Water Usage

Water Conservation Initiative Challenges Mayors And Communities To Save

Posted 04.06.2012

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Is your city's mayor ready for a challenge? Throughout the month of April, civic leaders across the country are encouraged to step up and inspire t...

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What Takes More Water To Make: Wine Or Chocolate?

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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March 22 is World Water Day, and there is no better day to become more conscious about the items you use and consume, and just how much water is neede...

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Where Has All The Water Gone?

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Europe, Africa, Water Cycle, Pakistan, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Agriculture, Groundwater, China, Pulse of the Planet, Hydrologic Cycle, California, Water Usage, Middle East, Water, Climate Change, Antarctic, India, Oceans, Greenland, Greenland Ice Sheet, Ice Sheets, Ogallala Aquifer, Sea Level Rise, Global Warming, Green News
Bill Chameides

Crossposted with TheGreenGrok.com.Mankind is moving buckets and buckets of water from land to the ocean.Sometimes science moves slowly and sometimes ...

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Burt's Bees Are Busy on the Sustainability Front

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Landfills, Nc, Pollution, Consumer Products, Water Usage, John Replogle, Clorox, Electricity, Corporations, LEED Certified, Greenwashing, Burt's Bees, Durham, Waste, Sustainability, Trash, Consumers, Carbon-Free, Green News
Bill Chameides

Crossposted with www.thegreengrok.com.A report from the headquarters of Burt's Bees. If you think about it, Burt's Bees -- maker of lip balms, skin cr...

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Water Bills Go Up In Down Economy As Usage Drops

AP | CLARKE CANFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

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PORTLAND, Maine — The grim economy is hitting some consumers in the wallet in yet another way: their water bills. Many water utilities are rais...

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Colorado Water Usage Report: Front Range Uses Only 19 Percent Of State's Water

Denver Business Journal | Cathy Proctor | Posted 05.25.2011

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A new report on Colorado's water usage concludes that the Front Range uses about 19 percent of the state's water, yet generates between 80 and 86 perc...

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Earth Mirror Tracks Your Water Usage, Induces Guilt If You're Wasting

Mother Nature Network | Matt Hickman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most wasteful of them all? If Jin Kim's design concept, Earth Mirror, ever comes to fruition the answer to th...

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As Reservoirs Fall, Prices Should Rise

Robert Stavins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmental Policy, Economics, Water, Water Usage, Drought, California Drought, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Water Crisis, Green News
Robert Stavins

Throughout the United States, water is under-priced. Efficient use of water will take place only when the price reflects the actual additional cost of making that water available.

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