The Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region
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The Himalayas: A Special Report
/in Asia, China, India, Water News/by Circle of BlueFloods, droughts, wildfires, windstorms, water contamination and illnesses plague the 1.3 billion people who live in the watersheds directly supplied by glacial melt from the Hindu Kush-Himalaya region.
Circle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises.
Interactive Map: Top Ten Global Oil Spills
/in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Oil, South America, Water & Energy, Water News/by Circle of BlueDetails of the ten worst oil spills in history by volume, date, location, and company damages.
Circle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises.
Out of the Mainstream: Water Rights, Water Territories and the Politics of Scale and Identity
/in Water Law, Water News/by Circle of BlueAn excerpt from the introductory chapter of Out of the Mainstream: Water Rights, Politics and Identity, a book on the effect modern society has on water culture and indigenous communities
Circle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises.
Environmental Groups Sue BP Under Clean Water Act
/in North America, Oil, Water Law, Water Policy & Politics/by Circle of BlueLandmark act could be used by the federal government to recover billions in fines, send people to jail.
Circle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises.
Peter Gleick: Water and Misleading Advertising and Marketing–Where are the FDA and FTC?
/in In the Circle, North America, Water News/by Circle of BlueIt should be hard to sell private water. After all, most of the people reading this blog have access, a few feet away, to unlimited, remarkably cheap, high-quality tap water from systems owned by the public.
Circle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises.
Experts Name the Top 19 Solutions to the Global Freshwater Crisis
/in Africa, Asia, Climate Change, Drought, Europe, Middle East, North America, Sanitation/Health, Water & Energy, Water News, Water Policy & Politics/by Circle of Blue“…Decisions executives make to respond to freshwater scarcity will penetrate almost every aspect of their business operations.”
Circle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises.
Q&A: Chris Groves – Exploring Underground Water Systems in Mammoth Cave
/in Climate Change, North America, Water News/by Circle of BlueRenowned cave explorer Dr. Chris Groves goes deep into Mammoth Cave to see how torrential rainfall above affects underground rivers and ancient passages.
Circle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises.
Remedies for Nitrate-Contaminated Water in California are Anything but Quick, Cheap
/in Agriculture, California, North America, Sanitation/Health, Water News, Water Policy & Politics/by Circle of BlueJohn and Rosenda Mataka never gave a thought to their tap water until 1995, when the city of Modesto took over the town of Grayson’s water supply wells and informed everyone that they had been drinking nitrate-contaminated water for over a decade.
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Nitrate Contamination Spreading in California Communities’ Water
/in Agriculture, California, North America, Sanitation/Health, Water News, Water Policy & Politics/by Circle of BlueThe California Watch nitrates project revealed that wells that serve more than two million Californians have been contaminated with nitrates at levels that surpass the public health limit.
Circle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises.
The War on Tap Water: An Exclusive Excerpt from Peter Gleick’s Bottled and Sold
/in North America, Water News, Water Policy & Politics/by Circle of Blue“The growth of the bottled water industry is a story about 21st century controversies and contradictions: poverty versus glitterati; perception versus reality; private gain versus public loss of the last century.”
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Q&A: Paul Saffo on the Future of Media and a New Era of Environmentalism
/in North America, Water News/by Circle of BluePaul Saffo is a man who lives in the future, and he maps and predicts society’s biggest transformations. Paul is a Futurist who teaches at Stanford University, and for the past 20 years has explored the dynamics of large-scale, long-term change.
Circle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises.
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