World Water Day: Accelerating Change
So today on World Water Day, you be that change. By all means, learn about the real issues. Fix the leaks in your life. If you have the resources, make yourself and your community more water-resilient.
water policy
As Colorado River Dries, the U.S. Teeters on the Brink of Larger Water Crisis
We’re talking about the future of humanity. I think people don’t realize that we’re making those decisions now by our water policies and by our climate change policy.
The future of water in the U.S. West is uncertain, so planning and preparedness are critical
Water authorities in the Western U.S. don’t know what the future will bring, but they are working collaboratively and with scientific rigor to make sure they’re prepared for anything.
Shaping a Safe and Sustainable Planetary Water Policy – A MAHB Dialogue with Sandra Postel, Director, Global Water Policy Project
We talk about water as a “right,” but it is really the planet’s greatest gift. A gift to be shared with all of life.
Farming as the Climate Changes: Molino de la Isla, East Pecos, New Mexico
Water is everything – the only reason we survive here is because of water, the only reason anything survives here is because of water. We’re not talking about it, we’re not thinking about it; we’re just using it and polluting it, not thinking about what it’s being used for and how it could be used better.
Megadams Not Clean or Green, Says Expert
Politicians who describe dams as “clean energy projects” are talking “nonsense” and rejecting decades of science, says David Schindler, a leading water ecologist. Former premier Christy Clark often touted the Site C dam as a “clean energy project” and Premier John Horgan has adopted the same term.
After Flint Failure, EPA Refocuses Federal Drinking Water Role
The lead contamination scandal that unraveled in Flint the last two years and the failure of local, state, and federal officials to address it brought drinking water safety to the forefront of U.S. public policy.
Groundbreaking State Law Tested in Colorado Headwaters Stream
The infamous use-it-or lose-it rule is arguably the biggest barrier to water conservation and river-flow restoration in the western United States.