Water
2008 & 2009

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• Rainwater Harvesting Illegal in Some States - Los Angeles Times 18mar2009
• Carbon Credits: China Dams Reveal Flaws in Climate-Change Weapon - AP 25jan2009

2008

• Is Water the New Oil? It's the world's most precious commodity - The Guardian (UK) 2nov2008
• California to Cut Water Deliveries to Cities, Farms - AP (with DWR press release) 30oct2008
• Political Will, Political Won't - Paul Chefurka / Speaking Truth to Power 3sep2008
• California "Water Bank" in Works Amid Drought: But Only After New Budget JIM CHRISTIE / Reuters 4sep2008
• Biofuels, Food Crops Straining World Water Reserves: Experts - Agence France Presse 23aug2008
• Sierra Snowpack Could Shrink Faster Than Previously Thought - Contra Costa Times 16jul2008
• California's Trouble: Rising Seas, Floods and Drought in Forecast - Alternet 18jul2008
• Russian Researchers Flee Melting Arctic Ice Floe - AP 14jul2008
• Antarctic Ice Shelf 'Hanging By Its Last Thread': European Scientists - Agence France Presse 10jul2008
• Mr. Frank's Wild River: Wild and Scenic Rivers Act vs an LNG Port - Editorial / Wall Street Journal 9jul2008
• North Pole Could Be Ice-Free This Summer - LiveScience 26jun2008
• Even The Antarctic Winter Cannot Protect Wilkins Ice Shelf - Science Daily News 14jun2008
• Israel: Don't Make the Desert Bloom - The Economist (UK) 5jun2008
• Daisetta, Texas Sinkhole Puts Spotlight On Oil, Gas Drilling - Wall Street Journal 19may2008
• Los Angeles Eyes Sewage as a Source of Drinking Water - New York Times 16may2008
• South Florida Water Restrictions May be Made Permanent - Miami Herald 16may2008
• Barcelona Receives Drinking Water from Sea Tankers - Typically Spanish (Málaga, Spain) 14may2008
• Aging Systems Releasing Sewage into Rivers & Streams - USA Today 8may2008
• Lake Peigneur Bill Going to Senate Would Restrict Expansion of Natural Gas Storage Caverns Beneath the Lake - Daily Iberian 7may2008
• U.S. Closes Most of West Coast to Salmon Fishing - Reuters 2may2008
• "Fishery Failure” Declared for West Coast Salmon Fishery - Declaration Clears Path for Congressional Action / NOAA Fisheries Service (w/ Fed. Reg. Notice) 1may2008
• Mary Gade: EPA Regional Chief Resigns After Dispute Over Dow's Dioxin Pollution - Wall Street Journal 3may2008
• Wet Winter in West Eases Raft of Problems - (w/ maps) Wall Street Journal 11apr 2008
• Aging US Water Pipelines are Breaking - AP 8apr2008
• Wilkins Ice Shelf: Slab of Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapses - Reuters 25mar2008
• How Shipping Containers Shortened the Life Span of Petro-Civilization - Culture Change 23feb2008
• Ocean Dead Zone:  Scientists Fear 'Tipping Point' in Pacific Ocean: Coast Has Seen Deadly Drop-off in Oxygen Levels for Sea Life - Seattle Post-Intelligencer 15feb2008
  • Ocean Dead Zone: 41 Percent of Seas Heavily Affected by Human Activity, Researchers Report: Map shows how oceans suffer in graphic detail - MSNBC 14feb2008
• Has Earth Entered a New Epoch? - Christian Science Monitor 7feb2008
  • Are We Now Living in the Anthropocene? - Zalasiewicz / GSA Today 1feb 2008
• DNA Found in Drinking Water Could Aid Germs - LiveScience 23oct2008
• Lake Mead and Lake Powell stand a 50 percent chance of running dry by 2021 - Christian Science Monitor 13feb2008
• Bush Cannot Exempt Navy from Laws Banning Sonar: Judge Rules - AP 4feb2008
• Until All the Fish Are Gone - Editorial  / New York Times 21jan2008
• Empty Seas Europe’s Appetite for Seafood Propels Illegal Trade - New York Times 15jan2008
• Collapse: WalMart and Waiting for the Shoe to Drop - Culture Change 20jan2008
• Is Plastic Making Us Fat? Obesity Epidemic - Boston Globe 14jan2008
• How Much Water Goes Into a Burger? Studies Find Different Answers - Wall Street Journal 11jan2008