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A troubled metropolitan water and sewer department that serves 4.3 million people in southeast Michigan might finally get the support of Detroit’s populous — city and suburbs alike. U.S. District Judge John Feikens, who has controlled the department since 1977, when the EPA sewed Detroit to stop pollution of the Detroit River, hopes that the […]
When thirsty people plant thirsty crops to fuel thirsty car and trucks, watchdogs of the world’s water begin to worry. Robert Glennon, professor of law and public policy at the University of Arizona, wonders whether President-Elect Barack Obama and his newly nominated Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack might already be overlooking the significant amount of […]
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has recently updated a set of informative graphics to reflect fresh water availability worldwide, be it more or less. The project, called Vital Water Graphics, gives a comprehensive picture of the ways in which the amount of quality water available is changing. The Vital Water Graphics dynamically communicates several […]
It took Robyn Love 60 balls of yarn to crochet a sweater for the SoHo water tower. With a team of fellow artists, Love completed a commission from the D&AD organization — an educational charity that represents the global creative, design and advertising communities — to make the dull wooden reservoir into a giant pencil. […]
SIRTE, Libya — With many African countries feeling the effects of climate change, government leaders decided at a water conference in Libya that cooperation is key. They have committed to form continent-wide information systems in order to improve irrigation techniques, weather forecasting and human resource management. “Together we must find concrete and effective measures to […]
As heavy rain blurs the vision of the common passerby, the U.S. Drought Monitor poises to announce the conclusion of a two-year bout of dry weather in Alabama’s northern region. This month has seen almost eight inches of rain — more than the past three months combined. With ponds overflowing and water levels rising, area […]
The Bush Administration has weakened the maw of the Clean Water Act, a number of environmentalists and congressmen believe. They hope that President-Elect Barack Obama can provide a quality set of dentures and a stronger jaw for the legislation. In a letter to Obama, Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman and Transportation […]
Comprising 20 percent of the world’s fresh water supply, southern Siberia’s Lake Baikal could tell us how oil forms.
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida — The board of the South Florida Water Management District just passed a deal to buy around 300 square acres of land from U.S. Sugar. They voted four to three in favor of the purchase, with one abstaining. But the deal is far from finished. The district’s bid of $1.34 billion […]
A policy that restricts water pumping from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
An alternative way to create power from water that creates vortexes and vibrations.
WASHINGTON — To serve as Interior Secretary, Obama has nominated an attorney and senator with expertise in a resource of urgent importance to the American West. While Senator Ken Salazar, a Democrat from Colorado, is not as liberal as some environmental groups hoped, he does have considerable experience working with water-related issues. Speaking of those […]
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