Blooming Controversy: What Is Killing the Wildlife in Kenya’s Lake Naivasha?
Drought, flower farms, and pesticides are damaging the already shallow lake.
New Search
If you are not happy with the results below please do another search
2288 search results for: Clean Water Act
Army Corps Defends Dam Operations in Tennessee
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., has called for a hearing on flood releases from a dam upstream from Nashville, while the city attempts to clean up.
Q&A: ‘Crude’ Director Joe Berlinger on Chevron Oil in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Featuring Live Earth, Vanity Fair cover, and a CNN Hero Award.
Special Event Newsletter
Dear *|FNAME|*, We cordially invite you to a special presentation at the Woodrow Wilson Center’s China Environment Forum: Choke Point: China—Confronting Energy Demand and Water Scarcity in China. Circle of Blue and the China Environment Forum at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars will give an absorbing presentation on the energy-water choke points that […]
Tracking the Threat and Politics of Asian Carp
Imported from Taiwan and brought to Arkansas as weed control agents three decades ago, Asian carp have become the poster children of potential threats to the Great Lakes. As the fish inch closer to invading Lake Michigan, regional and national politicians debate the financial consequences of coping with the invasive species. With the fate of multi-billion dollar a year industries on the line, the Obama administration has offered some fiscal support to quell the storm.
Supreme Court Rejects Michigan’s Asian Carp Lawsuit
Michigan’s Attorney General Mike Cox is “looking at other legal avenues” to pursue the carp battle.
British Company Creates Cheap, Small-Scale Desalination for Agriculture
The new system, which uses sub-surface pipes to remove salts and deliver water to plants on demand, grew 200 prosopis trees in the United Arab Emirates’ desert during a test-run.
Q&A: One Man’s Fight to Save the Aral Sea
As the Aral Sea gains global recognition as the most extreme kind of environmental disaster, Yusup Kamalov, chairman of the Union for the Defense of the Aral Sea and Amudarya, shares an expert’s perspective.
Kenyan Prison Uses Constructed Wetland to Improve Sanitation
Low cost, low maintenance water treatment system in Kenyan prison proves better for small communities than traditional waste water treatment.
David Kuria: Sanitation and Toilet Entrepreneur
In the sub-Saharan region, 80% of recorded illnesses are water-born diseases, and more than two-thirds of these people don’t have access to basic sanitation. While access to safe drinking water is gaining importance in the political arena, it’s still hard to talk about restrooms and toilets, but today I’m speaking with a man who really does know toilets.
Drought in the Mekong Basin Hampers Southeast Asia Economy
One of the worst droughts in Southeast Asia in decades has lowered water levels in the Mekong River, cutting people off from the source of their livelihood and hampering the regional economy
Block Those Flying Fish: Great Lakes Politicians Pressure Illinois, Washington on Asian Carp
Michigan’s Attorney General and U.S. Representative Camp host a rally.
