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World Water Day 2013

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 03.22.2013 | Green
Read More: Water Resources, Dam Removal, Climate Change, Water, India, United States, World Water Day, China, Water Footprint, Tap Water, Pacific Institute, Sanitation, Green News
Peter H. Gleick

Some thoughts for today: the bad news and good news for World Water Day. (First, I think every day should be World Water Day, not just March 22nd, but hey, that's just me.)

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Do You Know Your Drinking Water?

The Nature Conservancy in California | Posted 12.22.2012 | Green
Read More: Clean Drinking Water, The Nature Conservancy, Sierra Nevada, Ramona Grasslands, Water Report, Scientist, Science, Pyramid Lake, Surface Water, Wilderness Area, Trees, National Park, California, Water Quality, Water Resources, Mt. Hamilton, Water, Tap Water, Clean Water Act, Nature, Clean Water, Watershed, Drinking Water, Green News
The Nature Conservancy in California

Stand at your kitchen sink and fill up a glass of water from the tap. Can you guess where that water comes from? Or how far it traveled to get to your tap? What about how adequately -- or not -- the land at the source is protected?

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Water's Economics as Muddy as Ever

Andrew Winston | Posted 01.30.2012 | Business
Read More: Texas Drought, Water Demand, Water Resources, Water Supply, Water Economics, Business News
Andrew Winston

Water's economics are anything but clear. Water is one of the world's most glaring commercial anomalies, with a price reflecting nothing more than the costs to extract and distribute it.

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Lynne Peeples

Man vs. Malaria: Chemicals, Conservation And An Ancient Arms Race

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 11.16.2011 | Green
Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Water Resources, Video, Ecology, World Health Organization, Agriculture, Malaria, The Infection Loop, Climate Change, Deforestation, Malaria News, Green News

Part of a series investigating the complex linkages between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop. One steamy evening in July...

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Suez's Attempts to Silence Critics on Par with its Water Management: A Failure

Wenonah Hauter | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Bolivia, France, Water Resources, Water, Lawsuits, Water Justice, Drinking Water, Flow, Suez, World News
Wenonah Hauter

Water justice advocates around the world cheered recently when a French court rejected a defamation lawsuit brought by Suez Water against the makers of the documentary film Flow.

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'Water As Human Right' Campaign Gets Global Protestant Backing

Religion News Service | Stephen Brown | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Water Resources, Water Right, Water Access, Ecumenical Water Network, Water Human Rights, Water Rights, Religion News

By Stephen Brown Religion News Service (RNS/ENInews) Church-backed campaigners say they have received a boost from a global body representing 80 mill...

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A Triumph in Ecological Design: America's First "Living Building"

Lauren Yanks | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Sustainable Living, Water Resources, Ecological Design, Omega Institute, Sustainable Energy, Green Living, Sustainability, Green Technology, Green News
Lauren Yanks

Last month I attended a pivotal event: the opening of the Omega Center for Sustainable Living, a progressive environmental center slated to be the first certified "Living Building" in the United States.

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