Fifteen years of community-controlled water in Bolivia
Important lessons can and should be learned in our struggles to defend the land and commons from what took place and continues to take place in Bolivia.
Water Rights
After Warmest Winter, Drought-Stricken California Limits Water But Exempts Thirstiest Big Growers
As California’s record drought continues, Gov. Jerry Brown has ordered residents and non-agricultural businesses to cut water use by 25 percent in the first mandatory statewide reduction in the state’s history.
On the River Nile, a Move to Avert a Conflict Over Water
Ethiopia’s plans to build Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam on the Nile have sparked tensions with Egypt, which depends on the river to irrigate its arid land. But after years of tensions, an international agreement to share the Nile’s waters may be in sight.
Review: Blue Future
Blue Future details both progress and regress in the struggle for water justice.
Water is a Human Right: Detroit Residents Seek U.N. Intervention as City Shuts Off Taps to Thousands
Activists in Detroit have appealed to the United Nations over the city’s move to shut off the water of thousands of residents.
Saving water – headlines
•Water Works •New Mexico is the driest of the dry •Water shortages loom in Southwest, could trigger cuts •Wells Are Running Dry In Parts Of Kansas
Never Again Enough: Field Notes from a drying West
The crucial question for Phoenix, for the Colorado, and for the greater part of the American West is this: How long will the water hold out?
Shale gas, tight oil, and fracking – May 21
•At margins of shale oil boom, a tempered euphoria •Fracking envy •Radioactive fracking debris triggers worries at dump sites •Poland’s shale gas hopes suffer blow •Poland Shale Boom Falters as State Targets Higher Taxes •The fight for North Dakota’s fracking-water market