Podcast: Speaking of Water With Peter Gleick
Here with Dr. Peter Gleick, co-founder and president emeritus of the Pacific Institute. Peter serves on the Circle of Blue …
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Examining the Water Crisis
As an expert on water and climate issues, Dr. Gleick joined the podcast to talk about the crisis we face, …
Speaking Of Water With Peter Gleick: California Drinking Water Bill
In the latest episode of Speaking of Water, host Eileen Wray-McCann speaks with Dr. Peter Gleick, President Emeritus of the …
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The Daily Digest: Peter Gleick on the CA’s drinking water bill
But the reality is that even in this country, there are many, many people without access to what most of …
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The Future of Hydropower Energy
What does the future hold for the world’s largest renewable energy source, hydropower? Hydropower is an incredibly old source of …
Study: More than 200,000 Californians lacked toilets or hot and cold running water in 2015
A new report from the Pacific Institute finds that in 2015, 208,000 Californians lacked toilets, while 211,000 lacked hot and …
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Tropical Storm Barry Could Hit the Gulf Coast With ‘Unprecedented’ Flooding. Climate Change Is Likely to Blame
The Mississippi River is already bursting as a result of months of flooding in the midwest and south — and Tropical Storm Barry is …
Would You Drink Water Out of a Can?
PepsiCo said Thursday that it would test-market canned Aquafina water early next year as a more environmentally friendly alternative to plastic bottles. About the …
Can Providing Bathrooms to Homeless Protect California’s Water Quality?
Each day, people living on the streets and camping along waterways across California face the same struggle – finding clean …
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No, Canned Water Will Not Save the Planet
Ever & Ever believes people care enough about the planet to stop drinking water from disposable plastic bottles. But not enough …
Thirsty for solutions, water managers are putting AI-powered tools to work
When Meena Sankaran was a child growing up in Mumbai, India, her family didn’t have consistent access to water in …
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As Water Scarcity Increases, Desalination Plants Are on the Rise
Each day 100 million gallons of seawater are pushed through semi-permeable membranes to create 50 million gallons of water that …
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Lowville Had Lots of Water. Then String Cheese Came to Town.
When the Philadelphia Cream Cheese factory here started making string cheese, too, in the summer of 2017, it brought scores …
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Can Lower Manhattan survive climate change? New York’s sea level rise plan faces pushback
Jainey Bavishi, the woman tasked with overseeing a new $10 billion plan to save Lower Manhattan from sea level rise, …
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‘We live in fear’: Facing dry times, rural South Africans rethink water
At the height of the 2015 drought that parched South Africa’s eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, Julie Mkhize had to pull carcasses …
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In Los Angeles ‘water colony’, tribes fear a parched future
When the first white settlers arrived in California’s remote eastern Owens Valley, the name given to its indigenous tribes was …
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Global Carbon Dioxide Measurements Spike To Record High
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Tuesday that global carbon dioxide concentrations last month were the highest since it started …
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Running Dry: Competing for Water On A Thirsty Planet
In India’s ‘Silicon Valley’ tech hub of Bangalore, where gleaming office complexes and apartment blocks have sprouted faster than the …
Ticking Water Bomb
Parched soil, dead cattle, young girls walking miles for a litre of muddy water and villagers digging up dried wells …
Carbon Dioxide Levels Reach Highest Point in Human History
The amount of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere has officially surpassed levels seen in the entirety of human history, topping …
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Carbon Dioxide Levels Hit Landmark at 415 ppm, Highest in Human History
Carbon dioxide levels in Earth’s atmosphere hit a stunning milestone over the weekend.
Irrigation District Approves Salton Sea Restoration Project
A major Southern California water purveyor paved the way Tuesday for a massive restoration project at the Salton Sea in …
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Humans Can Be Blamed For Global Droughts As Far Back As 100 Years Ago
A team of scientists traced back the planet’s history of drought in the past century, discovering clear signals of global …
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Scientists See Fingerprint of Warming Climate on Droughts Going Back to 1900
In an unusual new study, scientists say they have detected the fingerprint of human-driven global warming on patterns of drought …
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How to Play Water Stocks
Water is one of the cheapest commodities on the planet, but it’s also among life’s most essential resources. It can …
California’s High-value Crops, like Fruits and Nuts, are the Ones Most Vulnerable to Climate Change
A sobering recent study says that almost all of the state’s crops, together valued at more than $50 billion a …
Water War in California: Agencies Fight Over Drought Emergency Plan with Crucial Deadline Looming
California remains a holdout on a drought emergency plan for the Colorado River that is due next Tuesday by all …
How Much Hip Can the Desert Absorb?
On a blustery Thursday in late March, Stefan Ashkenazy, a hotelier and arts patron from Los Angeles, was bucketing through …
Despite Billions in Losses and Clear Financial Dangers, Companies Slow to Respond to Water Risks
The world’s largest companies, despite increasing awareness of how water scarcity can hurt the bottom line, are not moving quickly …
Climate Change Poses Security Risks, According to Decades of Intelligence Reports
Intelligence analysts have agreed since the late 80s that climate change poses serious security risks…
California Governor’s Plan to Create New Drinking Water Tax Faces Resistance
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, wants to create a tax on water customers to fund a safe drinking water …
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State Leaders To Tour Beleaguered Desert Water Facilities
Falling in line with Governor Newsom’s clean water agenda outlined in the State of the State, a desert assemblyman will …
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California Governor’s Plan to Create New Drinking Water Tax Faces Resistance
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, wants to create a tax on water customers to fund a safe drinking water …
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Martha Davis: Using Sustainable Landscapes To Address Climate Change & Drought
In November, Los Angeles County passed Measure W, providing $3 billion per decade for regional green infrastructure projects to capture …
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Tackling the Water Crisis Will Be Just As-Hard as It Sounds
Today’s World Water Day, which falls on March 22 each year and is often an occasion for plenty of “doom …
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The Looming Water Crisis
The Philippines is touted to be a water-rich country. “We are an agricultural country, and that says a lot regarding …
Residents See Zero Progress at Salton Sea, but New Officials Say It’s Time to Turn the Page
Another group of top state officials visited the Salton Sea this week to promise that this time, things will be …
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12 Facts That Show Why Bottled Water Is One of the Biggest Scams of the Century
Nearly 780 million people worldwide do not have access to a source of clean water (water that flows through a …
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New York’s Mayor Wants to Spend $10 Billion to Save Wall Street from Disastrous Flooding, but Some People Are Skeptical
Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City recently unveiled a $10 billion plan to extend part of Manhattan’s coastline…
State Water Board Voted To Exclude Desert Agency From Pact
The board voted to exclude the Imperial Irrigation District from a Southwestern states water conservation pact…
Water War in California: Two Agencies Fight over Colorado River Drought Plan with a Crucial Deadline Looming
There’s a new reason to disregard clean-water protections in the mountainous, coal-mining state of West Virginia, and plenty…
U.S. Group Says ‘Big’ Residents Don’t Need Safer Water
There’s a new reason to disregard clean-water protections in the mountainous, coal-mining state of West Virginia, and plenty…
Environmental Crisis in Salton Sea Area Could Upend Drought Contingency Plan
The Imperial Irrigation District announced Wednesday it is declining to sign a Southwestern-states water…
What’s Ahead for California Following Waterlogged Winter?
Here in California when it rains, it pours. But how much good is all this water really doing us?
California Is Missing the Chance to Collect Trillions of Gallons of Rainwater
California is wasting trillions of gallons of rainwater each month during its wettest season in 40 years following a deadly …
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Despite California’s Long Drought, Trillions of Gallons of Rainwater Wastefully Flowing into Sea
California’s rainy season could be the wettest in 40 years, but experts say the state is missing a major opportunity …
Why California’s Droughts and Floods Will Only Get Worse
The Golden State’s had a harsh winter. Between October 1 and March 3, most California weather stations across the state …
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February Storms Wash Away Drought Conditions. Will San Diegans Continue to Conserve?
February storms have left California flush with water, relieving concerns the state could quickly slip back into the drought conditions …
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Push for Salton Sea Restoration Stalls Drought Plans in the West — We Get the Latest
A Southern California irrigation district with the highest-priority rights to water from a major Western river is using its power …
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Disputes Over Water Will be an Increasing Source of International Tension
It has become a cliché of doom-mongering: future wars will be over water. The forecast is old enough to face …
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