Jun
28
Review: Will ‘Gasland’ Light a Fire?
June 28, 2010 | 1 Comment
If you saw Joshua Fox’s documentary Gasland on HBO last Monday night (check to see if it is still being shown) you know that one of Fox’s most compelling visuals is a flaming tap, such as the one shown here from the review in the New York Times. Fox’s film is a 105-minute indictment of the [...]
Jun
27
To Save the Gulf, Free the Mississippi River
June 27, 2010 | 3 Comments
Historian Douglas Brinkley, author of the excellent chronicle of Hurricane Katrina, The Great Deluge, wrote an Op-Ed for the Financial Times last week (you may need to complete a free registration to read it) titled, To Save the Gulf, Free the Mississippi. Brinkley wants BP to deposit $20B in an escrow account, along with an additional [...]
Jun
26
Aquadoc’s Film Debut: Guaraní Aquifer
June 26, 2010 | 1 Comment
Self-promotion alert! You may recall my WaterWired 18 April post in which I spoke of my upcoming trip to southern Connecticut to film some ‘talking head’ video clips on South America’s Guaraní aquifer (shown in blue on the map) under the guidance of multimedia journalist Annabel Symington and videographer Vasilios Sfinarolakis. Why film in Connecticut? It’s cheaper to reach [...]
Jun
9
Message From the President
June 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Ari M. Michelsen, President AWRA Water in its various forms, quantities, and qualities crosses virtually all human and environmental boundaries. An unfortunate example of water crossing boundaries is the British Petroleum deep sea oil well leak into the Gulf of Mexico. In this case water laden with oil is impacting the environment from seabed to [...]
Jun
5
What started out as a blockbuster post has wilted in the past week or so. But here goes – you can categorize this in the ‘food for thought’ category. Had an interesting chat (as always) with Todd Jarvis a few days ago. We were talking about water planning and particularly, my recent visit to Oklahoma, [...]
Jun
4
Paris of Troy, Mr. Peabody, and Paradoxes of Law | By Eric J. Fitch Dark emotion can often escalate minor matters into “federal cases.” A great example from mythology is the Judgment of Paris. Zeus threw a marriage party for the hero Peleus and his bride Thetis (a Nereid – a sea nymph). Eris, goddess [...]
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