Peter Gleick: Zero or All? What’s Really Happening in the Central Valley?

centralvalley Here is a short post, with two Water Numbers, and a request for real information if readers have it.

New Technology Gives Thirsty Plants a Voice

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sensor As many around the world anticipate the release of a new iPhone, plants in need of water are getting their own fancy gadget to “communicate” with their growers.

FRAC Act—Congress Introduces Twin Bills to Control Drilling and Protect Drinking Water

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By Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica In a widely expected move…

Energy Industry Sways Congress With Misleading Data

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By Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica The two key arguments that…

Peter Gleick: The Number of New Dams Built in California is Not Zero

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Californians love (or hate) to fight about water in part because there are no easy solutions left.

Mark Turrell: Social Collaboration Tools for Changing the World

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Mark Turrell
Mark Turrell, CEO of Imaginatik, speaks about the power of social media.

‘A Drop, a Planet, a Message’: Water and Cirque du Soleil’s Poetry in Space

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soyuz Guy Laliberte, soon to be the world’s seventh space tourist, will blast off into the great unknown on a poetic social mission about water.

More Water for Fish, NOAA Declares

In an 800-page report, federal officials issued a dire prediction for California’s salmon -- they’re just about out of water. The only solution: cut water usage in the Central Valley.

Fire Hot, Sky Blue, Australia’s Dire Drought Tests Journalists

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A Struggle to Tell a Story Everyone Seems to Know

Chinese Court Issues Verdicts Over Water Pollution

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kunming Water polluters are on the docket of Chinese courts this week.

Peter Gleick: Salt from Water: The Question of Energy

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desalplant Following up on my last post, on the cost of desalination,

West Bank in Acute Humanitarian Crisis, World Bank Water Report Says

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Amid bloody ethnic conflict, the prolonged five-year drought in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip drags on in dismal every-day monotony, but a World Bank report published last month is raking the coals between Israelis and Palestinians over vital aquifers that they share.