On AlterNet: water shortage
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "water shortage"
AFPOctober 15, 2009.
Water stress and over-extraction of groundwater caused the collapse of an ancient water system.
Chip Ward, Tomdispatch.com. September 16, 2009.
The era of cheap and plentiful water in the West is over and that's bad news for our sprawling cities, agriculture and ecosystems.
Jaymi Heimbuch, TreeHugger. September 9, 2009.
After months of drought, spring crops are failing and food may need to be imported, causing costs to rise.
Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. August 27, 2009.
Exaggerating the role that water plays in unemployment will do little to improve farm jobs and much to hurt rational water policy in the region.
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.
Alex Steffen, Worldchanging. August 10, 2009.
Water in the very near future will be neither cheap nor plentiful, and much of the Southwest is destined for real trouble.
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.
Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. July 8, 2009.
Californians have very little clue about what a real water crisis looks like. It looks like what's happening in Australia.
Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. June 26, 2009.
We need big changes out west when it comes to water policy. These are the changes I've told governors we need to make.
Robert Glennon, AlterNet. June 25, 2009.
The rush to embrace solar power is having some unintended consequences when it comes to water.
Melinda Burns, Miller-McCune.com. June 20, 2009.
As California and Australia are finding out, what makes economic sense to farmers may be becoming an environmental problem.
Scott Thill, AlterNet. June 6, 2009.
Nearly a third of the country's food supply comes from California, but drought there may be a catastrophe for farmers -- and the rest of us.
Agence France PresseJune 3, 2009.
Climate change threatens to reduce the availability of scarce water resources, increase food insecurity and hinder economic growth.
Melinda Burns, Miller-McCune.com. May 29, 2009.
The funds needed for water resources are miniscule compared those given to reduce carbon emissions and deal with the global financial crisis.
Meaghan Daly, Water Matters @ Columbia. May 11, 2009.
As water stresses increase, states are increasingly turning away from thirsty energy sources like coal and nuclear.
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.
Peter N. Spotts, Christian Science Monitor. April 23, 2009.
Without significantly cuts in demand, there won't be enough water for those promised on the Lower Colorado River.
Keith Schneider, Yale Environment 360. April 4, 2009.
Steadily rising temperatures in south Australia and the recent drought may signal a permanent climate shift.
Jeff Conant, AlterNet. April 2, 2009.
If we learned anything from the World Water Forum it should be that the privatization model has failed and a grassroots movement is needed.
Robert Glennon, Island Press. March 21, 2009.
Our water crisis should occasion grave concern but not panic. We have solutions available; now we need a national commitment to pursue them.
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.
