...the Boston Human Right to Water network and Massachusetts Global Action are working to ensure that all communities have water that is (1) safe, (2) sufficient, (3) accessible, and (4) affordable.
Alternet's Water Feed
Why We Are Failing to Protect Our Drinking Water
For 30 years clean water has been the public's number one environmental priority, but we still don't seem able to act to protect those vital supplies.
Schwarzenegger Celebrates 'Green' Policies as He Wages War On Fisheries and Waterways
So much for the enviro governor, his record towards fish and water is an unprecedented disaster.
Oil and Gas Drilling Operation Responsible for 3 Chemical Spills in 2 Weeks
More bad news about the threats to water quality from drilling operations that use fracking.
William Kamkwamba Moves on From DIY Windmills to DIY Water Well Drills
This DIY inspiration wants to help tackle Africa's water crisis.
Obama Administration Announces New Plan to Save Oceans, Will it Be Enough?
Sweeping changes could affect the United States' management of oceans, including offshore energy development.
Coca-Cola's Lies About Sustainability Have Gone Too Far
They've gone from greenwashing to outright lying.
Take Back the Tap and Keep Supporting Municipal Water Systems
The recent NY Times article about unsafe drinking water in West Virginia shouldn't be a call to rush out and fill your pantry with bottled water.
How EPA Can Use the Clean Water Act to Help End Mountaintop Removal Mining
An important announcement from EPA about mountaintop mining may mean there's hope for Appalachia's waterways.
Are You Drinking Unsafe Water? Corporations Have Violated Clean Water Act Over 500,000 Times in Last Five Years
Forty percent of the nation’s community water systems violated the Safe Drinking Water Act at least once, exposing over 23 million people to potential danger.
Why Red-Colored Snow on the Rockies Is a Major Warning Sign That the West Is Drying Up
The era of cheap and plentiful water in the West is over and that's bad news for our sprawling cities, agriculture and ecosystems.
NY Times Nails Clean Water Act Crimes and Punishment
A recent story on the Clean Water Act violations in West Virginia -- and the indifference of state agencies -- blew the cover on one of the worst kept secrets.
Mafia Sank Boat With Radioactive Waste
This ship is one of 32 vessels carrying toxic material that has been sunk by the mafia in the Mediterranean.
New McCarthyism: Fear of Science and the War on Rationality
Parts of America are slipping back toward the Dark Ages, when fear of knowledge and science led to an impoverishment of civilization.
Push for Peripheral Canal in California Ignites Grassroots Uprising
A grassroots uprising has ignited to stop a mad rush to build a peripheral canal without regard for many Northern California and Delta constituents.
Global Warming Threatens Alaska's Waters With Acidification
Alaska's marine waters are turning acidic from absorption of greenhouse gases faster than tropical waters.
Mexico's Water Shortage Is Turning Into a Food Crisis
After months of drought, spring crops are failing and food may need to be imported, causing costs to rise.
CA Tries to Spin Numbers for New Dam Project But it Will Be an Economic and Environmental Disaster
The Bureau or Rec's new report actually shows the project is a bad idea, will create far fewer benefits than costs, and will be an ecological, recreational and economic failure.
Can Eating Fish Sustainably Be Done?
Consumers shopping for sustainable selections will encounter a series of complicated considerations that go way beyond price per pound and freshness.
Dr Pepper's Wet Dream: Water, Government Subsidies and Transfer of Wealth in the Middle of the Desert
A bottling plant in the middle of the desert? In the warped "pro-business" logic of a sprawling, bankrupt desert city in California, the plan made perfect economic sense.
Cooking the Numbers: The Misleading Use of Water Numbers
There are people and groups who work to produce or disseminate bad numbers as a way of influencing policy decisions in their favor.