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Where have all our drinking water fountains gone? They have been disappearing, one by one, from our public spaces, parks, offices. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Dr. Peter Gleick is president of the Pacific Institute, an internationally recognized water expert and a MacArthur Fellow. Read his full bio… And yet, it has become easier and easier to […]
The United States has — for the most part — an excellent tap water system. Much of the rest of the world wishes they had a system as good. But our tap water system is not as good as it should (or could) be and new evidence is surfacing that the fundamental national laws that […]
In a desperate attempt to make it easier to solve California’s complex and contentious water problems, a dangerous new idea has recently been floated — intentionally letting some species go extinct rather than take the difficult steps needed to save them and their ecosystems. This idea should be quashed, smothered, strangled, and quickly tossed in […]
In 2009, Harrison Schmitt, a former senator, astronaut, and self-described climate “denier” (and potentially the Energy Secretary to the new New Mexican governor), sent a paper to NASA riddled with long-debunked errors of science. Others have written about this paper, taking it apart error by error. But this week, some of those errors reappeared
Peak water is coming. In some places, peak water is here. We’re never going to run out of water — water is a renewable natural resource (mostly). But increasingly, around the world, in the U.S., and locally, we are running up against peak water limits. The concept is so important and relevant that The New York Times chose the term “peak water” as one of its 33
Climate change is worsening, fast. The National Climate Data Center of the National Oceanic
The massive rains over the past month are both a blessing and a curse for California.
Fiji Water, one of the world’s most well-promoted brands of bottled water, is also one of the most secretive and private.
Americans drink bottled water for many reasons, including fear of the tap water, convenience, taste, and relentless, pervasive advertising.
I’ve often daydreamed about what an alien civilization would think about Earth if it were ever to come visit.
Anyone who pays attention to water in California knows that the state is just getting over (we hope) a serious three-year drought.
One of the reasons for the explosive growth in the sales of bottled water in the past two decades is the disappearance of public drinking water fountains.
