ExxonMobil To Pay NYC $105 Million For Water Pollution
After 11 weeks in court, a federal jury has found ExxonMobil liable for polluting six public drinking wells in southeastern Queens.
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Drought and Deluge: Food Supplies in an Era of Climate Change
Agriculture in South and Southeast Asia affected by increasing temperatures and erratic water.
Third Pole Meltdown: Himalayan Glaciers Are Diminishing at Faster Rates
Black carbon soot clouds and rising temperatures.
Australia’s Adelaide: A Lesson for Urban Centers Facing the Global Water Crisis
Australia’s fifth-largest city, Adelaide, could see its 1.3 million inhabitants relying more and more on bottled water over the next year, according to local politicians. Mounting consequences of climate change and sluggish national political action have led to high salinity levels and depletion of wildlife along the River Murray.
Keeping an Eye on Water From Space
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.
EPA: Chemicals Found in Wyoming Drinking Water Might Be From Fracking
By Abrahm Lustgarten ProPublica Federal environment officials investigating drinking water contamination near the ranching town of Pavillion, Wyoming have found that at least three water wells contain a chemical used in the natural gas drilling process of hydraulic fracturing. Scientists also found traces of other contaminants, including oil, gas or metals, in 11 of 39 […]
New Global Public Opinion Survey Finds Water Issues Are the Top Environmental Concern Worldwide
Carried by: CSRwire STOCKHOLM, Aug. 18 /CSRwire – PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — A comprehensive global public opinion survey on attitudes about fresh water sustainability, management and conservation finds that people around the world view water issues as the planet’s top environmental problem, greater than air pollution, depletion of natural resources, loss of habitat and climate change. The […]
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Peter Gleick: An International Water Perspective; Water in Crisis
I’m spending the week at the Stockholm Water Symposium, an international meeting involving more than 2,000 people from over 130 countries.
Molson Coors & Circle of Blue Announce Results of Global Water Survey During Live Webcast at World Water Week
Reported by: CSRwire.com “During the Webcast, Molson Coors CEO Peter Swinburn and J. Carl Ganter, co-founder and director at Circle of Blue, will announce the results of a global public opinion survey on fresh water sustainability, accountability and conservation.” The survey, conducted by GlobeScan and presented by GlobeScan Vice President Rob Kerr, polled the general […]
