Nov
23
Impending Water Quality Crisis in South Africa? CSIR Suspends Whistleblower Dr. Tony Turton
November 23, 2008 | 8 Comments
I just learned from colleague Aaron Wolf that Dr. Anthony “Tony” Turton, one of the world’s top experts on hydropolitics and transboundary water resources and one of the movers in the Universities Partnership for Transboundary Waters, has been suspended by the Council on Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) after he sounded the alarm on an [...]
Nov
17
Pat Mulroy for U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner
November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Now that I have gotten Peter Gleick on the radar screen for White House Water Advisor, it’s time to move on to something or someone else.
The big question: Could I top that suggestion?
How about Pat Mulroy for Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation?
You mean the putative “800-pound gorilla of Western water?” Yes, that’s the [...]
Nov
11
White House Water Advisor: You Can Help
November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment
My post the other day about the need for a White House Water Advisor and suggestion that it be Dr. Peter H. Gleick has gained some attention.
B&C’s California Water News picked up my post and that generated a lot of page views.
Some people thought this was another one of my tongue-in-cheek episodes, but it was not. I’m serious.
But like [...]
Nov
9
Peter H. Gleick for White House Water Advisor
November 9, 2008 | 6 Comments
[Note: as the disclaimer above says, this is my opinion and not that of AWRA.]
No sense beating around the bush: we’ve got some serious water issues facing the USA (and the world). If I have to enumerate them, then you’ve been living under a rock or not reading this blog, or both. Paramount among these [...]
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