One of the less well known projects undertaken by Gaddafi is "The Great Man-Made River Scheme," a huge technological plan to shift fresh water from ancient underground aquifers.
Linda Constant | Posted 05.25.2011
Tanzania's issue with fresh water access is an increasingly dangerous problem for the local population.
J. Carl Ganter | Posted 05.25.2011
Climate negotiators are getting tangled-up in national distrust and diplomatic nuance while their governments are busier than ever drilling, mining, processing, and producing dirty power.
J. Carl Ganter | Posted 05.25.2011
Without sharp changes in investment and direction, the current U.S. strategy to produce sufficient energy -- including energy generated from clean sou...
Dr. Reese Halter | Posted 05.25.2011
The discovery of Wollemia was likened to finding a small dinosaur alive on Earth. How had the pine, which was thought to have perished more than 35 million years ago, managed to survive?
Terry Gardner | Posted 11.17.2011
Electric Shock is an invisible killer in fresh water that most frequently strikes near boat marinas where a boat or a nearby electrical appliance may be leaking current into the water.
Peter H. Gleick | Posted 05.25.2011
The United States, which has been a world leader on protecting and enhancing political human rights, has always had a flawed position on "economic and social" rights, including the human right to water.
Steven Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011
With the impending freshwater scarcity crisis, world politics and human civilization is undergoing another turbulent sea change. Alarmingly societies are bifurcating into those with enough water and those without.
Steven Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011
As the throngs at Copenhagen pack their bags and disperse from the historic summit back to all corners of the globe, a lone young Ohio woman, Katie Spotz, 24, is getting set to start out on a solitary, sea level voyage.
Jonathan M. Winer | Posted 05.25.2011
In covering personalities and events, Solomon suggests that societies that know how to take advantage of new ways of using water dominate their time, while those that fail to address water crises disintegrate.
Posted 05.25.2011
A Lima, Peru neighborhood was struggling to get water without plumbing until the German nonprofit, Alimon, came up with an innovative way to provide t...
Steven Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011
Those committed to doing the planet's serious business should stay focused on one, often overlooked but trackable key factor of climate change--the pivotal role of water.
Dr. Allan Hoffman | Posted 05.25.2011
Steve Solomon's new book "Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization" is an exhaustively researched and well written contribution to the world's increasing awareness of water issues.
Laurie David and Allen Hershkowitz, Ph.D | Posted 05.25.2011
Toilet paper may not be the sexiest environmental issue, but it really is one of the most important.
Tri Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011
I had always thought of the Amish as being a people who weren't troubled with the cares of the outside world, especially those that were living as sustainability as this family clearly was.
Peter Neill | Posted 05.27.2011