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Commons Care: How Wrong Was Garrett Hardin?!

Frances Moore Lappe | Posted 04.09.2013 | Green
Read More: India, Global Health, Earth Day, Ecuador, Garrett Hardin, Costa Rica, Watershed, Environment, Green, Conservation, Community, Sustainability, The Commons, Deforestation, Green News
Frances Moore Lappe

We come to see natural treasures no longer as merely divisible property but as gifts protected by boundaries we create and honor, knowing that all life depends on their integrity. The shift is underway.

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From Source to Tap: Mapping Our Drinking Water

Mike Sweeney | Posted 01.01.2013 | Green
Read More: Environment, The Nature Conservancy of California, Drinking Water, Watershed, Water, Environmental Conservation, California, Green News
Mike Sweeney

It's time we pay more attention to the natural sources of water we depend on every day. Because the land in a watershed affects the water quality it's important that we have a good idea of the state of the land around our water sources.

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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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A Watershed Moment: Public Rallies to Protect New York's Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor Estuary. Again.

Kyle Rabin | Posted 02.21.2012 | New York
Read More: Town of Oyster Bay, Oyster Bay, Pat Aitken, Friends of the Bay, Estuary, Watershed, Watershed Action Plan, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, Water Quality, New York News
Kyle Rabin

All levels of government continue to experience belt tightening during these tough economic times, so Watershed Action Plans and the partnerships behind them have become increasingly important.

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Rachel Tepper

At Home, Chef Todd Gray Is A 'Domestic Vegan'

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Tepper | Posted 12.25.2011 | DC
Read More: Veganism, Vegetarian, Video, Ellen Kassoff Gray, Equinox, Vegan, Watershed, DC Restaurants, Todd Gray, Dc Around Town, Vegetarianism, Muse, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Todd Gray may be a meat lover at his downtown restaurant, Equinox, but at home the celebrated chef is a "domestic vegan." It's more o...

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As NoMa Searches For Vibe, Kitchen Changes Made At Watershed

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 12.10.2011 | DC
Read More: Video, Chris Kenworth, North of Massachusetts, DC Real Estate, Godofredo Vaquerano, DC Restaurants, Todd Gray, Watershed, Dc Around Town, Noma, DC News

WASHINGTON -- In the wake of middling reviews following its April debut, Watershed, NoMa's seafood-centric restaurant by chef Todd Gray, is changing i...

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Ofcom Lays Down The Law On Raunchy Videos Before The 9pm Watershed

The Guardian | Posted 11.30.2011 | Home
Read More: Ofcom, Watershed, Rihanna, Banned, X Factor, Home News

Ofcom has ordered UK broadcasters to be more careful about showing sexually explicit music videos before the 9pm watershed....

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Natural Value at Bargain Prices

Kiyotaka Akasaka | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: United Nations Environment Program, Poverty, Water, Nagoya, Unep, Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Watershed, Environment, UN Environment Programme, Climate Change, Forests, Coral Reefs, World News
Kiyotaka Akasaka

2010 was supposed to be the year that the world reversed the loss of biodiversity. Countries have failed to reach this target, however, and species a...

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Mark Ruffalo and Rachel Maddow on the Frack Threat to Our Water

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Gasland, Fracking, Mark Ruffalo, Water Sup; Environmental Health, Rachel Maddow, Health, Water, Watershed, Natural Gas Drilling, Drinking Water, Politics News
Alison Rose Levy

The gas drilling practice known as "fracking" has a history of contaminating water supplies, but that won't stop its use in the area from which New York City, Philadelphia, and parts of New Jersey get their water.

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Fracking in New York's Marcellus Shale; An Open Forum

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Department of Environmental Conservation, Marcellus Shale, Catskills, Maurice Hinchey, Jonathan Schein, SUNY New Paltz, Nrdc, Chesapeake Energy, Scheinmedia, Watershed, Natural Gas Drilling, Hydraulic Fracturing, New York City, Metrogreenbusinesscom, New York News
Jonathan A. Schein

This week I had the opportunity to moderate and co-produce a panel with the SUNY New Paltz Environmental Task Force, "The Future of Gas Drilling in New York State."

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William Thompson: Mayoral Candidate Criticized Mayor Bloomberg's Proposal To Drill In Watershed

ProPublica | Abrahm Lustgarten | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Water Quality, Energy, William Thompson, Mayor Bloomberg, New York City Mayor Race, Gas Drilling, New York, Watershed, Drinking Water, New York News

A preliminary report from a consultant hired by New York City warns that "nearly every activity" associated with natural gas drilling could potentiall...

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State Must End Threat to NYC's Drinking Water

Scott Stringer | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Watershed, Environmentalism, Marcellus Shale, Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracking, David Paterson, New-York-Drinking-Water, New York News
Scott Stringer

New York State regulators trail everybody else in protecting New York City's drinking water from natural gas drilling, despite the fact that they alone have the authority to do so.

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