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Heavy hitters in the water world met at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on September 16 for a public-awareness marketing campaign. But who is the target audience? And what message do they need to hear?

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People from Ecuador to Louisiana Forge Alliances Against Global Oil Spills

From the backwoods of rural Ecuadorean rainforests to the swamplands of the Louisiana Bayou, indigenous leaders gathered in the Gulf last week to unite in a crusade against global oil spills.

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Upmanu Lall discusses the intersections of energy, food and water in three regions of India where cereals are grown, despite recent droughts.

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This week we continue counting down the 19 best solutions to the global freshwater crisis captured by a GlobeScan and SustainAbility poll of more than 1200 leading international experts in 80 countries. Here’s the final list.

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The Guinea worm has the potential to become the second completely eradicated disease in human history—but the political stability of one African nation will play a crucial role.

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The voyage and vessel are designed to redefine global use, and reuse, of plastic.

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High school senior Sara Clark shares with Circle of Blue her take on global water scarcity issues, and how American students can change the course of the crisis.

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Hans VanSumeren has performed extensive water-related research from Maine to the Florida Keys, as far West as the Hawaiian Islands, and all the way to the bitter north of the Alaskan Bering Glacier. His latest adventure — creating the only Freshwater Studies program in the nation — is innovatively using education to combat the global water crisis.

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An interview with the author of WATER: The Epic Struggle for Wealth

By Andrea Hart
Circle of Blue

Steven Solomon in Kenya

Photo Courtesy Claudine Mace
Author and journalist Steven Solomon says during his travels he was struck by the universality of water issues. A 2004 trip to Kenya, featured in the above image, was especially galvanizing for Solomon.

Water weaves through history, giving rise to conflict, collapses and creation in civilizations. In his latest book, WATER: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization, economic journalist Steven Solomon examines the economic and social relationship between people and water–

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By Abrahm Lustgarten
ProPublica

It takes brute force to wrest natural gas from the earth. Millions of gallons of chemical-laden water mixed with sand

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