Clean water is essential during the COVID-19 health crisis, but so far Congress hasn’t directed funds to help water utilities …
Pandemic Shines a Light on Critical Water Issues — Will Congress Fund Solutions? MORE
The world is facing an unprecedented public health crisis and people are understandably scared, but one thing you don’t have …
COVID-19: Why Most Don’t Need to Stockpile Bottled Water MORE
In 2015 an estimated 1.8 million migrants crossed into the European Union, fleeing countries gripped by violence, political upheaval and resource scarcity …
Water Conflicts Will Intensify. Can We Predict the Worst Problems Before Conditions Boil Over? MORE
The Bay Area is dotted with at least 145 dams where failure or misoperation could result in death or property …
Dozens of High-risk Bay Area Dams Lack Required Emergency Plans MORE
February should be the heart of California’s rainy season — but this month, there’s no rain. This image, taken by …
Large lawns and backyard pools were once common features of new homes in the Phoenix area, but not anymore. A …
Swimming Pools and Lush Lawns? As Water Use Slows, That Image of Phoenix is Changing MORE
We’re in the midst of the sixth mass extinction, and we humans are responsible. If it sounds bad, that’s because …
It’s just past noon on a Wednesday, but the bar at the Ski Inn in Bombay Beach, California, is already …
A number of major battles — some involving soldiers and others not — have been fought over oil, particularly in …
Why Is Water-Related Violence Increasing Around The World? MORE
More people around the world are fighting over water, according to the Pacific Institute, a United States-based think tank. But …
Researchers from six organizations have developed an early warning system to help predict potential water conflicts as violence associated with …
Water wars: Early Warning Tool Uses Climate Data to Predict Conflict Hotspots MORE
California will impose new limits on water usage in the post-drought era in the coming years — but a claim …
Climate scientists warn that the scale and devastation of the wildfires are clear examples of the way climate change can …
Islamic State militants destroyed irrigation wells in Iraq. Police in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh killed five farmers during …
HotSpots H2O: Water-Related Violence Spikes in Past Decade MORE
The challenge is as forbidding as it is global, verily the outcome of the cocktail of burgeoning population, poor management …
The water crisis is one of the most important problems the world faces and will be an increasing factor in …
Violence associated with water has surged in the past decade driven by attacks on civilian water systems in Syria’s civil …
It’s sometimes said that water is worth its weight in gold. While that may not be strictly true in an …
In the past ten years, we lost hope in American politics, realized we were being watched on the internet, and …
This Decade We Became Really, Really Sure Climate Change is Real MORE
On Wednesday 11, the House of Representatives approved the base text of the bill establishing the new legal framework for …
The prospectus for brewing-giant AB InBev’s $5 billion Asian IPO earlier this year included 58 references to water—an acknowledgment, CEO …
It came as a bittersweet surprise to biologists and government agencies monitoring the steadily shrinking Salton Sea’s slide toward death …
Amid the Wasteland of the Salton Sea, a Miraculous but Challenging Oasis is Born MORE
The rainfall that is arriving in Northern California this Thanksgiving holiday weekend is just the beginning of a wet pattern, …
Wet, Wintry Weekend Storm Bringing Much Needed Rain to the Bay Area MORE
Oil wells set ablaze in Iraq. Forests pillaged in Colombia. Wildlife populations decimated across the Sahara-Sahel. Around the world, armed …
California utility PG&E Corp has imposed 10 intentional blackouts this year to reduce risks its power infrastructure could spark wildfires …
Explainer: California Faces Decade of ‘Unique’ Wildfire Blackouts MORE
California utility PG&E Corp has imposed 10 intentional blackouts this year to reduce risks its power infrastructure could spark wildfires …
Explainer: California Faces Decade of ‘Unique’ Wildfire Blackouts MORE
It’s almost biblical: Apocalyptic images of fires sweeping through communities. The worst droughts in recorded history, followed by floods overwhelming …
When It Comes to Climate Change Adaptation, as Goes California, so Goes…the World MORE
More nation-state than U.S. state, California is a land of superlatives: the most populous, the most prosperous, home to the …
America’s Biggest Problems are Intensified in California MORE
Apart from being major consumers, industries pollute through waste-water discharge. Technologies that have helped industrial economies responsibly use water remain …
By the end of the century plants could consume substantially more water, leaving less for people across North America, Europe, …
Thirsty Future Ahead as Climate Change Explodes Plant Growth MORE
PG&E’s unprecedented blackouts over the past month have hit especially hard in some of Northern California’s poorest communities, stripping electricity …
Power Outages Hit Some of State’s Poorest Communities Hard MORE
Being in the eye of a California fire-storm is terrifying on its own. But understanding the changing weather forces that …
How Global Warming, Climate Change Contributing to Wildfires, Power Outages MORE
When the lights went out this week, Susan Illich of Sebastopol didn’t just lose power. She also lost water. That’s …
Imperial County is seeking to declare a public health emergency at the Salton Sea, The Desert Sun has learned, aiming …
Typical discussions about homelessness tend to focus on its most obvious problem, a lack of shelter. What often gets left …
Water Board Workshop Examines the Homelessness Crisis’s Relationship to Water MORE
Another slow-motion, man-made environmental disaster has been discovered, and it’s underneath your feet.
The Trump Administration just announced yet another blow to the country’s environmental protections.
The latest salvo is California’s long-running water wars, SB307, has the potential to emerge as one of the most important …
Unquenchable Thirst: Groundwater Bill Could Shift State’s Water Management Approach MORE
Though by definition no analogy is perfect, a good one can create a flash of insight or provoke thought. A …
Humans have never lived on a planet this hot, and we’re totally unprepared for what’s to come. The real question …
Concern over a record number of fires ravaging the Amazon rainforest are influencing the political discourse as world leaders convene …
The evolution of the plastic bottle from amazing to scourge of land and sea has played out inside of a …
How the plastic bottle went from miracle container to hated garbage MORE
Some Massachusetts cities shut off water to enforce timely bill payment. Others place liens on the property that result in …
Fast-thinking innovation is needed to prevent ‘wetter wets, drier dries, hotter hots’ from threatening the state’s crops, species and economy.
This U.S. Department of Agriculture station outside Greeley and other sites across the Southwest are experimenting with drones, specialized cameras …
Farmers use tech to squeeze every drop from Colorado River MORE
Wildfire and drought dominate the climate change debates in the state. Yet this less-talked-about reality has California cornered. The coastline …
Grim Choices as California Disappears Under Sea Level Rise MORE
It takes more than 1,500 gallons of water to make a chocolate bar. Consider limiting your consumption of these foods …
An environmental group wants to unite Israelis, Palestinians, and Jordanians behind the idea that water can bring peace in the …
Here with Dr. Peter Gleick, co-founder and president emeritus of the Pacific Institute. Peter serves on the Circle of Blue …
As an expert on water and climate issues, Dr. Gleick joined the podcast to talk about the crisis we face, …
