Posted by Tanya Heikkila | Sep 10, 2009 | 3 Comments
The “Golden” State doesn’t seem so golden these days. LA’s recent wildfires and Sacramento’s recent budget crises have left a dark cloud hanging over the state. Compounding the state’s financial woes and charred image is a problem potentially even more challenging: drought. Since 2000, the state’s reservoirs have been depleted and current climate change [...]
Posted by Daniel Stellar | Sep 2, 2009 | 0 Comments
This article is the second in a series inspired by the recent Columbia Water Center trip to India
During our recent CWC trip to India (during the first three weeks of August) one news story dominated all others: this year’s near total failure of the monsoon. Many of us in the West don’t really understand what a [...]
Posted by Meghna Bhattacharjee | Aug 4, 2009 | 3 Comments
The grass may be greener in Hawaii, but now so are its houses.
Solar powered hot water heaters are now replacing electric heaters that burn fossil fuels, and in the process release harmful carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming. Hawaiian Electric Company is heavily encouraging all home owners to convert to [...]
Posted by Meaghan Daly | Jun 10, 2009 | 3 Comments
We’ve been following some of the issues related to the drought in California. In response to water shortages, a “water bank” has been implemented to allow users who do not use all of their water to sell it to other users. In theory, such a system allows water to be used in an efficient manner, [...]
Posted by Samantha Tress | May 8, 2009 | 1 Comments
On March 10th Ju Young posted an extremely informative entry on bottled water, “Do you still drink bottled water?” The message to cut down on bottled water is still big in advertising, environmental groups, the media, politics, and just about everywhere else. It’s also an ongoing topic of discussion in the Water Center offices.
In early [...]
Posted by Michelle Shevin | Apr 7, 2009 | 4 Comments
This week, General Motors has been in the news as they scramble to plan for bankruptcy after the US government announced it would not grant their request for a larger financial lifeline. A year ago, however, GM was making headlines (albeit smaller ones) for their Equinox Fuel Cell– technology that promised to make the nearly [...]
