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Dead on Arrival Dispatches from a NATO gathering on Middle Eastern water woes		15 Feb 2006	Dispatches
Eric Pallant is a professor of environmental science at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa., and codirector of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Integrated Water Resources Management. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 Wednesday, 15 Feb 2006 Dead Sea, Israel The public beach on the Dead Sea is filled with gleeful voices: Russian, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Turkish, heavily accented English, German, and Armenian. Chris Bowser ...
Topics: Dispatches, Friends of the Earth, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, water conflicts (all these topics)

Tapped Out Dispatches from a NATO gathering on Middle Eastern water woes		14 Feb 2006	Dispatches
Eric Pallant is a professor of environmental science at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa., and codirector of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Integrated Water Resources Management. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 Tuesday, 14 Feb 2006 Kibbutz Ketura, Israel Nader El Khatib is the Palestinian director of Friends of the Earth Middle East. During most of the year, he meets with his Israeli and Jordanian counterparts to promote en ...
Topics: Dispatches, Friends of the Earth, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, water conflicts (all these topics)

A Thirst for Knowledge Dispatches from a NATO gathering on Middle Eastern water woes		13 Feb 2006	Dispatches
Eric Pallant is a professor of environmental science at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa., and codirector of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Integrated Water Resources Management. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 Monday, 13 Feb 2006 Kibbutz Ketura, Israel A Moldovan, two Bulgarians, and three Canadians walk into the desert. It's like the start of a bad joke, but this is a specific desert -- an extreme one, accordi ...
Topics: Dispatches, Friends of the Earth, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, water conflicts (all these topics)

Urethra Ranklin' California plumbers union opposes water-conserving urinals		31 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
Urethra Ranklin' California plumbers union opposes water-conserving urinals If California plumbers have anything to do with it, you'll be peeing in water 'til the day you die. (We feel that our whole careers have been leading up to that sentence.) Many public facilities in the water-strapped Golden State have installed no-flush urinals, which use gravity and replaceable cartridges to conserve about half a gallon of water ...
Topics: California, news, water conflicts (all these topics)

Supply and the Land Cities spending millions on land to protect water supplies		04 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
Supply and the Land Cities spending millions on land to protect water supplies Many U.S. cities are discovering they have a choice: Build huge, multibillion-dollar water-treatment plants, or buy up land around water supplies to prevent them from being polluted in the first place. More and more, they are choosing the latter option -- derailing sprawl and protecting open space in the process. Austin, Texas, has used about $80 ...
Topics: news, water conflicts, wildlife (all these topics)

So a Priest Walks Into an Environmental Protest ... Brazilian priest on hunger strike to stop water-diversion scheme		06 Oct 2005	Daily Grist
So a Priest Walks Into an Environmental Protest ... Brazilian priest on hunger strike to stop water-diversion scheme Roman Catholic bishop Luiz Flavio Cappio has been fasting for 10 days in a modest chapel 600 feet from Brazil's Sao Francisco River, aiming to halt a massive water-diversion project. The $1.8 billion government plan involves building hundreds of miles of canals and other infra ...
Topics: Brazil, environmental justice, news, politics, water conflicts (all these topics)

Nary a Drop to Divert Rash of water-rights lawsuits in California worries conservationists		22 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
Nary a Drop to Divert Rash of water-rights lawsuits in California worries conservationists A series of water-rights lawsuits in California -- one of which is headed for the U.S. Supreme Court tomorrow -- has conservation activists worried about what Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) is calling a backdoor assault on the Endangered Species Act. At issue are contracts between farmers and the federal government for irrigation ...
Topics: California, news, water conflicts (all these topics)

Water, Water Everywh ... Hey, Where'd the Water Go? Agriculture needs to start conserving water, badly		11 Jan 2005	Daily Grist
Water, Water Everywh ... Hey, Where'd the Water Go? Agriculture needs to start conserving water, badly A new study by David Pimentel in the journal BioScience backs its call for greater agricultural water conservation with some disturbing statistics. Worldwide, agriculture uses some 70 percent of the freshwater supply. The ginormous Ogallala aquifer, which supplies water to a fifth of all irrigated la ...
Topics: food and agriculture, United States, water conflicts (all these topics)

All Wet A debate on water privatization, part six	Maude Barlow, Sara Ehrhardt	16 Jul 2004	Soapbox
By Maude Barlow and Sara Ehrhardt 16 Jul 2004 Everyone knows that water is the stuff of life. But is it best viewed as a commodity or as part of the commons? Should providing safe, affordable water be the role of governments, corporations, or partnerships between the two? On Tuesday, July 13 (dates may vary for local stations), the PBS show P.O.V. is airing "Thirst," a documentary by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman that addresses these ...
Topics: business, water conflicts, water pollution (all these topics)

Roiling the Waters A debate on water privatization, part five	Peter Cook	15 Jul 2004	Soapbox
Everyone knows that water is the stuff of life. But is it best viewed as a commodity or as part of the commons? Should providing safe, affordable water be the role of governments, corporations, or partnerships between the two? On Tuesday, July 13 (dates may vary for local stations), the PBS show P.O.V. is airing "Thirst," a documentary by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman that addresses these and othe ...
Topics: business, water conflicts, water pollution (all these topics)

Drink Different A debate on water privatization, part four	Maude Barlow, Sara Ehrhardt	14 Jul 2004	Soapbox
By Maude Barlow and Sara Ehrhardt 14 Jul 2004 Everyone knows that water is the stuff of life. But is it best viewed as a commodity or as part of the commons? Should providing safe, affordable water be the role of governments, corporations, or partnerships between the two? On Tuesday, July 13 (dates may vary for local stations), the PBS show P.O.V. is airing "Thirst," a documentary by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman that address ...
Topics: business, water conflicts, water pollution (all these topics)

The Right to Privacy A debate on water privatization, part three	Peter Cook	13 Jul 2004	Soapbox
Everyone knows that water is the stuff of life. But is it best viewed as a commodity or as part of the commons? Should providing safe, affordable water be the role of governments, corporations, or partnerships between the two? On Tuesday, July 13 (dates may vary for local stations), the PBS show P.O.V. is airing "Thirst," a documentary by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman that addresses these and o ...
Topics: business, water conflicts, water pollution (all these topics)

Wrung Dry A debate on water privatization, part two	Maude Barlow, Sara Ehrhardt	12 Jul 2004	Soapbox
By Maude Barlow and Sara Ehrhardt 12 Jul 2004 Everyone knows that water is the stuff of life. But is it best viewed as a commodity or as part of the commons? Should providing safe, affordable water be the role of governments, corporations, or partnerships between the two? On Tuesday, July 13 (dates may vary for local stations), the PBS show P.O.V. is airing "Thirst," a documentary by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman that addresses thes ...
Topics: business, water conflicts, water pollution (all these topics)

Fluid Dynamics A debate on water privatization, part one	Peter Cook	09 Jul 2004	Soapbox
Everyone knows that water is the stuff of life. But is it best viewed as a commodity or as part of the commons? Should providing safe, affordable water be the role of governments, corporations, or partnerships between the two? On Tuesday, July 13 (dates may vary for local stations), the PBS show P.O.V. is airing "Thirst," a documentary by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman that addresses these and other iss ...
Topics: business, water conflicts, water pollution (all these topics)

Ghana But Not Forgotten Rudolf Amenga-Etego beats back the privatization of Ghana's water supply	Michelle Nijhuis	20 Apr 2004	Main Dish
Amenga-Etego. Photo: Dave Wendlinger. The western African nation of Ghana, tucked under the chin of the continent, is dominated by the enormous Lake Volta, a sprawling reservoir that arcs through the midsection of the country. Though there appears to be water, water everywhere, an estimated 70 percent of Ghana's people lack access to clean, piped drinking water. Rudolf ...
Topics: Ghana, interview, water conflicts, water pollution (all these topics)

Liquidated Water Privatization Sweeps World Despite Problems		12 Mar 2004	Daily Grist
Liquidated Water Privatization Sweeps World Despite Problems Water will be to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th, predicted Fortune Magazine in May 2000, and it is shaping up to be a prescient claim. Multinational corporations now run the water systems that provide for 7 percent of the world's population, with analysts expecting that number to rise to 17 percent by 2015. Private water management is a $200 billion business, ...
Topics: business, water conflicts (all these topics)

Rivers and Tithes Judge Rules Government Must Pay for Withheld Water		26 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Rivers and Tithes Judge Rules Government Must Pay for Withheld Water In a case that could have substantial implications for enforcement of the Endangered Species Act, a federal judge ruled recently that the U.S. government must pay California irrigators some $14 million for water it withheld from them ...
Topics: California, climate, environmental justice, food and agriculture, marine life, politics, rivers and watersheds, Southwest, water conflicts, wildlife (all these topics)

All Our Excess Lives in Texas West Texas Up in Arms Over Bid to Sell State-Owned Water		11 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
All Our Excess Lives in Texas West Texas Up in Arms Over Bid to Sell State-Owned Water Water may be scarce in West Texas, but emotions are flowing freely over an insider deal that would allow politically powerful oil tycoons from Midland to sell billions of gallons of water from state-owned reserves. The deal was cut in secret between Rio Nuevo Ltd. -- made up of eight oil entrepreneurs -- and the Texas General Land Office, which con ...
Topics: Texas, water conflicts (all these topics)

Fishing for Answers Bush Administration Admits Role in Klamath Fish Die-Off		19 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Fishing for Answers Bush Administration Admits Role in Klamath Fish Die-Off The Bush administration has finally admitted to its role in last year's die-off of more than 34,000 chinook and coho salmon in the Klamath River basin, which straddles the Oregon-California border: The massive fish kill was caused a ...
Topics: California, dams, energy, fishing, food and agriculture, Oregon, politics, rivers and watersheds, US Fish and Wildlife Service, water conflicts (all these topics)

The Whole Shebang Fix Whole Ecosystem, Not Bits and Pieces, Klamath Water Report Says		22 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
The Whole Shebang Fix Whole Ecosystem, Not Bits and Pieces, Klamath Water Report Says Both environmentalists and farmers were vindicated by a report released yesterday by the National Research Council on the contested waters of Oregon's Klamath Basin. The report, the final and most comprehensive one in an ongoing battle over the region's water sources, recommended sweeping repairs to a damaged landsc ...
Topics: fishing, food and agriculture, Oregon, water conflicts (all these topics)

Rove V. Waders White House Political Maneuvering Could Hurt Northwest Salmon		10 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
Rove V. Waders White House Political Maneuvering Could Hurt Northwest Salmon President Bush lost in Oregon and Washington in the 2000 election, but his team is working to ensure that he fares better in the Pacific Northwest in 2004 -- and that may mean trouble for salmon. Bush's top strategy honcho, Karl Rove, has been making quiet trips to t ...
Topics: Department of Interior, fishing, food and agriculture, Northwest, Pacific Northwest, politics, water conflicts (all these topics)

High and Dry Colorado's proposed water projects could sink the environment	Joshua Zaffos, Writers on the Range	29 Apr 2003	Main Dish
This March, the Denver Broncos football team agreed to spend $40 million on a seven-year contract with its new quarterback, Jake Plummer. Since winning two Super Bowls at the end of the 1990s, the Broncos have struggled just to make the playoffs. At his introductory press conference, Plummer predicted, "Winning a Super Bowl is what I believe we are going to do here.& ...
Topics: business, Colorado, Colorado River, food and agriculture, politics, rivers and watersheds, water conflicts, water pollution (all these topics)

Black and Blue Canyon		03 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
Black and Blue Canyon In a move that environmentalists and others fear could set a dangerous precedent, the U.S. Department of the Interior has ceded control over the waters in Colorado's Gunnison National Park, allowing the state to sell it to cities. Interior Secretary Gale Norton said the decision to hand over control of the river (which was awarded to the federal government when the Black Canyon ...
Topics: Department of Interior, national parks, water conflicts (all these topics)

Watery Grave		05 Mar 2003	Daily Grist
Watery Grave The environment, public health, and global political stability all stand to suffer from shrinking freshwater supplies around the world, according to a report released yesterday by the United Nations. In the most complete appraisal of global water resources to date, the U.N. found that the average per-person water supply will decline by one-third in 20 years, and as many as 7 billion people could face ...
Topics: politics, United Nations, water conflicts (all these topics)

Up the River		06 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Up the River New Year's Day marked a historic moment in the history of Western water wars -- the first time the federal government exercised its right to decline California's request for more than its allotted shared of water from the Colorado River. Thanks to the U.S. Interior Department, cities and agricultural areas ...
Topics: California, Colorado River, Department of Interior, food and agriculture, green living, rivers and watersheds, water conflicts, West (all these topics)

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