Water

Recognizing Water for What It's Worth

Dr. Allan Hoffman | Posted 12.22.2009 | Books


Dr. Allan Hoffman

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.

No Hurricane Worries? Not So Fast

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 12.21.2009 | Green


Joseph B. Treaster

Here's the bad news about the quiet, almost peaceful hurricane season in 2009: Right away, people start thinking this is the norm. They start to relax and maybe even make fun of hurricanes.

Beyond Fluoride: Pharmaceuticals, Drinking Water and the Public Health

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics


Jacob M. Appel

If we are willing to ingest fluoride to prevent tooth decay, surely we can tolerate a trace of lithium to prevent suicides.

Row For Water: Katie Spotz, Row, Row Our Boat

Steven Solomon | Posted 12.18.2009 | Books


Steven Solomon

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.

Obama, Palin, Copenhagen: The End Of Drinkable Water?

Steven Solomon | Posted 12.17.2009 | Books


Steven Solomon

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.

Copenhagen -- You Can't Talk Climate Without Talking Water

John DeCock | Posted 12.15.2009 | Green


John DeCock

The effects of climate change are all about water. By failing to tie these effects together by this single, cogent thread, delegates to Copenhagen are failing those they represent.

Legionnaire's Disease Kills One, 300 Relocated From Epic Hotel In Miami

AP | Posted 12.14.2009 | Home


MIAMI — About 300 guests have been moved from a luxury Miami hotel after Legionnaires' disease struck at least three former guests since October...

Climbing Kilimanjaro: Please do Something about Deadly Drinking Water

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 12.14.2009 | Green


Joseph B. Treaster

Greg Allgood will do almost anything to draw attention to the huge number of poor people - more than 1 billion - whose only drinking water is loaded with bacteria and viruses.

Birth Control, Water, And Women

Susan Kim | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living


Susan Kim

Thanks in large part to a decade of nearly nonexistent enforcement, tens of millions of men, women and children now routinely drink, bathe in and cook with tap water laced with illegal levels of contaminants.

I'm Giving Up My 37th Birthday!

Alyssa Milano | Posted 12.09.2009 | Impact


Alyssa Milano

I have everything I could ever want or need. All I want is to provide life-giving water for 10 communities, 500 families and 2,500 people. This is my birthday wish.

Millions In U.S. Drink Contaminated Water, Records Show

nytimes.com | CHARLES DUHIGG | Posted 12.08.2009 | Green


More than 20 percent of the nation's water treatment systems have violated key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act over the last five years, acc...

Water Is The New Oil

Steven Solomon | Posted 12.17.2009 | Books


Steven Solomon

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.

Walt Staton: Man Faces Jail After Leaving Water For Illegal Immigrants In Desert

AP | Posted 12.04.2009 | Home


TUCSON, Ariz. — A judge has threatened to sentence an Arizona man to 25 days in prison for leaving jugs of water in the desert for illegal immig...

Moon River: What Water in the Heavens Means for Life on Earth

Randall Amster | Posted 11.30.2009 | Technology


Randall Amster

We ought to consider how NASA's discovery of water on the moon could alter the fabric of life on earth. The implications of this find -- including the possible near-term development of a viable lunar colony -- are staggering.

How To Green Your Holiday Meal

Avital Binshtock | Posted 11.26.2009 | Green


Avital Binshtock

Working up a menu for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, or another upcoming holiday? Here are three tips to help you be more environmentally responsible while planning that feast.

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.

The Value of Water

Henry Henderson | Posted 11.20.2009 | Chicago


Henry Henderson

The water rich communities of the Great Lakes region do not understand the nature and value of their most precious resource.

First Do No Harm: Connecting The Dots Between Environmentalism And Health Care Reform

John DeCock | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green


John DeCock

If we live in poverty and industry uses our neighborhoods to site their most toxic operations, how do we pay for the illness those operations cause?

Latest Space Shuttle's Mission: Trash the Urine Recycler

Alex Pasternack | Posted 11.18.2009 | Technology


Alex Pasternack

When the space shuttle launched on Monday, it wasn't carrying a new satellite or even burrito ingredients. It was packed with a bunch of spare parts f...

Cocaine, Spices, Hormones Found in Drinking Water

news.nationalgeographic.com | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green


For instance, thyme and sage spike during Thanksgiving, cinnamon surges all winter, chocolate and vanilla show up during weekends (presumably from par...

A Good Week for Rivers

Lori Pottinger | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green


Lori Pottinger

It's been a bad week for dams - and a very good one for the world's rivers. Here's to the activists in Australia and Mexico who fought so well to protect their rivers.

Big Stone II - Stopping the Unstoppable Coal Fired Power Plant

John DeCock | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green


John DeCock

Change is inevitable, and the time for new coal fired power plants has passed.

Protecting New York City's Water Supply from Gas Companies

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York


Alison Rose Levy

New Yorkers were out in force last Tuesday to protect the purity of their legendary water. A public event focused on drilling in a vast Upstate reservoir of natural gas that developers are seeking to exploit.

What I Learned Running The New York City Marathon

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 11.12.2009 | Comedy


Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

It's hard to run if your leg is gushing blood all over the place and hurting you. Also, the blood makes the ground slippery, and other runners will get mad at you, no matter how hard you try to explain that really, it's that jerk dog's fault.

Planting Trees Can Affect Local Water Availability

nature.com | Ana Belluscio | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green


According to two new studies, planting forests in areas that currently don't have trees -- a process called afforestation -- can reduce the local avai...