PERUVIAN OIL SPILL PROMPTS WAT...

Feb 19, 2016 by

PERUVIAN OIL SPILL PROMPTS WATER EMERGENCY FOR THOUSANDS

[Translate] by Alejandro Davila Fragoso CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock   Thousands of residents in the northern Peruvian...

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HERE’S WHAT WE SHOULD BE...

Feb 18, 2016 by

HERE’S WHAT WE SHOULD BE ASKING CLINTON, SANDERS, TRUMP AND CRUZ ABOUT FOOD

[Translate] REUTERS/Katherine Taylor By Donald Carr GRIST Cross-posted from The Republic of Awesome Let’s assume the nascent “good...

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BETTER WATER USE CAN CUT GLOBA...

Feb 17, 2016 by

BETTER WATER USE CAN CUT GLOBAL FOOD GAP

[Translate] By Paul Brown / Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     An irrigation system on a pumpkin patch in a semi-arid area of New...

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MEAT IS MURDERING AMERICAN RIV...

Feb 17, 2016 by

MEAT IS MURDERING AMERICAN RIVERS

[Translate] TAKE PART DAILY Government data shows that food processing plants are the biggest toxic polluters of waterways in the...

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MAP SHOWS HOW MICHIGAN’S...

Jan 24, 2016 by

MAP SHOWS HOW MICHIGAN’S LEAD PROBLEM EXTENDS FAR BEYOND THE FLINT WATER CRISIS

[Translate] iStockphoto By Aura Bogado THINK PROGRESS Flint is Michigan’s poster child for environmental disaster — a crisis that...

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AS FLINT STRUGGLES WITH CONTAM...

Jan 24, 2016 by

AS FLINT STRUGGLES WITH CONTAMINATED WATER, CONGRESS TRIES TO GUT CLEAN WATER RULE

[Translate] by Alejandro Davila Fragoso CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) The latest attempt to do away with a...

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THE SEVEN CHARTS YOU NEED TO F...

Jan 14, 2016 by

THE SEVEN CHARTS YOU NEED TO FATHOM CALIFORNIA’S WATER PROSPECTS

[Translate] Shutterstock By Nathanael Johnson   GRIST It’s finally raining in California — just when we’d begun to think that it...

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Shocker: Govt. Scientists Admi...

Jan 13, 2016 by

Shocker: Govt. Scientists Admit They Deceived the Public About Fracking’s Impact on Drinking Water

[Translate] There will be heavy pressure to revise the EPA’s conclusion — and the oil and gas industry will have major egg on its...

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LAKES ARE HEATING UP, PUTTING ...

Dec 24, 2015 by

LAKES ARE HEATING UP, PUTTING FOOD AND WATER SUPPLY AT RISK

[Translate] by Samantha Page CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe Ethnic Intha fishermen dressed in customary attire...

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CHINA’S “SPONGE CI...

Dec 16, 2015 by

CHINA’S “SPONGE CITIES” USE SMART INFRASTRUCTURE TO PREVENT MASSIVE WATER ISSUES

[Translate] Shutterstock By Kate Yoder   GRIST Of China’s many green fascinations (Exhibit A: Sproutcore), here’s one that seems like...

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WE TESTED FANCY WATER VS. TAP ...

Dec 16, 2015 by

WE TESTED FANCY WATER VS. TAP WATER. HERE’S WHAT WE FOUND.

[Translate] By Katie Herzog GRIST I’ve gotten some weird mail at the office this year. First, there was a massive bouquet from a...

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FRACKING EXPANDS IN LATIN AMER...

Dec 15, 2015 by

FRACKING EXPANDS IN LATIN AMERICA, THREATENING TO CONTAMINATE WORLD’S THIRD-LARGEST AQUIFIER

[Translate] Fracking Spanning an area that includes southern Brazil and part of Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay, the Guaraní Aquifer...

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DOES THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ACTUA...

Dec 7, 2015 by

DOES THE U.S. GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY REGULATE PIPELINES?

[Translate]   By Dahr Jamail, Truthout | Report The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has a reputation of effectively...

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WE CAN MIMIC NATURE TO BETTER ...

Nov 18, 2015 by

WE CAN MIMIC NATURE TO BETTER MANAGE WATER

[Translate] THE DIRT  by Liz Camuti If it weren’t for us, bison and beavers might still roam Chicago, Illinois, the location of the...

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HUMAN WASTE COULD LIGHT UP MOR...

Nov 4, 2015 by

HUMAN WASTE COULD LIGHT UP MORE THAN 138 MILLION HOMES: STUDY

[Translate]   Eleanor Goldberg Impact editor, The Huffington Post :  Tuomas Lehtinen via Getty Images We can finally stop...

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Meet the Federal Agency Rubber...

Nov 1, 2015 by

Meet the Federal Agency Rubber Stamping the Rampant Expansion of Fracking

[Translate] The agency that once operated quietly under public radar has become the target of activist outrage for spearheading...

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CARBON IS THE ROOT OF A NEW, S...

Oct 9, 2015 by

CARBON IS THE ROOT OF A NEW, SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM

[Translate] THE DIRT  by Jared Green Turning the conventional wisdom on its head, Janine Benyus, author of Biomimicry: Innovation...

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EPA RULE AIMS TO CURB TOXIC CO...

Oct 1, 2015 by

EPA RULE AIMS TO CURB TOXIC COAL PLANT POLLUTION IN WATERWAYS

[Translate] by Katie Valentine THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Matthew Brown This June 17, 2011 photo shows PPL Montana’s J.E....

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A CALIFORNIA GARDEN IN THE FOU...

Sep 26, 2015 by

A CALIFORNIA GARDEN IN THE FOURTH YEAR OF THE DROUGHT

[Translate] by Martha Ture DAILY KOS The hummingbird zooms in over the fence about 7 every morning, while I’m watering.  It’s a male...

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TODAY’S U.S.-CHINA ANNOU...

Sep 26, 2015 by

TODAY’S U.S.-CHINA ANNOUNCEMENT IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE TO DATE FOR BATTLING GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

[Translate]  ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE Today’s joint announcement by President Obama and President Xi represents the second time in...

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REVERSING THE TIDE: CITIES AND...

Sep 25, 2015 by

REVERSING THE TIDE: CITIES AND COUNTRIES ARE REBELLING AGAINST WATER PRIVATIZATION, AND WINNING!

[Translate]   By Tom Lawson, Occupy.com | News Analysis Demonstrators march through the streets to protest a water tax in Dublin,...

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LAND DEGRADATION, DESERTIFICAT...

Sep 22, 2015 by

LAND DEGRADATION, DESERTIFICATION MIGHT CREATE 50 MILLION CLIMATE REFUGEES WITHIN A DECADE

[Translate] By Avaneesh Pandey TRUTHDI Desertification — climate change-triggered degradation of land ecosystems — will,...

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ULTRA CHEAP CLEANING PROCESS C...

Sep 22, 2015 by

ULTRA CHEAP CLEANING PROCESS CONVERTS SEA WATER INTO DRINKABLE WATER

[Translate]  Written By Greg Candelario   FUTURISM 5 days ago water-filter_1024 In Brief This new technology uses a desalination...

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DRINKABLE BOOK: FILTERS WATER,...

Sep 17, 2015 by

[Translate] This ‘Drinkable Book’ That Filters Water Will Save Millions of Lives It is called The Drinkable Book. Its pages are made...

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GLOBAL WARMING COULD LEAD TO W...

Sep 16, 2015 by

GLOBAL WARMING COULD LEAD TO WORLDWIDE WARS

[Translate]   MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH Will global warming lead to worldwide resource wars? (Photo: Environmental...

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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS QUESTION ...

Aug 31, 2015 by

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS QUESTION GEHRY-LED LOS ANGELES RIVER MASTERPLAN

[Translate]  by The Dirt Contributor The Los Angeles landscape architecture and design community was surprised by the recent...

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INVESTORS ARE GRABBING A JAPAN...

Aug 29, 2015 by

INVESTORS ARE GRABBING A JAPAN-SIZE CHUNK OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD FOR FOOD AND WATER

[Translate] TAKE PART DAILY Activists tracking these deals say rich countries are buying up land—93 million acres—and displacing...

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THIS SCI-FI NOVEL’S POST...

Aug 25, 2015 by

THIS SCI-FI NOVEL’S POST-APOCALYPTIC FUTURE COULD BECOME REALITY ALL TOO SOON

[Translate] by Ari Phillips CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: flickr/ Vibin JK   Our future selves are all characters in New York Times...

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WHY PLANETS WITH WATER MIGHT N...

Aug 24, 2015 by

WHY PLANETS WITH WATER MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY SUPPORT LIFE

[Translate]  In Brief A new study looks at so-called “waterworlds” finds that in worlds with potentially 100 times the...

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IS SECRET POWER BECOMING SACRO...

Aug 23, 2015 by

[Translate]   By Evaggelos Vallianatos, Speakout | Op-Ed I have lived in the United States for fifty-four years. I went to college...

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