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Recognizing Water for What It's Worth

Dr. Allan Hoffman | Posted 12.22.2009 | Books

Read More: World Water Forum, Water-Energy Nexus, Water the Epic Struggle, Salinity, Books, Water, Climate Science, Steven Solomon, Hydropower, New Books, Climate Change, Water Policy, Freshwater Scarcity, Fresh Water, Water Crisis, Books News
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.

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No Hurricane Worries? Not So Fast

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 12.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Coast, Knight Foundation, Tropical, Category, 2010, Preparedness, Philip J. Klotzbach, Cone of Uncertainty, Gerald Campbell, Katrina, Experts, Mississippi, National Hurricane Center, Season, Miami, Knight Center for International, Depression, Florida, Zone, Complacency, Louisiana, Wind, Develop, Forecast, El Nino, William M. Gray, Colorado State University, Office of Emergency Management, Water, Storms, Atlantic Ocean, Bill, Bill Read, Hurricane, Ocean, Green News
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.

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Beyond Fluoride: Pharmaceuticals, Drinking Water and the Public Health

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 12.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rights, Law, Philosophy, Lithium, Green, Violence, Suicide, Prozac, Drugs, Green Living, Peter Kramer, Dentistry, Texas, Politics, Pharmaceutical Industry, Human Rights, Health, Water, Ethics, Environment, Utilitarianism, Japan, Tobacco, Libertarianism, Bioethics, Medicine, Michigan, Healthcare, Cocaine, Politics News
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.

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

Steven Solomon | Posted 12.18.2009 | Books

Read More: Climate Science, Sanitation, Copenhagen 2009, Potable Water, Clean Water, Freshwater Scarcity, Copenhagen, Rowing, Global Warming, Water Crisis, Climate Change, Environment, Water Scarcity, Katie Spotz, Fresh Water, Water, Books, Row for Water, Blue Planet, Steven Solomon, Books News
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.

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

Steven Solomon | Posted 12.17.2009 | Books

Read More: Hydroelectric, Natural Resources, Copenhagen 2009, Books, Water Book, Water Copenhagen, Running Water, Maldives, Obama, Water Scarcity, Drill Baby Drill, Water Crisis, Fresh Water, Barack Obama, Water, Climate Science, Nepal, Sarah Palin, Environment, Row for Water, Climate Change, Water Policy, Alaska, Bill McKibben Copenhagen, Bill Mckibben, Water Politics, Copenhagen, Global Warming, Books News
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.

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

John DeCock | Posted 12.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Floods, Drought, Desertification, Soil Erosion, Water, Climate Change, Food Shortage, Copenhagen, Green News
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.

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

AP | Posted 12.14.2009 | Home

Read More: Water Quality, Legionairs Disease, Symptoms, Epic Hotel, Chlorine, Miami Hotel, Water, Legionaires Disease, Bacteria, Dirty Water, Legionaire's Disease, Miami, Home News

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

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Climbing Kilimanjaro: Please do Something about Deadly Drinking Water

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 12.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Michael Muller, Miami, Elizabeth Gore, Dirty, Kick Kennedy, Jimmy Chin, Lupe Fiasco, Knight Foundation, Summit, Steven Solomon, Knight Center for International Media, Procter & Gamble, Isabel Lucas, Drinking, Eddie Bauer, Safe, Pure, Greg Allgood, Mount, Diarrhea, Water, Clean, United Nations Foundation, Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, Alexandra Costeau, Hewlett Packard, Justin Timberlake, Sick, Jessica Biel, Kenna, Green News
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.

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Birth Control, Water, And Women

Susan Kim | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Environment, The Pill, Menstruation, Women's Health, Susan Kim, Women, Health, Water, Public Health, Contraception, Water Supply, Condoms, Living News
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.

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I'm Giving Up My 37th Birthday!

Alyssa Milano | Posted 12.09.2009 | Impact

Read More: Unicef, Charity Water, Alyssa Milano, Video, Global Network, Waterborne Illness, Water Crisis, Water, Slideshow, Alyssa Milano Huffington Post, Alyssa Milano Charity Water, Impact News
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.

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

nytimes.com | CHARLES DUHIGG | Posted 12.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Water Treatment, Bad Water, Water, Contaminated Water, Water Treatment Systems, Safe Drinking Water Act, Dirty Water, Nytimes Contaminated Water, u.s. Contaminated Water, Green News

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...

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Water Is The New Oil

Steven Solomon | Posted 12.17.2009 | Books

Read More: Hydroelectric, Natural Resources, Books, Running Water, New Books, Water Scarcity, Barack Obama, Water Crisis, Fresh Water, Water, Environment, Oil, Row for Water, Al Gore, Copenhagen, Stephen Solomon, Books News
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.

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

AP | Posted 12.04.2009 | Home

Read More: Walt Staton, Immigration, Water, Desert, Arizona, Immigration Reform, Illegal Immigration, Mexico, Home News

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...

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

Randall Amster | Posted 11.30.2009 | Technology

Read More: Nasa, Natural Resources, Scarcity, Water Scarcity, Consumption, NASA Moon, Star Trek, Colony, Nasa Moon Bombing, Conflict, Space Exploration, Water, Space, Moon, Lunar, NASA Bomb Moon, Gravity, Science, Technology News
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.

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How To Green Your Holiday Meal

Avital Binshtock | Posted 11.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Pesticides, Organic Farming, Hanukkah, Soil, Turkey, Agriculture, Thanksgiving, Flowers, Green, Toxins, Soup Kitchen, Decor, Vegetables, Christmas, Dishwasher, Leftovers, Holidays, Holiday Season, Food Banks, Crops, Ecuador, Green Living, Reusable, Family Meals, Decorating, Imports, Menu, Organic Food, Fruit, Cornucopia, Colombia, Water, Environment, Tips, Homeless Shelters, Food, Decorating Tips, Green News
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.

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10 Tips For A Sustainable Thanksgiving

Sarah Newman | Posted 11.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Turkey, Sunset Magazine, Smart Water, Sustainable Agriculture, Paperless, Thanksgiving, Mark Bittman, Los Angeles, Sustainable, Orren Fox, Sustainable Thanksgiving, Coca-Cola, Food Inc., Water, Tap Water, New York Times, Takepart, Union, Green News
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.

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The Value of Water

Henry Henderson | Posted 11.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Asian Carp, Lake Michigan, Nrdc, Invasive Species, Pollution, Chicago River, Chicago River Sewage, Natural Resources Defense Council, Atrazine, Water Pollution, Water, Chicago, Great Lakes, Privatization, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Ballast-Water, Chicago News
Henry Henderson

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

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

John DeCock | Posted 11.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Water Pollution, Toxics, Water, Epa, Clean Water Act, Environment, Health Care Reform, Mercury, Hate Speech, Air Pollution, Pollution, Health Care, Green News
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?

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Latest Space Shuttle's Mission: Trash the Urine Recycler

Alex Pasternack | Posted 11.18.2009 | Technology

Read More: Recycling, Poop, Water, Shit, Space Shuttle, Space, Toilets, Technology News
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...

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Cocaine, Spices, Hormones Found in Drinking Water

news.nationalgeographic.com | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Runoff, Water Pollution, Water, Green News

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

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A Good Week for Rivers

Lori Pottinger | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Dams, Activist, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Australia, International Rivers, Water, Green News
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.

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Big Stone II - Stopping the Unstoppable Coal Fired Power Plant

John DeCock | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Sierra Club, Minnesota, Water, Mercury, Clean-Water-Action, Climate Change, Coal, South Dakota, Coal-Fired Plants, Green News
John DeCock

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

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Protecting New York City's Water Supply from Gas Companies

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Water Quality, Fracking Fluid, Fracking, Contamination, Water, Environment, Natural Gas Drilling, Water Supply, New York, New York News
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.

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What I Learned Running The New York City Marathon

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 11.12.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Calories, New York City Marathon, Water, Hangovers, Personal Goals, Marathons, Brother Jimmy's, The Marathon, New York City, Dogs, Ex-Boyfriend, Comedy News
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.

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Planting Trees Can Affect Local Water Availability

nature.com | Ana Belluscio | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Sustainability, Water-Source, Water Shortages, Tree Planting, Water, Afforestation, Green News

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

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