Water | "Global Possibilities"

‘Coming Mass Extinction&...

Apr 24, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Far-reaching global assessment details how humanity is undermining the very foundations of the natural world

What drought? These states are...

Apr 18, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Wyoming wants to modify the Fontenelle Dam so it can use an extra 80,000 acre-feet of water from a tributary of the once-mighty Colorado River

Six-decade plankton study char...

Apr 16, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Handwritten journals from 50s show how plastic problem has grown to global emergency

California and EPA Poised to E...

Apr 16, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

A little-known program under federal environment law is being used to permit oil and gas companies to inject waste into the state’s aquifers, even as the thirst for groundwater grows.

Human Drugs Are Polluting the ...

Apr 12, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Salmon on psychotropics, platypuses on prozac, and other strange tales from the wild

US Environmental Protection Ag...

Apr 11, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Despite over 10,000 factory farms and almost no Clean Water Act regulation, EPA denies petition to withdraw Iowa’s pollution program.

Synchro swimmers perform in a ...

Mar 29, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Two young synchronized swimmers in Britain have made a splash with a recent performance. Kate Shortman (17) and Isabelle Thorpe (18) of Bristol attempted their World Championship synchro routine in a swimming pool full of floating plastic waste.

Arsenic In Hopi Water Is Three...

Mar 17, 2019 by Casey Coates Danson

What questions do you have about the Valley and the state we call home?

Photo essay: The military is p...

Feb 4, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

But the Pentagon assumes no liability and refuses to pay for cleaning up the contamination it has caused.

Even groundwater is contaminat...

Feb 1, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

This could mean we’re drinking our plastic waste.

7 Unique Ways to Go Green in t...

Jan 30, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

There are a variety of ways to go green in the home, such as recycling, using less water, opting for plastic alternatives, and cutting down on energy use.

When Water Dooms Life

Jan 29, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

On Earth or on Mars, flooding can spell destruction for flourishing communities of microbes.

This Cross-Border Town Has Fac...

Dec 10, 2018 by GlobalPossibilities

“Don’t you know you’re surfing the most polluted beach in America?”

Their water became undrinkable...

Nov 28, 2018 by GlobalPossibilities

In Martin County, Kentucky, residents are paying steep prices for water that sometimes comes out of the tap brown and foul-smelling—that is, when it comes out at all.

Trump wades into California...

Oct 26, 2018 by GlobalPossibilities

President will sign memo directing agencies to review standards that conservatives argue are keeping water from farmers

Searching for Water Across Bor...

Oct 18, 2018 by GlobalPossibilities

Saudi Arabia and China are among the countries that have turned to the United States and elsewhere.

Drought, groundwater loss sink...

Aug 30, 2018 by GlobalPossibilities

The San Joaquin Valley in central California, like many other regions…

Solar vs Coal: Can green energ...

Aug 24, 2018 by Casey Coates Danson

Polar ice caps are melting and thus causing higher sea levels…

States Unprepared for Water In...

Jun 27, 2018 by Casey Coates Danson

[Translate] National Resources Defense Council Federal dollars aren’t being leveraged to weather incoming storms. This story...

The water war that will decide...

May 3, 2018 by Casey Coates Danson

[Translate] Education Images/UIG via Getty Images parched By Eric Holthaus grist.org Lake Mead is the country’s biggest reservoir...

On World Water Day, New Campai...

Mar 22, 2018 by Casey Coates Danson

[Translate] Environment An ambitious project seeks to provide clean water to rural indigenous communities devastated by Big Oil. By...

Are You Drinking Radioactive W...

Feb 25, 2018 by Casey Coates Danson

[Translate] 170 million Americans drink radioactive tap water as Trump nominee faked data to hide the cancer risk. By Bill Walker,...

TO ALL WATER WARRIORS

Jan 2, 2018 by Casey Coates Danson

[Translate] PLEASE EVERYONE READ AND DO WHAT YOU CAN DO. VERNON IS A DEAR FRIEND FROM HOPI AND HAS BEEN FIGHTING THE FIGHT. PLEASE...

off grid box brings clean wate...

Oct 15, 2017 by Casey Coates Danson

[Translate] based in italy, boston and rwanda, off grid box is an all-in-one system providing sustainable energy and safe...

Nestlé Pays $200 a Year to Bot...

Sep 30, 2017 by Casey Coates Danson

While Flint battles a water crisis, just two hours away the beverage giant pumps almost 100,000 times what an average Michigan resident uses into plastic bottles.