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Steve Fleischli: 10 Surprising Senators Who Voted Against Clean Water This Week

2013-05-16T09:48:00Z

Some members of Congress consistently vote against clean water, and many others are reliable champions. The senators profiled below were the biggest surprises in their vote to block protections for our nation's waterways.

Read more: Arkansas, North Dakota, Indiana, Arizona, Army Corps of Engineers, Pollution, Streams, Maine, Environmental Protection Agency, Politics, Senate, Louisiana, Water, Clean Water Act, Environment, Clean Water, Missouri, Wetlands, Illinois, Alaska, Slidepollajax, North Carolina, Green News

John Sauer: WASH in Schools: The Happiness Factor

2013-05-14T16:13:22Z

As former UNICEF director Carol Bellamy said, "Safe water and sanitation are essential to protect children's health and their ability to learn at school. In this sense, they are as vital as textbooks to a child's education."

Read more: Clean Water Access, Clean Water, Escuela De Pacaja, Guatemala, Wash, Water, Sanitation, Impact News

Peter H. Gleick: Fixing the Colorado River: First Steps

2013-05-10T14:59:33Z

Demands on the Colorado River exceed the river's average supply, and this problem is projected to get worse as populations continue to grow and as climate changes increase temperatures and reduce runoff.

Read more: Nevada, Water Conflict, Water Use Efficiency, Climate Change, Alfalfa, Water, Cotton, Agriculture, Mexico, Water Conservation, Colorado River, Arizona, Irrigation, California, Green News

Wm. Robert Irvin: American Rivers: Celebrating 40 Years

2013-05-07T16:48:12Z

Recently, at a dinner celebrating the 40th anniversary of American Rivers, I conducted an armchair conversation with three of our founders, Brent B...

Read more: Clean Water, Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, Restoring Rivers, American Rivers, Protecting-Rivers, Green News

John G. Taft: Help Keep the Water Flowing

2013-05-08T14:41:52Z

I live in Minnesota, the land of 10,000 lakes. Actually, we've got 11,842 named lakes of more than ten acres in size, but "10,000 lakes" looks better on our license plates. In any case, I know water -- and I'm worried about it.

Read more: Clean Water, John G. Taft, Conservation, Water, Rbc-Wealth-Management-USA, Green News

Gernot Wagner: Benefits of Clean Air and Water Dwarf Costs 10 to 1

2013-05-08T12:16:31Z

These omissions and shortcomings on either side of the equation only stand to bolster the most important claim: benefits outweigh costs more than 10 to 1 for all major EPA regulations adopted in the past decade.

Read more: Epa, Mercury, Clean Air Act, Clean Water, Clean Air, Water Pollution, Clean Water Act, Green News

XPRIZE: (Nearly) Unlimited Water

2013-05-07T17:51:10Z

By Ramez Naam
This is Part Three of a five-part series by Ramez Naam, Singularity University Adjunct Faculty, exploring the power of innovation to boo...

Read more: Clean Water, X Prize Foundation, X Prize, Xprize, Desalination, Singularity University, Green News

Terry Tamminen: Top 5 Green Gifts for Mother's Day

2013-05-07T14:08:37Z

Yes, it will take a very special gift to really say "I love you, mom" to our Mother Earth. Here are the top 5 green Mother's Day gifts that our favorite planet has recently received and which may provide you a few shopping ideas for the other moms in your life.

Read more: Solar Panels, Wind Turbine, Local Produce, Energy Efficiency, Food Banks, Mother?S Day Gifts, Mother Earth, Clean Water, Led, Green, Green Gifts, Green Energy, Biomass Facilities, Sustainable, Mother?S Day, Impact News

Heather Taylor-Miesle: When It Comes to Fighting Climate Change, We Need All the Tools in Our Tool Belt to Win

2013-05-01T17:41:26Z

The passing of another Earth Day seems to have some pundits waxing nostalgic. One such pundit, Nicholas Lemann of the New Yorker, wrote a glowing piec...

Read more: Tea Party, Tools, Congress, Earth Day, Carbon Pollution, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Climate Change, Fuel Economy Standards, Green News

Robin Madel: NYC Suspends Funds for Water Monitoring

2013-05-01T12:06:25Z

Taking away the ability to understand current groundwater conditions in areas prone to flooding problems seems counterproductive to providing remedies for the problems.

Read more: Nyc Department of Environmental Protection, Water Quality, Data, Water Monitoring, Flooding, Funding, Queens New York, Groundwater, New York City, Usgs, New York News

David Winder: When What You Don't Know Can Kill You

2013-04-29T15:05:25Z

It may seem hard to imagine, but one out of every three people in the world today does not have access to a decent toilet. Instead, many people in poor countries are left with no choice but to relieve themselves in open spaces, rivers or fields that drain into de facto local water sources.

Read more: Clean Water, Global Health, Partnerships, Csr, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Africa, Sanitation, Video, Impact News

Pete Dominick: Beware of Comics for Conservation

2013-04-28T17:34:57Z

Comics love irony. So you might think that there would be truckloads of good jokes floating around about our environment. After all, you've got global warming, melting polar ice caps and millions of cows whose flatulence create less than desirable methane levels.

Read more: Chris Titus, David Alan Grier, Toyota, National Mayor?S Challenge for Water Conservation, Green, Rain Bird Corporation, Methane, Pete Dominick, Cnn, Wyland Foundation, Water, Sirius XM, National League of Cities, Environment, Cash Cab, Jon Lovitz, Water Conservation, Lowe's, Ch2m Hill, Colbert Report, Comedy, Global Warming, Celebrities, Video, Comedy News

Susan Buchanan: Halliburton In Settlement Talks To Control Its Macondo Cement Liabilities

2013-04-27T13:50:08Z

(This article is published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the April 29, 2013 edition.)

Houston-based Halliburton Co. is in talks to settle private clai...

Read more: Sanctions, Timothy Quirk, Judge Carl Barbier, Cement, Bp, Broussard Lab, President Barack Obama, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, Kodiak Well, Halliburton, Donald Godwin, John Guide, Dave Lesar, Smith Stag LLC, Eastern District of Louisiana, Clean Water Act, U.S. Justice Department, Offshore Drilling, United States District Court in New Orleans, Transocean, Jesse Gagliano, Mark McCollum, Manslaughter, U.S. Congress, Deepwater Horizon, Gross Negligence, Bill Ambrose, Macondo Well, Centralizers, Gulf Coast, Stuart Smith, Green News

Steve Creech: I Pledge to Change

2013-04-25T01:22:36Z

In a few days, the second annual National Mayor's Challenge for Water Conservation, April 1-30, will come to an end. Before this happens, we'll see a ...

Read more: Water Conservation, Clean Water, Nonprofits, National Mayor?S Challenge for Water Conservation, Video, Impact News

George McGraw: Nestlé Chairman Peter Brabeck Says We Don't Have a Right to Water, Believes We Do Have a Right to Water and Everyone's Confused. (Video)

2013-04-24T18:22:16Z

The Internet (almost) exploded this week when Americans Against the Tea Party linked to a video with the title: "Nestlé Chairman: Water Not a Right, Should Be Given a 'Market Value' and Privatized."

Read more: Free Market, Human Rights, Nestle, Peter Brabeck, Americans Against the Tea Party, Water Crisis, Water, Video, Impact News

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe: Addressing the Water Challenge

2013-04-25T08:49:18Z

An interview I gave in 2005 in which I discussed the public right to water has been shared widely. My critics say it shows I want to 'privatize' water. I want nothing of the sort. I don't mind being criticized on Facebook or Twitter, because the debate there is helping to spotlight the issue of water scarcity.

Read more: Water Management, Peter Brabeck, Water, Food Security, Nestlé, Water Scarcity, World News

Dr. Elise Bialylew: Mindful in May: Pause for a Cause

2013-04-24T11:18:22Z

There is a rapid growth of scientific research, revealing what the Buddhist monks have known for generations but couldn't measure with machines: Meditation is a powerful tool for enhanced well-being and mental focus.

Read more: Clean Water, Adhd, Meditation, Mindfulness Meditation, Buddhism, Disconnecting, Tranquility, Impact News

Steve Fleischli: Why I Wrote Complicit

2013-04-24T07:32:30Z

During my nearly 20 year legal career, I have worked on all sides of environmental issues - representing community groups, the government and even corporations. My new novel, Complicit, synthesizes much of what I have learned so far.

Read more: Environmental Books, Law, Environmental Justice, Oil Spill, Water Pollution, Books, Fiction, Environment, Environmental Law, Pollution, Air Pollution, Los Angeles, Green News

Keith Peterman: Earth Day: The Face of Climate Change

2013-04-22T17:03:25Z

For now, Qatar, like many Arab countries, reclaims water from the saline seas. This process requires energy, and a lot of it. They can do this because their vast petroleum reserves provide the needed energy to desalinate the water -- for now. What about the future?

Read more: Earth Day 2013, Climate Change, Ethiopia, COP 18, Earth Day, Costa Rica, Cop 15, Water Shortage, Green News

Susan Buchanan: Gulf Spill Trial's First Act Ends As BP Rests Its Case

2013-04-20T14:06:19Z

(This article is published in "The Louisiana Weekly" in the April 22, 2013 edition.)

Last week, BP called its final witnesses in the first phase of ...

Read more: Cement, David Muth, John Guide, Donald Vidrine, Clean Water Act, Offshore Drilling, Billy Nungesser, United States District Court in New Orleans, Transocean, Jesse Gagliano, Curt Kuchta, Mark Hafle, Deepwater Horizon, National Wildlife Federation, Mike Brock, Macondo Well, Patrick O?Bryan, Judge Carl Barbier, Bp, International Safety Management Code, Safety, Halliburton, Plaquemines Parish, Eastern District of Louisiana, Drilling Margins, Damon Bankston, Blowout Preventers, David Sims, Brian Morel, Andrew Mitchell, Jimmy Harrell, Coastal Restoration, Centralizers, Robert Kaluza, Gulf Coast, Green News

What's That Smell?

2013-04-21T07:53:36Z

You never know what lurks in the water at South Florida beaches, but soon swimmers may face a new element of uncertainty.
The Obama administration's ...

Read more: Water Quality, Video, Broward News, Florida Environment, Water Safety, Beach Water Testing, Miami News, South Florida Beaches, Federal Budget Proposal, Miami News

Terry Tamminen: Time to Recognize the Rights of Nature

2013-04-17T13:40:34Z

As the World Bank warns, a possible 4 degree Celsius increase in global temperatures by the 2060s will lead to a "transition of the Earth's ecosystems into a state unknown in human experience."

Read more: Walmart, Sewage, Environmental Laws, Fracking, Zero Waste Plans, Grassroots, Renewable Energy, Santa Monica, Nuclear, Earth Day, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Sustainable, Oil Spill, LEED Standards, Rights of Nature, Climate Change, Cradle-to-Cradle, Ddt, Global Warming, Green News

MeiMei Fox: The Life Out Loud: From Wannabe Priest to Water Entrepreneur

2013-04-16T20:01:56Z

Mike Del Ponte raised a stunning $150,000 on Kickstarter to fund Soma: elegant water pitchers with all-natural, compostable filters. Then Mike made Soma even cooler. He announced that a portion of his company's proceeds would go to providing fresh water to people around the world.

Read more: Soma-Water-Filter, Sparkseed, Mike Del Ponte, Young Entrepreneurs, Social Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship, Charity: Water, Video, Impact News

Eli Lehrer: An Agenda for Regulatory Reform: Think Big (and Small)

2013-04-17T08:50:21Z

Poorly thought-out government regulations can do tremendous harm. To date, the Republican Party's efforts against them have been heavy on bluster and light on action. By thinking bigger and thinking smaller, however, there's a good chance that the GOP could move forward with real regulatory reform.

Read more: Clean Air Act, Republican Party, Carbon Tax, War on Coal, Clean Water Act, Deregulation, Gop, Regulation, Endangered Species, Pollution, Air Pollution, Credit Unions, Politics News

EF Education First: Students Go Glocal, Make Change

2013-04-16T09:58:47Z

Upon starting my senior year at West Potomac High School, that was exactly how I felt. I knew Global Warming and greenhouse gasses were problems in the environment, but I did not do much more than recycle used cans and newspapers to help make a change.

Read more: Environment, Science, Travel, Education, Youth, Water Pollution, Earth Day, Impact News