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Public Opinion on Bulk Water Sales Ranges From ‘Makes Sense’ to ‘Hell No!’

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Bulk water sales have succeeded and been banned around the world.

Sitka’s Resource Piggy Bank is Water

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After a decade of unsuccessful attempts to sell bulk water, Sitka hopes to sell 50 million gallons by 2011.

BP Oil Spill Grows, Threatens Region’s Marshlands

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The worst oil leak in U.S. history and is now compromising the existence of wildlife in Louisiana's marshlands.

No Asian Carp Found in Latest Chicago-Area Fish Kill

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Results reveal that the invasive species may not be as immediately threatening as certain local politicians and activists had previously argued.

Peter Gleick: Water and Misleading Advertising and Marketing–Where are the FDA and FTC?

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It 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.

Experts Name the Top 19 Solutions to the Global Freshwater Crisis

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"...Decisions executives make to respond to freshwater scarcity will penetrate almost every aspect of their business operations."

Singapore Will Cut Water Imports from Malaysia, Pursue Self-Sufficiency

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Infrastructure to succeed Malaysia import agreement, expiring in 2011.

Indigenous Groups in Ecuador Protest Water Reform Bill

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The water legislation would consolidate too much power in the hands of the government, protesters say.

California Water Board Changes Power Plant Regulations to Protect Aquatic Life

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Power plants will be required to change their cooling systems to reduce the amount of water they withdraw from oceans and estuaries as a result.

The War on Tap Water: An Exclusive Excerpt from Peter Gleick’s Bottled and Sold

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"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."

Q&A: Paul Saffo on the Future of Media and a New Era of Environmentalism

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Paul 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.

Oil Spill in Gulf Could Wash Ashore by Friday, Officials

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The oil spill from an oil rig explosion could be leaking oil at five times the rate previously assumed.