Tap Water

What's in your water?

Elaine Shannon | Posted 12.22.2009 | Green


Elaine Shannon

One of the season's big environmental stories has been tainted tap water. The subject has recently been paid much attention by lawmakers on Capitol Hill as well as by various media outlets.

10 Tips For A Sustainable Thanksgiving

Sarah Newman | Posted 11.27.2009 | Green


Sarah Newman

Preparing a sustainable meal can be a selfish endeavor; I guarantee you that it will be more fun, tastier and make for a good conversation at your table. However, it's also about our global community.

Moment of Clarity -- There's No Way That Is in Our Tap Water

Lee Camp | Posted 10.21.2009 | Comedy


Lee Camp

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Desperate Bottled Water Industry Battles Trend Toward Tap (VIDEO)

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 08.21.2009 | Green


Lisa Kaas Boyle

As concerns mount over bottled water's impacts on the environment and human health, bottled water sales are beginning to dry up.

Bottled Water Takes a Blow Down Under, & Below the Belt

Kerry Trueman | Posted 08.16.2009 | Green


Kerry Trueman

Will Nick Kristof's below-the-belt exposé resonate in the Beltway, which suffers inordinately from an absence of balls and an abundance of little pricks?

Venice Mayor To Residents: Switch To Tap Water

nytimes.com | ELISABETH ROSENTHAL | Posted 07.16.2009 | Green


Italians are the leading consumers of bottled water in the world, drinking more than 40 gallons per person annually. But as their environmental consci...

A Blue Night to Support Riverkeeper

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 07.14.2009 | New York


Marissa Bronfman

The skies were grey and the event was Blue but guests at the annual Riverkeeper fundraiser were feeling neither as they mingled on the pool deck of the Empire Hotel to support the charity.

Germans and Their Scornful View of Tap Water

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green


Mairi Beautyman

Germans are brainwashed into drinking bottled water, and requests for tap water at a restaurant are often met with scorn, sour expressions, or downright refusal.

Bottled Water Vs. Tap Water: Health Spotlight

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green


According to a study by the Environmental Working Group, bottled water is just as polluted as a tap water. In fact, twenty percent of bottled water ha...

Think Before You Drink...Water

Hedrick Smith | Posted 05.21.2009 | Green


Hedrick Smith

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.

Tap, Tap, Tap Water

Ina Pinkney | Posted 04.10.2009 | Chicago


Ina Pinkney

For the last three decades, prominent restaurants have been used as a vehicle to promote this sadly wasteful product. And just like consumers, many of us have been lead to believe that what's in the bottle is somehow safer than what is in the tap.

A New Year and a New Environment

Michael DeJong | Posted 01.28.2009 | Green


Michael DeJong

Little measures -- recycling, driving a most fuel-efficient car, walking, biking or using public transit, and installing low-flow shower heads -- can make a huge difference.

NY Times: Tap Water Safer Than Bottled Water

New York Times | Posted 11.20.2008 | Green


As consumers hunker down to cope with hard economic times, an environmental group in Washington has offered a suggestion for saving money: Get your wa...

Bottled Sugar Water Is Worse Than Bottled Water

EcoGeek | Hank Green | Posted 10.16.2008 | Green


I'm not sure why we need two dozen campaigns to fight against buying what already comes out of our faucets for free, but I have this nagging feeling t...

Life Cycle: The Hidden Cost of $40 "Bling Water."

Simran Sethi | Posted 09.26.2008 | Green


Simran Sethi

Life Cycle is a series of posts that looks at the life and death of everyday things. Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, shame on you. In...

Tap Water's Dirty Little Secret

Elizabeth Royte | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green


Elizabeth Royte

It's easy to be disdainful of bottled water if you've got no problem with tap -- but more than 29 million people's drinking water missed the mark on either health or reporting standards.

Tap Has 1/100 Impact of Bottled Water

Graham Hill | Posted 08.08.2008 | Green


Graham Hill

These astonishing figures show that tap water is hands-down the greenest and most responsible choice.

The Bottled Water Industry: When It Pours, It Reigns

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.28.2008 | Living


Kerry Trueman

From sea to shining sea, we've taken water for granted while spilling blood for oil, even though water's by far the more precious commodity.

The 8 Easiest Resolutions For 2008

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Olivia Zaleski

Now that I've had my champagne, sung "Auld Lang Syne," and figured out how I got home Monday night, it's time to write some New Year's resolutions. Gi...

What's In Your Water? California Introduces H20 Label Law

The Los Angeles Times | Marc Lifsher | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Is the bottled water you drink any better than what comes out of the tap? Is it from the tap? Most companies that sell H2O hate the idea, but the Cal...