Special Coverage: Water

Dan Bacher, AlterNet. December 18, 2009.
The retirement of drainage impaired land on the San Joaquin's west side should be a priority if we want to preserve California's limited water supply and fisheries.

Stealing Water from the Future: California's Massive Groundwater Overdraft Newly Revealed

Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. December 18, 2009.
California is heading for a catastrophe of huge proportions if the overdraft of groundwater continues at the same rate as the last few years.

Underused Drilling Practices Could Avoid Pollution

Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. December 17, 2009.
The energy industry has developed innovative ways to make it easier to exploit the nation's natural gas reserves without polluting air and drinking water.

Canadian Cities Leading the Charge Against Bottled Water

Joe Cressy, Polaris Institute. December 17, 2009.
Seventy-two municipalities from 8 provinces and 2 territories have implemented restrictions on bottled water.

The Latest in the Bottled Water Mania: Water From Under North Korea's Demilitarized Zone

Anna Brones, EcoSalon. December 17, 2009.
Now you can down a beverage originating in one of the most guarded and protected areas on earth. So, what?

Al Gore: A Billion People's Water at Risk From Melting Ice

AFP. December 14, 2009.
At UN climate talks Monday, he warned that record melting of Polar and Himalayan ice could deprive deprive more than a billion people of access to clean water.

Damning New Evidence Raises Concerns About Threats to New York's Water from Gas Drilling

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. December 11, 2009.
New York may be the next state to become embroiled in a mess of litigation and public outcry over a controversial drilling technique.

Heartbreaking Stories Warn New Yorkers of What May Be in Store if the State OKs Controversial Gas Drilling

Maura Stephens, AlterNet. December 10, 2009.
Residents of others states are issuing words of warning for New Yorkers who may soon allow companies to use the "fracking" process to drill for natural gas.

12 Crazy Futuristic Water Buildings That May Help Humans Survive Climate Change Catastrophe

* Staff, WebEcoist. December 10, 2009.
Twelve prototype habitats are making a convincing argument for mankind's offshore living.

What the Frack? Poisoning our Water in the Name of Energy Profits

Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. December 8, 2009.
An estimated 77 billion barrels of contaminated water were generated worldwide in 2000 by oil and gas operations. In recent years this volume has increased.

Meet Stewart Resnick, Corporate Farming Billionaire and One-Man Environmental Wrecking Crew

Lance Williams, Center for Investigative Reporting. December 8, 2009.
Thanks to his generous relationship with Dianne Feinstein, a corporate farmer is successfully crusading against environmental preservation in California.

Melting Himalayan Glaciers Threaten 1.3 Billion Asians

AFP. December 7, 2009.
Glaciers in the Himalayas provide headwaters for Asia's nine largest rivers, lifelines for the 1.3 billion people who live downstream.

Good Cod Almighty, We've Got a Global Fishing Crisis

Keith Farnish, Chelsea Green Publishing. December 5, 2009.
Cos is providing the most evidence for the unsustainable manner in which civilized humans are pillaging the oceans in search of cheap and plentiful protein.

No Future Act of 2010: Oil Industry Comes Up With Their Version of a Federal Energy Bill

Riki Ott, Chelsea Green Publishing. December 4, 2009.
Not surprisingly, the industry's bill requires expedited oil drilling everywhere -- Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain, fish-rich Bristol Bay, and on the Florida Gulf Coast and Panhandle.

The First Projections for Water in 2010 Are Out: Prepare Now for Another Dry Year

Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. December 3, 2009.
California's water supply projections are grossly misunderstood by the media and the public and are misused by narrow water interests in the state.

Surprise: Schwarzenegger Uses 'Drought' Announcement to Promote Canal, Dams

Dan Bacher, AlterNet. December 3, 2009.
A broad coalition oppose the peripheral canal because it would inevitably result in the increased diversion of Delta water to corporate agribusiness and southern California.

25 Years Since the Bhopal Disaster, We've All Become Victims of the Chemical Industry

Gary Cohen, AlterNet. December 3, 2009.
The Centers for Disease Control has documented that the average American carries more than 100 toxic chemicals in his or her body.

Cabot Oil and Gas Faces Lawsuit in Marcellus Drilling

Adam Federman, Earth Island Journal. December 2, 2009.
The company, which had to pay $120,000 in pollution fines earlier this year, has denied charges that it's poisoning Pennsylvania's water.

Pennsylvania Residents Sue Gas Driller for Contamination, Health Concerns

Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. December 1, 2009.
The civil case, filed in Scranton, Pa., seeks to stop future drilling in the Marcellus Shale by Cabot Oil and Gas near the town of Dimock.

Revealed: Astroturf Groups Planning Massive California Water Grab to Benefit Big Ag and SoCal

Dan Bacher, AlterNet. November 28, 2009.
Their ultimate goals are to increase water exports from the imperiled Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to corporate agribusiness and southern California.

Bailed-Out AIG Forcing Poor to Choose Between Running Water and Food

Yasha Levine, AlterNet. November 26, 2009.
Thanks to AIG, some of the poorest residents of rural Kentucky learned you can always be made poorer by corporate villains.

The War on Soy: Why the 'Miracle Food' May Be a Health Risk and Environmental Nightmare

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. November 21, 2009.
Vegetarians aren't the only ones who should be concerned; there's soy in just about everything you eat these days -- including hamburgers, mac 'n cheese and salad dressing.

Poseidon's Financial Shell Game: Why Is a Private Desalination Plant Asking for Public Money?

Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. November 19, 2009.
After years of claiming that they needed no public support to build this plant, this claim has finally been proven false.

How Limousine Liberals, Water Oligarchs and Even Sean Hannity Are Hijacking Our Water Supply

Yasha Levine, AlterNet. November 19, 2009.
A group of water oligarchs engineered a disastrous privatization scheme to make a fortune out of California's most precious natural resource.

Mystery of World's Worst Mass Arsenic Poisoning Finally Solved

AFP. November 18, 2009.
The culprit are tens of thousands of man-made ponds excavated to provide soil for flood protection.

Is California's New Water Legislation Better Than Nothing?

Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. November 18, 2009.
Despite the happy face being put on by some of the bill's supporters, including Governor Schwarzenegger, I doubt anyone is truly happy with the end result.

A Very Good Week for the World's Rivers and a Bad Week for Dams

Lori Pottinger, Huffington Post. November 16, 2009.
Thanks to grassroots advocacy and new legislation, important ecosystems across the globe will be guarded from harmful damming projects.

California's Water Crisis Is Just the Beginning for Water Woes in the U.S.

Susan J. Marks, AlterNet. November 13, 2009.
The thirst for water in California, and across the country, has only just begun.

Radioactive Wastewater in New York Raises More Concerns About Oil Drilling

Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica. November 10, 2009.
In a state hardly equipped to deal with such materials, drilling advocates have yet to explain where the water will go.

Why Natural Gas Is Not a Clean Energy Panacea

Stan Cox, AlterNet. November 5, 2009.
Natural gas is "clean" only in contrast to coal -- just as a bacon cheeseburger can only be regarded as healthful compared with a double bacon cheeseburger.

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