by Bethany A. Ordonez | Feb 7, 2018 | Law & Policy, Water
As of this writing, Day Zero, — the day the water supply of Capetown, South Africa will run out — is set for May 11. The plight of this city of 4 million is a cautionary tale, littered with missed opportunities and unheeded warnings that every 21st century city and town should take to heart.
by Guest Contributor | Nov 19, 2015 | Climate Change, Human Sustainability, International, Poverty, Water
In the wake of the Paris massacre by Da’esh, Yonatan Zunger, chief architect at Google+, wrote that religion and oil “have little or nothing to do with what we’re seeing.” Rather, dwindling water, compounded by climate change, is “one...
by John Cronin | Apr 18, 2014 | Health, International, Sustainability, Water
The video clip above, of villagers in Central Malawi gathering the day’s water, is part of an extraordinary interactive story published recently on the Irish Times site by Trócaire, a Catholic charity in Kildare, Ireland that works in over 20 countries across...
by Frances Delahanty | Feb 9, 2014 | Energy, Health, Pollution, Water
Among the many good reasons to not endorse fracking is its depletion of water needed for drinking. Marcellus shale fracking uses 4.5 to 5.6 gallons of fresh water per well — water lost for drinking. (Grist.org) And there are approximately 82,000 wells operating...
by John Cronin | Jan 31, 2014 | Law & Policy, Pollution, Technology, Water
All water is local. For that reason, we do not see the hundreds of headlines about shortages, contamination and related issues that are daily spread across news sites such as The Plain Dealer of Cleveland, Ohio, the Times News of Twins Falls Idaho, the Cape Coral...