical, and for good reason.
Abigail Brown, Water For The Ages AlterNet: PEEK. November 26, 2008. Just one more painful reminder that the call for clean, safe water for everyone is a must.
Wendy Williams, Prairie Writers Circle. November 20, 2008. It used to be chic to be seen at the gym with expensive bottled water. Now, the plastic throw-aways are a no-no.
Jeffrey Feldman, Huffington Post. November 17, 2008. California's latest fires are the result of groundwater abuse. It's time for the state which claims to be so green to start thinking about water.
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.
Amanda Paulson, Christian Science Monitor. November 12, 2008. Last ditch efforts by Bush to undermine environmental policy will affect water, climate change, endangered species and public lands.
Chelsea Green PublishingNovember 11, 2008. Marine biologist, author, fisherma'am, and Exxon Valdez survivor, Dr. Riki Ott has a new vision that can help save American communities.
Jo-Shing Yang, AlterNet. November 11, 2008. Green lawns, swimming pools, and corporate farms in the desert Southwest are taking their toll on our neighbors to the south.
Peter N. Spotts, Christian Science Monitor. November 5, 2008. More water will be needed to refine oil, produce biofuels, or cool power plants that will be needed to meet the demand for more electric vehicles.
Olivier Hoedeman, Corporate Europe Observatory. November 1, 2008. Despite pressure for public control of water, the European Commission seems intent on privatization.
Angela Balakrishnan, The Guardian. October 31, 2008. Ten liters of bottled water costs 50 cents, but many Iraqis cannot afford it, drinking water from polluted rivers instead.
Jo-Shing Yang, AlterNet. October 31, 2008. In uncertain economic and environmental times, big banks and financial groups are buying public water systems as safe investments.
Mark Winne, Beacon Broadside. October 29, 2008. How one unlikely state became an industrial dairy magnet and the environmental and social repercussions that resulted.
Richard Girard, Polaris Institute. October 29, 2008. New buildings are being constructed without water fountains, and existing buildings are decommissioning older fountains.
Christy Leavitt, AlterNet. October 28, 2008. McCain's actual record on what comes out of our kitchen faucets would leave a bad taste in the mouth of most Americans.
Bruce Nilles, Sierra Club AlterNet: Environment. October 23, 2008. The last remaining legal impediment to devastating mountaintop removal coal mining is now just one step away from being abolished.
Tara DePorte, AlterNet. October 23, 2008. With an economic crisis, foreclosures, and lives lost in Iraq and Afghanistan, our attention has been diverted from key issues like our planet.
Kari Lydersen, Earth Island Journal. October 23, 2008. From the mining of raw materials to energy production to the manufacturing process itself, industry guzzles tons of water.
Tara Lohan, AlterNet. October 21, 2008. The bottled water industry is feeling the pressure from discerning consumers who aren't buying their hype any more.
