MONSON, Calif. -- Laura Garcia was halfway through the breakfast dishes when the spigot went dry. The small white tank beneath the sink that purified ...
Long before doctor and entrepreneur Paul Polak began trying to revolutionize social investing -- before he could even drive a car -- he was planting t...
Understanding water quality is imperative for our future if we are to make the best decisions and investments in keeping our waters in the U.S. and on this planet clear, clean and safe.
When it's scorching hot out this summer, you may want to think twice before drinking from the garden hose. A new study released by the Ecology Cen...
Social impact is much more challenging to measure than financial results, so we use a combination of metrics to gauge our success in helping social entrepreneurs build sustainable and scalable enterprises.
World Water Day on March 22 is a day on which all global citizens should focus their attention on the importance of fresh water to sustainable development.
On any given day we're likely wearing more than 15,000 liters worth of water. And if we slip on a pair of leather loafers, well, add another 8,000 liters.
In developing countries, people are forced to choose between sickness or purchasing expensive packaged or bottled water from untrustworthy sources. We believe that's an unfair choice.
"Clean water is not just a matter of life, it's a matter of dignity." This edict guides the work of Saran Kaba Jones, 28, the founder and director of...
In the time it takes you to read this post, another eight children in developing countries will have died from water-related illnesses. That, I think we can all agree, is no way to start the school year.
Our UN delegation is worried about the legal implications if access to water is defined as an inalienable right. Let's get the moral principle down on paper that water will not be denied to those who can't afford to pay.
In a fundraising appeal he sent out last week, Senator Bennet criticized the "corporate loopholes" that lead to "catastrophic financial and environmental disasters." Mr. Bennet's stance, however, contained a loophole of its own.
Dimock, PA - April 12, 2010 - Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate, Montgomery County Commissioner and former congressman, Joe Hoeffel (D), spent the ...
Yesterday, May 30, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the Millennium Villages project (MVP) in Mwandama, Malawi. While there he ...
You may be able to judge if a glass is half full or half empty, but there is no such thing as a glass of water that is only half polluted.
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.
NEW YORK — New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced a settlement Tuesday with five health care facilities that flushed pharmaceutical wa...
The oil and gas industry is exempt from complying with the Safe Drinking Water Act -- and they're lying about a new poll that proves Coloradans want regulation.
Rocket fuel pollution in water and soil are bigger problems than you might think. In recent years, EPA has detected perchlorates in public water systems in 28 states and territories.
Chemicals in consumer products are finding their way into sewers, storm drains, and eventually into our drinking water. Millions of people are drinking endocrine disruptors in their tap water.
Perchlorate is a chemical used by the Defense Department for testing missiles and rockets. Most perchlorate contamination is believed to be the result of defense and aerospace activities.
