Clean Water

Caught in the Act: Philippe Cousteau's Pet Peeve

Kathy Eldon | Posted 11.06.2009 | Impact


Kathy Eldon

I recently caught up with Philippe Cousteau Jr., following in the footsteps of his grandfather, famed French explorer Jacques Cousteau, encouraging young people to use their power to change the world around them.

CNN Heroes: Bartender's Nonprofit Turns 'Wine Into Water' For Developing Countries

Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 11.06.2009 | Impact


You can get your cabernet and pinot from North Carolina-based bartender Doc Hendley, but you'll also get a side of water and some sobering news. Wine...

Buy An Album, Give Clean Water To One Person For Life

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 11.05.2009 | Impact


Like music? Like helping people? We do too. Now you can get your fix of both through The Goodfight 10,000. The Goodfight, an indie rock band from At...

Clean, Safe Water For Two Cents A Day -- Not Bad, But Not Happening

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 11.02.2009 | Green


Joseph B. Treaster

Some experts think the number of people with unsafe drinking water could easily be 2 billion -- maybe even more. The statistics are fuzzy and no on really knows how bad it is. They just know it is bad.

Enteric Disease impact on Global Health, Human Rights, and Environmental Degradation

Lisa Conte | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business


Lisa Conte

One of the collateral benefits of working in the global health arena is being reminded that disease doesn't exist in isolation.

A Bitter Taste

Javier Sierra | Posted 10.12.2009 | Green


Javier Sierra

At the end of the 31st annual Hispanic Heritage month, Latinos in the US are still waiting to celebrate a crucial victory --getting rid of the toxic water that poisons so many of our communities.

How to Fight Climate Change, Create Jobs and Make America Safer

John DeCock | Posted 10.02.2009 | Green


John DeCock

Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer today introduced a bill that aspires to accomplish the climate change mission and addresses other important issues Americans face, like employment.

12 Ways The World Could Be Destroyed

James Altucher | Posted 09.24.2009 | Business


James Altucher

We live in a world of nightmares. But understanding these worries -- the myriad ways the world could end -- and hedging against them is the way to turn the fear into greed, the nightmare into a dream.

Water, Water, Everywhere, Nor Any Drop to Drink...

Carl Pope | Posted 09.23.2009 | Green


Carl Pope

There won't be less water in a warmer world -- total global precipitation may increase. But the water will come at less predictable times, with more droughts and floods, and overall greater extremes.

3 Ways To Bring Gratitude Into Your Life

Anne Naylor | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living


Anne Naylor

There is a lot of bad news around. No news in that. Does it get to you? I limit the amount of news I read, hear or watch because it gets me down. B...

Why We Need to 'Sell' Environmentalism

Lisa P. Jackson | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green


Lisa P. Jackson

To confront the urgent environmental challenges of the 21st century, we need to make sure that every community sees their stake in this movement.

New Water Safety Measures Signed Into Law

Chicago Tribune | Ray Long | Posted 09.04.2009 | Chicago


Legislation that Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law today asks state environmental officials to find ways to reduce trace elements of painkillers, bug spr...

City Mum On Hormones, Painkillers In Drinking Water

Chicago Tribune | Michael Hawthorne | Posted 08.14.2009 | Chicago


Annual water quality reports mailed to Chicagoans this month didn't say a word about sex hormones, painkillers or anti-cholesterol drugs, even though ...

The BPA Diaries: An Introduction

John DeCock | Posted 07.11.2009 | Green


John DeCock

BPA is a symbol of a much broader problem--our need to evaluate chemicals before they reach the marketplace, and to develop safer alternatives to chemicals we already know to be toxic.

America's Waterways Need Help - and, Yes, You Can Help

Steve Fleischli | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green


Steve Fleischli

By some estimates, 60 percent of U.S. creeks, rivers, and streams and tens of millions of acres of wetlands and other sensitive waterbodies have lost federal protection in the last few years due to the Supreme Court's decisions.

One Small Step for Climate, A Giant Leap for Congress

John DeCock | Posted 06.23.2009 | Green


John DeCock

The American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) cleared its first hurdle this week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee. I guess you need to be...

An Easy, Green Choice for Los Angeles City Attorney

Steve Fleischli | Posted 06.18.2009 | Green


Steve Fleischli

As a City Council member, Jack Weiss has a record overall on the environment that is excellent based on any measure.Environmental attorneys in Los Angeles like David Beckman and me support Jack Weiss.

How Much More Do We Have to Learn?

Carl Pope | Posted 05.14.2009 | Green


Carl Pope

Congress is already investigating the D.C. lead-poisoning episode. It ought to dig deeper and find out what was really going on at the Centers for Disease Control during the past eight years.

Clean Water Costing A Fortune For Peru's Poor

Inter Press Service | Angel Paez | Posted 05.10.2009 | World


LOMAS DE MANCHAY, Peru, Apr 9 (IPS) - In Lomas de Manchay, an area of slum-covered hills outside of the Peruvian capital that is home to 50,000 peo...

Making Ripples This World Water Day

Karl Hofmann | Posted 04.25.2009 | World


Karl Hofmann

These days we take safe drinking water for granted. But unsafe water continues to kill -- and the numbers who die have grown to intolerable heights.

Clean Water for China's Orphanages

Jim Luce | Posted 04.09.2009 | World


Jim Luce

Embracing the concept, "every child has a right to clean water," the Washington State-based non-profit A Child's Right is about to outfit every orphanage in China with water filtration units.

Water Quality Regulation in California: A Day Late and a Dollar Short?

David S. Beckman | Posted 03.05.2009 | Green


David S. Beckman

The core component of California's Clean Water Act is the issuance of permits -- basically, limitations on the discharge of pollution -- to dischargers of water pollution.

Circuit Breaker: Oval Office Lights Connected to Mountaintop Removal

Jeff Biggers | Posted 02.23.2009 | Green


Jeff Biggers

All Americans are connected to the tragedy of mountaintop removal. It's time to start the process of illuminating the White House, and our own homes, with clean energy.

President Obama Recommits to the World's Poor in First Address

Virginia Simmons | Posted 02.21.2009 | World


Virginia Simmons

President Obama clear in his speech the importance of fighting poverty and preventable disease worldwide.

Justice Scalia Needs to Find Nemo

Doug Kendall | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green


Doug Kendall

Where you stand often determines where you sit. If that maxim holds true, the Supreme Court is likely to divide sharply along ideological lines in th...