A Desperate Clinch: Coal Production Confronts Water Scarcity |
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In contest with coal, water takes a beating. |
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People from Ecuador to Louisiana Forge Alliances Against Global Oil Spills |
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Indigenous leaders from Amazon rainforests to Bayou swamplands. |
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Bottomless Precedent: BP Gulf Gusher Endemic to Global Oil Problem |
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Big spills and bigger damage to people and water resources around the globe. |
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Remedies for Nitrate-Contaminated Water in California are Anything but Quick, Cheap |
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John and Rosenda Mataka never gave a thought to their tap water until 1995, when the city of Modesto took over the town of Grayson’s water supply wells and informed everyone that they had been drinking nitrate-contaminated water for over a decade. |
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Q&A: ‘Crude’ Director Joe Berlinger on Chevron Oil in the Ecuadorian Amazon |
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Featuring Live Earth, Vanity Fair cover, and a CNN Hero Award. |
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Water Disclosure Project Releases Surveys to 300 Companies |
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Newly-released Water Disclosure Project questionnaire focuses on usage, operations and supply chains and management strategies in water-intensive companies. |
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Climate Change Burden-Sharing Must Not Compromise Developing World’s Growth, India’s PM |
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Corporate Corruption Drains Capital, Global Report Finds |
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Ed Kashi: Oil and Conflict in the Niger Delta |
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 Circle of Blue reporter Aubrey Parker spoke with Ed Kashi. He is a photojournalist for National Geographic. |
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Taiwanese Village Blames Water Project for Typhoon Disaster |
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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that developing countries will not compromise their financial growth for climate change, and that, instead, rich countries need to ensure access to clean technologies.
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.
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The Himalayas With one-fifth of the world’s population relying on seasonal Himalayan melting, the disappearance of the Third Pole is already giving off warning signs.
Bottomless Precedent: Global Oil Problems Big spills and bigger damage to people and water resources around the globe
Top 19 Solutions to the Global Freshwater Crisis Counting down the 19 best solutions to the global freshwater crisis captured by a GlobeScan and SustainAbility poll.
Bulk Water Exports As demand for freshwater increases globally, a few companies and water-rich countries envision water shipped in large tankers.
Water + Climate It's evident - without water as part of the equation, there can be no long-term solution to climate change.
The Price of Water: A Comparison of Water Rates Across the country there is wide variation in use and price for water consumption in major urban areas.
Industrial Transformation in an Era of Water Scarcity Acute water shortages will change strategy, business operations.
Coal Ash: Toxic Water Dirty Legacy Contaminates Groundwater of an Indiana Town
Tracking the Asian Carp Asian carp have become the poster children of potential threats to the Great Lakes.
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Yunnan China: Water Crisis Yunnan Province is a microcosm of the challenges facing China's vulnerable freshwater supply.
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Patagonia's Hydropower Dilemma In Chile's Trackless Mountain Wilderness, A Clash Between Pristine Rivers and Hydropower Prospects.
The Biggest Dry: Australia The grievous consequences of drought and global warming are more visible and dangerous in Australia than in any other industrialized nation.
Niger Delta: War on Water Thousands Search for Fresh Water, Food in a Monumentally Contaminated War Zone
Water: The Top Global Priority International Circle of Blue | GlobeScan survey finds fresh water pollution, scarcity drive public concern.
