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Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

NEW ORLEANS – Crews raced to protect the Gulf of Mexico coastline Monday as a remote sub tried to shut off an underwater oil well that's gushing 42,000 gallons a day from the site of a wrecked drilling platform.

If crews cannot stop the leak quickly, they might need to drill another well to redirect the oil, a laborious process that could take about two months while oil washes up along a broad stretch of shore, from the white-sand be

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Added by Kevin Lilly on April 27, 2010 at 12:06pm — No Comments

Obama Proposes Massive Offshore Drilling Expansion

by NPR Staff and Wires

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Added by Kevin Lilly on March 31, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

March 22 Marks "World Water Day"

Human beings are flushing millions of tons of solid waste into rivers and oceans every day, poisoning marine life and spreading diseases that kill millions of children annually, the U.N. said on Monday to mark World Water Day.

"The sheer scale of dirty water means more people now die from contaminated and polluted water than from all forms of violence including wars," the United Nations Enviro

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Added by Kevin Lilly on March 23, 2010 at 10:07am — No Comments

Asian Carp Invasion Q&A :: Congressman Dave Camp

Q&A : U.S. Congressman Dave Camp On Asian Carp

March 1, 2010

Circle of Blue talks with U.S. Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) about fighting the Asian carp battle on the federal front.

Photo © J. Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue

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Added by Kevin Lilly on March 18, 2010 at 5:55pm — No Comments

2010 Freshwater at a Glance :: Taking the Pulse

March 22, 2010 marks World Water Day, a 24-hour observance held annually since 1993 to draw attention to the role that freshwater plays in the world. In recent years it has focused global concern on the dwindling supply of clean water.

With governments from Australia to India feeling the heat of dryness like never before, multinational corporations pledging to become better global water citizens, and a multitude of nonprofit organizations gaining position in the councils of influence w

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Added by Kevin Lilly on March 18, 2010 at 5:51pm — No Comments

Mississippi sues Memphis for "Over Pumping Water"

February 1, 2010

Mississippi wants the city’s water utility to stop excessive groundwater withdrawal and pay $1.3 billion in damages.

Mephis Tennessee The United States Supreme Court declined to hear a lawsuit claimi

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Added by Kevin Lilly on February 9, 2010 at 5:19pm — No Comments

Bottled Water Wars and The War on Tap

There is a war going on. The target? Tap water.

In a month or two, I have a new book coming out from Island Press called Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water. Look for it at your local… well, wherever you buy books now.

The book is a popular account of the reasons we buy bottled water, the manipulations of the private water bottl

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Added by Kevin Lilly on February 9, 2010 at 5:17pm — No Comments

Climate Change To Heighten International Tensions Over Freshwater Resources, Analysis Finds

The Pacific Institute Analysis for the United Nations recommends coping methods for growing supply and demand gaps of transboundary rivers and aquifers. By Steve Kellman Circle of Blue A new analysis from the Pacific Institute finds that climate change and its effect on freshwater supplies may lead to more cross-border conflicts over shared water resources if countries don’t start preparing now. The analysis, conducted by the California-based research institute and the United Nations Environme… Continue

Added by Kevin Lilly on January 20, 2010 at 3:53pm — No Comments

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Presses India for Water Deal During Visit

The two leaders discussed river sharing and hydroelectric power plants during their January 11 meeting. No agreement on sharing the Teesta River was signed when Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met today with her counterpart Manmohan Singh, but Hasina continued to push for a deal similar to the Ganges Treaty, according to Bangladesh’s Daily Star newspaper. “To ensure such a regular flow of the Ganges water, our two countries concluded the historic 30-year Ganges Water Treaty in 1996 whi… Continue

Added by Kevin Lilly on January 20, 2010 at 3:52pm — No Comments

Water for Haiti, Now

January 13, 2010 Information on the disaster in Haiti is only slowly coming out, but it is clear that the magnitude and extent of the catastrophe is vast, in a land seemingly cursed by endless environmental destruction. I urge people to make donations to whatever organizations they trust to deliver help. I’ve donated to the American Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders, but there are many more. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. Peter Gleick is president of the Pacific Institute, an internationally recogn… Continue

Added by Kevin Lilly on January 20, 2010 at 3:50pm — No Comments

Chicago Plan for Water through 2050

Regional water plan could serve as a model for other communities. by Steve Kellman Circle of Blue Chicagoland planners have drafted an ambitious plan to secure the region’s water supply through 2050, in the face of a booming population and its increased demand on the finite resource. The draft plan — the first of its kind for the region — covers 11 counties that are home to 8.4 million people, a population expected to grow to 12.1 million by 2050. “We live in a region that’s been blessed with… Continue

Added by Kevin Lilly on January 20, 2010 at 3:47pm — No Comments

Q and A: Solomon's Water

Water weaves through history, giving rise to conflict, collapses and creation in civilizations. In his latest book, WATER: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization, economic journalist Steven Solomon examines the economic and social relationship between people and water– tying the precious resource’s history to its unstable present. Circle of Blue caught up with Solomon to discuss the book’s central themes, especially what we can learn today from water’s role in our past. What went… Continue

Added by Kevin Lilly on January 20, 2010 at 3:45pm — No Comments

Perspective: Sudan Land of Water and Thirst, War and Peace

As we approach the January 2011 date for the referendum on the south, and as we see Darfur seemingly in an eerily, but uncertain, peaceful period, we need to look at the water situation in Sudan. Water will be a make or break issue for the peace process in Sudan and in deciding whether the Sudan will move forward in peace and prosperity or more poverty and war. It is a country that went through one of the most brutal civil wars in history. Millions were killed and displaced. Sudan is the country… Continue

Added by Kevin Lilly on January 20, 2010 at 3:43pm — No Comments

Canadiens Declare Water a "Human Right"

Concerned Canadians gather to ask their government to better protect the country’s water supply by enforcing stricter standards. Public advocacy groups in Canada have called on the Canadian government to declare water “a human right and a public trust,” and work harder to protect the dwindling resource. The declaration came out of this weekend’s Blue Summit, a national conference on water issues held in Ottawa and hosted by the Council of Canadians and CUPE. The statement calls on the governmen… Continue

Added by Kevin Lilly on December 10, 2009 at 2:28pm — No Comments

Georgia has until 2012 to find more water.

Metro Atlanta’s water supply will be drastically cut if no solutions are found. A state water panel has determined that Georgia does not have the time or money to meet a 2012 deadline for finding new water sources for metro Atlanta. The state’s Water Contingency Task Force says it will take at least eight years and a huge financial investment to find a water replacement for its withdrawals from Lake Lanier, according to Southern Political Report. U.S. District Court Judge Paul Magnuson imposed… Continue

Added by Kevin Lilly on December 10, 2009 at 2:23pm — No Comments

Southern States Unite to Solve Southern US Water Conflict

Members from Alabama, Florida and Georgia hope that grassroots negotiations will spur a resolution from higher levels of government over Lake Lanier. Environmental groups, business organizations and power companies have united to form the ACF Stakeholders, a forum for discussing ways to resolve the 20-year impasse over the use of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river basin, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Group members are unhappy with the inability of state and national governme… Continue

Added by Kevin Lilly on December 10, 2009 at 2:21pm — No Comments

Texas Legislators Raise Awareness About State’s Water Woes

A booming population and climate change are further jeopardizing Texas’ limited water supply, officials warn. More than 600 Texas lawmakers and water policy experts came together in Fort Worth this week for The Water Event conference to raise awareness about the state’s water crisis. The two-day forum called attention to legislation that aims to confront the state’s depleting water resources while its population swells. Texas’ population is slated to nearly double, from 24.3 million inhabitants… Continue

Added by Kevin Lilly on November 24, 2009 at 11:34am — No Comments

Displaced Zimbabwean Farmers Set Down Roots in Nigeria

Importing technical knowledge from Zimbabwean migrants is part of the Nigerian government’s plan to increase food self-sufficiency. The Nigerian government is inviting foreign farmers and giving them 1,000 hectares of land with 25-year leases in the agricultural hub of Shonga in order to improve food production, Reuters reports. Many of the farmers originally hail from Zimbabwe. They were kicked off their farms when President Robert Mugabe ordered land to be taken from white owners to redress c… Continue

Added by Kevin Lilly on November 24, 2009 at 11:32am — No Comments

The Middle East and Midwest Come Together in Water Tech Partnerships

The Mideast is proving to be a popular destination for Midwestern political officials to pitch water technology trade deals. Both Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle and Michigan Lt. Gov. John Cherry have been touting the freshwater potential of their states to businessmen in Israel to promote economic growth in the burgeoning field of water technology. On Tuesday, Doyle announced that he had signed a bilateral trade agreement between Israel and Wisconsin. The agreement, co-signed by the Israeli Minister… Continue

Added by Kevin Lilly on November 24, 2009 at 11:27am — No Comments

In Gratitude

Here I am trying to wrap up my last trip before heading off on my next adventure to New Zealand and Australia for a few months. I realize I haven’t been in the same place for more then 10 days since May, and this following week and a half will be the maximum amount of days spent in one place until at least Feb. Ah the life of the nomad! As I still try to wrap my brain around the fact that I did in fact paddle 2,300 miles down a river the main thing that keeps popping into my head about the jour… Continue

Added by Danielle Katz on November 18, 2009 at 5:43pm — 1 Comment

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