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Global conflicts over water threaten geopolitical stability; ‘”water ambassador” should head new bureau on water policy in Washington, think tank says by C.T. Pope Circle of Blue Conflict in Kashmir ebbs and flows, especially as India’s crucial Baglihar Dam reservoir surges with water that may not be its own. With the rising levels, come rising […]
Water refracts, but it also depicts. Cutting-edge technology developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has harnessed this capacity molecule by molecule until — voilà! — a camera emerged. Amir H. Hirsa, a scientist and professor at RPI, has designed a lens that requires just two droplets of water to capture an image. In an age […]
Vertical farms: Reclaiming urban space and moving production closer to consumption by C.T. Pope Circle of Blue Imagine a city as a black hole where all matter is sucked in and disappears — nothing is produced and everything is consumed. It was from this perspective that Columbia University Professor Dickson Despommier explained his revolutionary idea […]
By Allison Battey ProPublica New York City officials seeking a moratorium on natural gas drilling in the city’s watershed have found an ally in the state legislature. Assemblyman James Brennan, who represents part of Brooklyn, announced Thursday that he will introduce a bill in next year’s session that would permanently prohibit drilling in the city’s […]
Circle of Blue and Scientists & Engineers for America (SEA) will together cover the upcoming presidential election – polling candidates on their water and science policies. SEA, the non-profit, non-partisan group of professionals focused on science policy, is querying U.S. candidates nationwide. Circle of Blue will publish SEA’s findings, the results of a questionnaire that asks […]
by C.T. Pope Circle of Blue UPDATE: Since the original posting of this article, John McCain also responded to the science policy questionnaire. As the presidential race ratchets into high gear this fall, science and energy policies are edging into the debates of both parties. Barack Obama became the first presidential hopeful to answer a 14-question […]
Transparency International’s Global Corruption Report: misconduct rife in water sector by C.T. Pope Circle of Blue From Manila to Milan, fraud, bribery and organized profiteering are rampant in the water sector says a new report by Transparency International (TI), a global non-profit aimed at exposing and preventing corruption. The organization’s annual corruption report, presented last […]
Social theorists believe that meaning exists in relation, in the exchange of words and images between people. David Elliot Cohen’s new anthology, What Matters, takes this theory to heart — bringing leading photojournalists, scientists and thinkers together to explore and celebrate the ways in which photojournalism moves humanity to care, and to act. Featured in […]
For nearly twenty years Florida and Alabama have turned a critical eye toward Atlanta’s water habits — especially, the city’s persistent tapping of Lake Lanier. But two court cases should soon determine who has rights to which water source and why. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that a U.S. District Court in Florida is set to […]
Students to develop solutions to global water crisis in first annual “Aspen Design Challenge” AIGA, Circle of Blue and INDEX launch “Designing Water’s Future,” Engaging Cross-Disciplinary Teams of Next-Generation Thinkers Around the World NEW YORK, NY. – August 18, 2008 – AIGA, the professional association for design, today issued an ambitious call to the next […]
Coal Run, a community denied water on allegedly racial grounds, can now turn on the tap at will.
Flirting with the idea of drilling for energy in the Marcellus shale.
