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By Abrahm Lustgarten, Joaquin Sapien, and Sabrina Shankman
ProPublica
A long-anticipated draft environmental review laying out proposed laws for natural gas drilling in New York’s Marcellus Shale has been released by the state after 18 months of study and several delays.
Read more ...At Annual Gathering of Global Leaders, Clean Water Described as “Mother of All Global Health Challenges”
Read more ...By Abrahm Lustgarten
ProPublica
Corporate corruption has led to dire consequences as diverse as water shortages, exploitative work conditions and unsafe medicines, according to a just-released report by Transparency International (TI), a global non-profit aimed at exposing and preventing corruption.
Major water main breaks in Los Angeles and Baltimore in recent days highlight challenges to the U.S. water infrastructure system.
Read more ...September 2009
News Photographer, the magazine for the world’s top visual journalists, features Circle of Blue in its September 2009 issue.
“(Circle of Blue) is paving a new path for publishing and for journalism. Highly focused, niche-oriented journalism on the Web is becoming more prevalent. Circle of Blue is a publishing model that needs to be emulated and stories like it could become a big part of journalism’s future.
Satellites are increasingly being tasked with keeping an eye on the planet’s fresh water supplies, giving scientists and governments new tools to track how water is used, who is using it, and how to better manage the fragile resource. Some of the results are alarming.
A New York Times investigation into worsening U.S. water pollution details how unregulated farm runoff is poisoning people’s wells.
Wednesday, 23 September 2009 08:16
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Regular readers of this blog know my feelings about the potential to improve the efficiency of our water use.
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