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A Drop in the Starbucket Starbucks accused of big-time water-wasting		06 Oct 2008	News
Posted at 1:25 PM on 06 Oct 2008 Starbucks wastes some 6.2 million gallons of water each day through a health policy that requires a constantly running tap at each store, says a breathless indictment in British tabloid The Sun. A Starbucks spokesperson confirms the use of a dipper well, which uses "a stream of continuous cold fresh-running water to rinse away food residue, help keep utensils clean, and prevent bacterial g ...
Topics: business, food, green living, news, water crisis (all these topics)

Full Boris London mayor releases plan for adapting to climate change		29 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 1:45 PM on 29 Aug 2008 London Mayor Boris Johnson unveiled a draft plan Friday to help the city mitigate and adapt to climate change. Johnson put special attention to water conservation, calling for mandatory metering, increased efficiency, improved drainage, and rainwater harvesting. He also envisions more trees and green space. Environmentalists said the adaptation strategy was a good step, but said measures to cut ...
Topics: climate, climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation, London, news, placemaking, water crisis (all these topics)

But What Will They Use for Sleds? Colleges forgo cafeteria trays to save water and energy		26 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 4:07 PM on 26 Aug 2008 Colleges around the country are ditching cafeteria trays to lower water and energy use and to prevent wasted food. "If a college is looking to go 'green,' they need to start looking in the dining facility," said Sodexo spokeswoman Monica Zimmer; the food-service company expects 230 of the 600 colleges it serves to stop using trays. Skeptics worry about broken dis ...
Topics: campus activism, education, food, news, progress, waste, water crisis (all these topics)

Taste Makes Waste We waste a lot of food and a lot of water, says report		22 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 10:18 AM on 22 Aug 2008 The world grows more than enough food to sustain the global population, but half of that food is wasted -- and thus half of the water used in food production is wasted as well, says a new report from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, International Water Management Institute, and Stockholm Water Management Institute. In developing countries, food spoils or is damaged by i ...
Topics: agriculture, food, news, United Nations, waste, water crisis (all these topics)

Make a Rudd for It Australia continues to deal with epic drought		15 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 1:46 PM on 15 Aug 2008 Longstanding drought has wreaked havoc across Australia, drying up lakes into shallow, acidic puddles and threatening drinking-water supplies. Unable to coax rain from the sky, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has fast-tracked a plan to buy back water entitlements from the heaviest irrigators in the Murray-Darling basin, an agricultural stronghold which produces all of the country's rice, nearly all of it ...
Topics: agriculture, Australia, climate, climate change impacts, news, water conflicts, water crisis (all these topics)

Our national water policy Oh, wait, we don't have a national water policy	Guest author	22 Jul 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest essay from Elizabeth de la Vega, author of United States v. George W. Bush et al. It was originally published on TomDispatch and is republished here with Tom's kind permission. --- 'Lisa, the whole reason we have elected officials is so we don't have to think all the time. Just like that rainforest scare a few years back. Our officials saw there was a problem and they fixed it, didn't they?' -- Homer Simpson On June 24, 2008, Louie and I curled ...
Topics: climate, severe weather, water conflicts, water crisis (all these topics)

Wishing You Well(s) Drought grips Iraq, threatening crops and water supplies		10 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 11:45 AM on 10 Jul 2008 On top of Iraq's myriad other problems, drought has hit the country hard recently, impacting crops and water supplies in many regions. Rainfall this winter was about 40 percent lower than usual in Iraq and Turkey, and as a result, the Tigris River near Baghdad is at its lowest level since 2001. In the country's main grain-growing area, Diyala province, some irrigation canals have dried ...
Topics: agriculture, Iraq, news, water crisis (all these topics)

Oh, Blast Drought hampering Fourth of July celebrations		30 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 4:48 PM on 30 Jun 2008 Friday is July 4, otherwise known in the U.S. as the Fourth of July. Independence-celebrating Americans are accustomed to gazing upon red-glaring rockets, air-bursting bombs, and other shows of pyrotechnic pomp -- but this year, many fireworks shows may lose their sparkle. Because of drought conditions, many shows across the country have been canceled, and several places will impose fines on backyard detona ...
Topics: green living, holiday, news, water crisis (all these topics)

Dry Run Olympics worsening Beijing water crisis, says report		27 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 2:45 PM on 27 Jun 2008 The Beijing Olympics are putting a strain on already-tight water supplies, says a new report from NGO Probe International. Preparations for the Games have sucked up 52 billion gallons of water above normal consumption this year, in a city that already consumes more water than is naturally supplied. Beijing's two main reservoirs are at less than 10 percent of capacity, and, not helping matters, rainfall ...
Topics: China, news, Olympics, sports, water crisis (all these topics)

A shrinking Chad Lake Chad now one-tenth of its 1972 size	Joseph Romm	22 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Satellite images show Lake Chad one-tenth the size it was in 1972, not even 40 years ago. Lake Chad used to be the world's sixth-largest lake, but its resources have been diverted for human use or affected by rainfall such that its been almost entirely depleted in a very short amount of time: In the IPCC's 2007 report (PDF) on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation in Africa, there is no specific mention of Lake Chad. But staring at these satellite images one can ...
Topics: Chad, climate, climate change impacts, climate science, water crisis (all these topics)

It actually doesn't fall on the plain ... or anywhere else Spain experiencing severe drought due to climate change	Joseph Romm	03 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Warming-driven desertification is spreading. Australia has gotten the most attention, but Spain is also turning into a desert. As Time reported: Spain is in the grip of its worst drought in a century as a result of climate change -- this year's total rainfall, for example, has been 40 percent lower than average for the equivalent period, and the country's reservoirs are, on average, only 30 percent full. The reservoirs serving Barcelona are only 20 percent full, and ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, desertification, severe weather, Spain, water crisis (all these topics)

Bean there, done khat Tales from a trek to Ethiopia with a Seattle coffee roaster	Michael Hebberoy	01 Jun 2008	Gristmill
I have spent the past year traveling the globe with Seattle coffee roaster Caff� Vita in their search for coffee, and I have the more enviable and slippery task of seeking out stories. Many Grist readers know that coffee is the second most heavily traded commodity on the planet, but unlike the elephant in the pole position (oil), we hear very little about the realities of the cherry-red fruit on which we are also dependent. As long as Grist lets me, I will throw ...
Topics: agriculture, Ethiopia, food, water crisis (all these topics)

The Drop Heard 'Round the World On water conservation	Umbra Fisk	21 May 2008	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, We are doing a NW Earth Institute discussion course on sustainability here at work, and someone asked, "Is it necessary for us to conserve water here in Portland despite seeming abundance and replenishment? If so, why?" My response was not as strong or compelling as I would like. Can you help? Rick Reber Portland, Ore. Dearest Rick, What was your response? It's hard to be more compelling if I d ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, climate, energy at home, green living, water crisis (all these topics)

Virtual water, part 2 Interactive poster from German designer	Maywa Montenegro	22 Apr 2008	Gristmill
German designer Timm Kekeritz took the 'virtual water' data that Sarah posted about from Waterfootprint.org and created this cool interactive poster. We featured Timm's work in the February issue of Seed (not online, but Treehugger wrote about it), which prompted me to order a giant paper version of the double-sided poster. With one side devoted to 'footprints of nations' and the other side showing the water 'inside' products, this enormous and graphically riveting ...
Topics: art, ecological footprint, green living, water crisis (all these topics)

Virtual water is the new carbon footprint Calculate how much water your lifestyle requires	Sarah van Schagen	21 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Remember when calculating your carbon footprint was all the rage? Ah, those were the days ... but the carbon crisis is so yesterday's news. The Next Big Thing is the water crisis, and as such, I present a little website called Waterfootprint.org.Use it to calculate your individual water footprint -- or see how much H2O the stuff you're consuming (from apples to cotton tees to red wine) is sucking up.
Topics: ecological footprint, green living, water crisis, websites (all these topics)

Water problem? What water problem?	David Roberts	26 Mar 2008	Gristmill
There's no water problem. Dean Kamen solved it: More details here.
Topics: health, water pollution, funnies, water crisis, innovation (all these topics)

Water, water everywhere, but ... World Water Day, Grand Canyon film highlight water crisis	Sarah van Schagen	21 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Saturday is World Water Day, a time set aside by the U.N. during which member nations are encouraged to address the worldwide water crisis. This year's theme is the 'International Year of Sanitation' (sexy!), which is aimed at 'accelerat[ing] progress for 2.6 billion people worldwide who are without proper sanitation facilities.' For more on this topic, check out the Guardian Weekly's special supplement 'Every Drop Counts.' [PDF] But World Water Day is also mean ...
Topics: Arizona, green living, movies, national parks, water crisis (all these topics)

Put a River in Your Tank Electric cars could impact water supplies, says analysis		18 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 12:53 PM on 18 Mar 2008 Converting most U.S. vehicles to run on electricity could have an impact on water supplies, according to an analysis to be published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. Generating the needed electricity would require more water than producing gasoline, the report found -- that is, if the nation's electricity grid continues to be powered by coal and other fuels that ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, energy, fossil fuels, news, placemaking, water crisis (all these topics)

That's Crazy Talk! Fixing environmental problems necessary and doable, says OECD		05 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 4:20 PM on 05 Mar 2008 It is not only highly necessary but entirely affordable to tackle climate change, pollution, biodiversity loss, water scarcity, and other environmental problems, according to a report released Wednesday by some wacko environmentalists the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Summed up OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria: Solutions "are available, they are achi ...
Topics: air pollution, biodiversity, climate, climate change mitigation, news, water crisis, water pollution (all these topics)

Australia today = the Southwest by 2050 Lessons the United States can learn from the drought in Australia	Joseph Romm	04 Mar 2008	Gristmill
The brutal drought has ended over large parts of Australia -- and consumers are obsessively reducing their demand for water -- and yet water 'prices are set to double in the next five to 10 years,' Water Services Association Australia executive officer Ross Young told a drought briefing in Canberra. The focus on water conservation has never been higher: Water is a dinner table topic. People are quite passionate about water and they are quite concerned about wa ...
Topics: desertification, water crisis, severe weather, Australia (all these topics)

Dam Strait Western states look into building new dams		03 Mar 2008	News
Posted at 3:37 PM on 03 Mar 2008 Concerned about climate-caused drought, officials in at least six Western states are looking into building new dams to create rain-capturing reservoirs -- even as dams across the country are being torn down over environmental concerns. From the Archives Starting to Tank. Americans using less gasoline. Know Thy ELF. 'Eco-terrorism' suspected in Seattle-area arson. They Doth Protest Ag ...
Topics: dams, news, politics, state politics, water crisis (all these topics)

On the Ball: The latest from Beijing Air doing OK, say officials; water, perhaps not so much	Sarah K. Burkhalter	28 Feb 2008	Gristmill
Beijing officials were recently accused of falsifying statistics and manipulating data to make the city's air pollution seems less of a problem in the run-up to the Summer Olympics. Unsurprisingly, a spokesperson for the city's Environmental Protection Bureau refutes the accusation, insisting, 'We will honor all the environmentally related pledges made during the Olympic bid. Our targets will be definitely met, there is no doubt about that.' Be that as it may, ...
Topics: air pollution, China, Olympics, sports, water crisis (all these topics)

Making a Splash Large water utilities form climate alliance		26 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 4:37 PM on 26 Feb 2008 Eight of the largest water agencies in the U.S. have formed the Water Utility Climate Alliance to strategize about dealing with climate change. Together, the eight members provide water to more than 36 million people, whose slaked thirst is endangered by "diminishing snowpack, bigger storms, more frequent drought, and rising sea levels," according to WUCA Chair Susan Leal. sources:� Associated ...
Topics: business, climate, climate change adaptation, climate change impacts, news, water crisis (all these topics)

No country for thirsty men In North Carolina's Triangle, a severe drought has leaders stumped	Tom Philpott	26 Feb 2008	Gristmill
North Carolina's Triangle -- Durham, Chapel Hill, and Raleigh -- counts as the state's economic, educational, and political engine. It's also very quickly running out of water, parched by a severe drought.Are the area's leaders doing anything constructive to respond to the situation? So far, the signs aren't encouraging. I've been following the story in the excellent daily Raleigh News & Observer. On Monday, the N&O reported that Raleigh has exactly one agreemen ...
Topics: North Carolina, placemaking, severe weather, water crisis (all these topics)

Water, water ... nowhere Science says we are turning the West into a desert	Joseph Romm	24 Feb 2008	Gristmill
A major new study in Science by a dozen water experts, concluded humans are the primary cause of changes in Western river flow, winter air temperature and snow pack in the past 50 years -- and things will only get worse if we don't act soon. The abstract of the study, 'Human-Induced Changes in the Hydrology of the Western United States' (subs. req'd), led by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, states: Observations have shown that the hydrological cycle of ...
Topics: desertification, water crisis (all these topics)

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