Gone in a Generation
Across America, climate change is already disrupting lives. The continental United States is 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than it was a century ago. Seas at the coasts are nine inches Continue Reading
The non-stop waste of water
Every year, water shortages affect more than one-third of the world’s population. In 2017, even Rome — ancient pioneer of urban water provision — saw its myriad public drinking fountains Continue Reading
Glaciers Are Retreating. Millions Rely on Their Water.
Tuyuksu Glacier Kapchagay Reservoir Lake Issyk-Kul Almaty Lake Balkhash Russia Mongolia Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Iran Afghanistan Pakistan China China Kyrgyzstan India Arctic Ocean Arabian Sea Bay of Bengal Flows from Kazakhstan’s Continue Reading
Trump rolls back decades of Clean Water Act protections
American bullfrog floating at the surface of a farm pond in Kentucky USA The Trump administration has taken aim at removing environmental federal protections for wetlands and isolated streams from Continue Reading
Coast Guard orders cleanup of massive 14-year oil spill in Gulf of Mexico
Following Washington Post report, U.S. Coast Guard told Taylor Energy to contain and clean up the spill, which has leaked more than a million barrels of oil since 2004, or Continue Reading
Drought Tests Australia’s Model Water Market
But the return of severe drought to an area of eastern Australia more than twice the size of Texas is testing the system. Gary Wight, 46 years old, thinks he Continue Reading
A Breakthrough for Hydraulic Fracturing
A revolutionary groundwater quality study provides new evidence that ‘fracking’ operations are safe to nearby water sources. This piece presents the opinions of the author. It does not necessarily reflect Continue Reading
Duke Energy says dam breached at North Carolina plant and coal ash may be flowing into Cape Fear River
Floodwaters on Friday breached a dam that contains a man-made lake connected to a Duke Energy power plant in North Carolina, possibly causing coal ash to flow into the nearby Continue Reading
The Water Crises Aren’t Coming—They’re Here
Here’s a concept: paper water. Paper water is water the government grants certain farmers who are drawing water from a river or a watershed in, say, California. The phrase describes Continue Reading
Vital US reservoir OK for now, but shortages are looming
The Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona creates Lake Powell, which holds only 43 percent of its capacity this year. The reservoir is part of a system that supports 40 million Continue Reading