London mayor echoes Maathai: City needs to harvest rainwater, plant trees

LONDON — London, a city wrapped in the humidity of heatwaves and rainfall, is at risk for increased flooding as the globe warms, warns Mayor Boris Johnson. Read more

Nestlé granted permission to drink from Michigan wells

DETROIT - While most of the world’s glaciers are shrinking, Nestlé’s Ice Mountain continues to expand. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recently granted Nestlé permission to withdraw water from wells and wetlands in Evart, Michigan. Read more

The secret lives of forests: An interview with Nobel Laureate, Wangari Maathai

In an interview with Circle of Blue, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai discusses the crucial role forests play as rainwater harvesters. Read more

Dirty waters: Corruption infects global water services

Transparency International’s Global Corruption Report: misconduct rife in water sector
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Op-ed: Not a ‘natural’ disaster

NEW DELHI - The floods India and Nepal have suffered this season need not have wrought such havoc, an editorial in India’s Business Standard declares. Read more

Indonesia launches clean water, sanitation campaign

JAKARTA - In synchrony with the United Nations’ Year of Sanitation, Indonesia is launching a campaign to improve its population’s access to clean water and sanitation, IRIN reports. Read more

Information flow: Australian Senate deliberates how to save Murray-Darling

In worried response to a rapidly desiccating Murray-Darling river basin, the Australian Senate just approved an inquiry into the availability of current supplies. Read more

Signifying thirst: New anthology explores why water matters

Social theorists believe that meaning exists in relation, in the exchange of words and images between people. David Elliot Cohen’s new anthology, What Matters, takes this theory to heart Read more

New energy, old dams: Maine to restore Penobscot River ecosystem

OLD TOWN, Maine - The Atlantic Salmon, a species listed as endangered in eight of Maine’s rivers, will soon have fewer migratory hurdles to handle. The Penobscot River Restoration Trust recently announced their decision to purchase three Maine river dams from the PPL Corporation. Read more

College cafeterias drop trays to save water

GLENVILLE, W.Va — College cafeterias across the nation are ditching trays in order to become more “green”, LiveScience reports. Read more

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