Apr
27
Peter Gleick Starts ‘City Brights: Water By Numbers’ Blog
April 27, 2009 | 1 Comment
Dr. Peter Gleick, President and co-founder of the Pacific Institute, has started a blog, City Brights: Water By Numbers.
Here is an excerpt from his inaugural post:
Welcome to the first post to my City Brights blog. I look forward to sharing with you some of my thoughts about the water challenges facing California, the West, [...]
Apr
24
The Fifth World Water Forum
April 24, 2009 | 1 Comment
Jerry Sehlke, President AWRA
I was just recently reminded just how big and how important an issue water resources management is and just how blessed were are to be able to work with wonderful people not only in our local, regional and national water resources communities, but also in the world water community at large. [...]
Apr
23
AWRA Director Quoted in Elle, Waits for Other Shoe to Drop
April 23, 2009 | 3 Comments
Elizabeth Royte, author of Bottlemania and Garbage Land, has an article entitled ‘Tapped Out’ in the May 2009 issue of Elle (page 88).
Royte starts out with the apocalyptic vision of the USA Southwest, in which Phoenix and other places desiccate, based on James Powell’s Dead Pool. She then discusses water shortages, contamination, and some solutions.
It’s a very good [...]
Apr
11
Three New Water Blogs: Royte, Eckstein, and Basilevsky
April 11, 2009 | 2 Comments
Sounds like the name of a power law firm! Actually, two of the blogs deal with water law.
Elizabeth Royte, author of Bottlemania, The Tapir’s Morning Bath, and Garbage Land, has recently started a blog, Waste, Water, Whatever.
Friend and colleague Professor Gabriel Eckstein of the Texas Tech University School of Law and Director of the International [...]
Apr
10
As Housing Industry Woes are to the Economy…
April 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Mary E. Kelly
Senior Counsel, Center for Rivers and Deltas
Environmental Defense Fund
As Housing Industry Woes are to the Economy…
So energy is to water. These two critical and challenging resource issues are intimately linked (see the recent Wall Street Journal and GreenBiz articles on this topic). The truth is that energy and water are related in just [...]
Apr
10
Foreign Affairs’ Climate Change Reading List
April 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Foreign Affairs just posted this list of What to Read on Climate Change.
From the introduction:
Climate change is one of today’s most important and far-reaching policy challenges, destined to affect the planet’s future in various ways for generations to come. Although research continues on its extent, its causes, and the appropriate responses, more than enough is already [...]
Apr
5
5WWF Session 3.4.1 Presentations: Sustainable Groundwater Management
April 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment
At the recently-concluded Fifth World Water Forum I co-convened, along with Katharine Cross and Peter Laban of IUCN, a session on: A Hidden Resource: Sustainably Managing Groundwater for the Future.
Here are the Programme, the Session Summary (contains schedule and email addresses for all involved) and Session Outcome documents:
Download Session 3.4.1 Programme
Download Theme_3_Session_Summary_Sheet_3.4.1_290309
Download Session_outcome_3.4.1_290309 [...]
Apr
1
My April First Adventure
April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment
It’s that time of year — my annual April Fools’ Day post. Lest I soil the pristine pages of AWRA’s blog and bring dishonor to this noble organization, I will simply redirect you to my WaterWired blog post, Corps of Engineers Unleashes F**T. As the title hints, it’s not for the faint-hearted.
The quote at the bottom [...]
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