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The Stream, May 6: Alberta Oil Spill

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May 6, 2011

About 28,000 barrels of crude oil spilled from a broken pipeline…

The Stream, April 28: Earth’s Water From Above

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April 28, 2011

Check out these stunning images of the Earth taken from the International…

Flood-Devastated Benin Requests Millions for Emergency Aid

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November 5, 2010

Torrential rains threaten to plunge the West African nation into crisis.

The Struggle for Indigenous and Freshwater Rights at Copenhagen and Beyond

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January 27, 2010

For two weeks in Copenhagen last month climate negotiators debated carbon levels, emissions, and balancing the financial burden of saving the planet among developed and developing countries. Still, even as international leaders wrestled with the complex mix of geopolitics, science, economics, and diplomacy, another important ingredient in the climate crisis was barely mentioned: the effect of the warming planet on the Earth's freshwater.

Relief Organizations In Haiti Prioritize Water Distribution

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January 20, 2010

Aid groups send purification and desalination systems to prevent dehydration, disease in the devastated country. Relief organizations are rushing to provide clean water to the more than two million inhabitants of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Environmental Change To Impact Health of Millions Via Threats To Food, Air and Water, Report Finds

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November 8, 2009

New report paints the human race's picture as grim and unstable if more action isn't taken against climate change to protect the "building blocks" of large populations.

Heart of Dryness: Climate Change Coping Strategies

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November 7, 2009

Since the dawn of Homo sapiens in arid Africa, nine tenths of our evolution has unfolded as foragers. Only relatively recently did our species embark on agriculture, and recent events suggest certain limits to that extraordinary experiment. Exponential population growth has combined with unprecedented climate change until half the planet’s land surface can now be classified as drylands—arid landscapes inhabited by a third of humankind.

Peter Gleick: Water and Population part 2

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October 22, 2009

In a previous post here, I raised the population and water issue in a general way. My point was that ignoring the population component of our resource challenges was a mistake, certainly in the long term and in some places, in the short term. I think this is indisputable -- resource constraints are worse than they would otherwise be if populations are large and growing rapidly rather than small and growing slowly, or even shrinking.