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Coke has good business reasons to take sustainability seriously. Its brand is all-important. It depends on clean water, a scarce resource. And the company has been stung by alleged misdeeds. Although no one ever proved a connection, a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Kerala, India, was shut down in 2004 after nearby wells went dry. That […]
DETROIT, Michigan — A wet and snowy winter has Lake Superior’s water levels up over last year, and the spring melt should bring it even higher, scientists say. All of the Great Lakes remain below their historical averages. But despite a higher-than-average drop in March, Lake Superior averaged a depth of more than 600 feet, […]
“Half of the waters in the United States are at risk of pollution or destructive development because of a wrongheaded Supreme Court decision in 2006,” the New York Times writes in an editorial today. “The decision narrowed the scope of the Clean Water Act, weakened the law’s safeguards and thoroughly confused the federal agencies responsible […]
MANITOWOC, Wisconsin — State legislators must move quickly to pass the Great Lakes Compact to block communities from outside the region from accessing the lakes’ water, Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton said Wednesday. Lake Michigan “sparkles like a jewel, and we can see the lust for it,” said Lawton, speaking in front of a 143-foot yacht […]
INNER MONGOLIA, CHINA (January 21, 2008) – Furious dust and sandstorms from Inner Mongolia cripple airports, darken skies, and choke millions of people across East Asia every spring. According to “Reign of Sand,” the new multimedia report from Circle of Blue, the storms are growing in intensity and frequency, and the primary causes are deepening drought in […]
By Keith Schneider Circle of Blue Senior Editor excerpted from Modeshift.org Late last summer we sent a reporting team to Inner Mongolia, China to cover the front lines of the freshwater crisis in Asia. The members included a writer based in South Korea, a Getty Images photographer from Malaysia, an artist and grasslands specialist from […]
Three years ago when he founded the Clinton Global Initiative, which has emerged as one of the most influential and prestigious annual gatherings of world leaders, former President Bill Clinton understood that the new century’s formative operating principles depended on collaboration, not hierarchy. Only through the efforts of untraditional allies working together could people make progress on any idea or project of real significance.
As we race the dawn to complete the details for this exciting week at the Emmys and the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, I thought I’d point out a most significant modeshift within our midst. Click over to Keith Schneider’s Modeshift blog entry, “You say goodbye, I say hello.” Thank you, Keith. It’s an […]
As drought grips much of the nation, the mighty Great Lakes are shrinking, the New York Times reports today, expanding upon an AP story published August 3 that also said Lake Superior is getting warmer. By Felicity Barringer, New York Times (Aug 14, 2007) – Water levels in the three upper Great Lakes are wavering […]
At Circle of Blue Summit on the Shore, Dr. Jerry Linenger occupied the highest room at Pine Hollow, our remarkable host facilities. Fitting for the man who once held the record for longest time a U.S. astronaut has spent in orbit. Jerry joins the Circle of Blue board, bringing not only his unique perspective of […]
Keith manages story development for Circle of Blue. As senior editor and chief correspondent for our Global Choke Point project, Keith has reported on the intensifying confrontation between water, food, and energy from five continents. Keith holds a BA from Haverford College, and he is a nationally known journalist, online communications specialist, and environmental policy […]
Matthew manages the logistics of research, analysis, reporting, and grant writing for Circle of Blue. Matthew has a BA in international studies from DePaul University, an MBA from the Ross School of Business, and an MS in sustainable systems from the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan. He has more […]
