Water

The Surprising Effect of Agriculture on Rising Sea Levels

By Shiney Varghese / Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

Efforts to meet freshwater demand by harnessing "fossil" groundwater contributes more to rising sea levels than melting glaciers.

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Maria Gunnoe Testifies Before Congress: Mountaintop Removal Is Killing People

By Jeff Biggers / AlterNet

Affluenza Afloat: The Dangers of Supersized Cruise Ships in Our Peak-Oil World

By Luanne Bradley / EcoSalon

Health Dangers in Your Hose: Are You Watering Your Garden With Endocrine Disruptors and Toxic Chemicals?

By Jill Richardson / AlterNet

5 Reasons the 'Geezer Empire' of Billionaire Republicans Are Showering Romney With Cash

By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

Only a Revolution in Our Thinking Can Save Us From a Water Crisis

5 Crazy Schemes We May Turn to For More Water

Meet the 13-Year-Old Girl Taking on Bottled Water

Water

Global CO2 Emissions Hit New Record in 2011, Keeping World on Track for 'Devastating' 11°F Warming

Joe Romm / Climate Progress

How the US Sold Africa to Multinationals Like Monsanto, Cargill, DuPont, PepsiCo and Others

Jill Richardson / AlterNet

Goodbye Fish and Shellfish? Meet the Biggest Threat to Our Oceans

Brita Belli / E Magazine

The Clean Water Act Turns 40: Is the Law Still Protecting Our Waters?

Paul Greenberg / Yale Environment 360

Meet the Christian Right-Wing Multi-Billionaire Out to Frack Our World

Bill Berkowitz / Talk To Action

'Last Call at the Oasis': Why Time Is Running Out to Save Our Drinking Water

Tara Lohan / AlterNet

Micro-Power Hydro: An Energy Alternative Whose Time Is Coming

Maggie Koerth-Baker / Txchnologist

Vermont Will Be First U.S. State to Ban Fracking

Environment News Service

Silencing Communities: How the Fracking Industry Keeps Its Secrets

Mike Ludwig / TruthOut.org

US Regulators Propose Companies Disclose Fracking Contaminants After Drilling

AFP

How the Private Water Industry Is Teaming Up With ALEC

Sarah Pavlus / American Independent News Network

Drinking Water Under Threat: New Study Predicts Frack Fluids Can Migrate to Aquifers Within Years

Abrahm Lustgarten / ProPublica

Gulf Coast Waters Closed to Shrimping

Joieau / Daily Kos

ALEC and ExxonMobil Push Loopholes in Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rules

Cora Currier / ProPublica

Help for a Plastic Planet: New Report Focuses on Solutions to Global Plastic Pollution

Lisa Kaas Boyle / AlterNet

Billions in Fines Don't Matter -- Here's How BP Should Be Punished for the Gulf Disaster

Abrahm Lustgarten / ProPublica

One Family's Unconventional Solution to Save Water

Margaret Morganroth Gullette / AlterNet

The Global Pressures of Population and Access to Clean Water

John Donnelly / Global Post

Shocking Conflict of Interest: Private Water Companies Partner With Fracking Lobby

Sarah Pavlus / American Independent News Network

EPA's First Fracking Rules Seen as Limited and Delayed

Lena Groeger / ProPublica

Eyeless Shrimp and Fish With Tumors: The Horrific Consequences of BP's Spill

Lisa Kaas Boyle / AlterNet

2012 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners Risk Their Lives

Environment News Service

The Human Cancer Risks Posed by Extreme Fossil Fuel Extraction

Sandra Steingraber / AlterNet

6 Scary Extreme Energy Sources Being Tapped to Fuel the Post Peak Oil Economy

Michael I. Niman / Artvoice

Is Understanding Climate Change An Economic Luxury?

Emily Badger / Miller-McCune Magazine

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