Global warming is a slow drip, drip, drip apocalypse
Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Age: IT SEEMS every generation has its own version of the apocalypse. Climate change may be the Armageddon of the new millennium, yet somehow it lacks the menace of, say, an atom bomb. It is destruction by increments. It is hidden in the cracks of a drought. Or a "water crisis", as we city-dwellers .. .. read more..

SouthWest Water Sells Wholesale Business
Monday, January 5, 2009

SouthWest Water Co. said Monday it sold its wholesale wastewater business in Texas, bringing in $2.8 million. .. read more..

Research and Markets: Essential Resource for Top Level Analysis Detailing Water ..
Monday, January 5, 2009

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Water Utilities in Brazil" report to their offering. .. read more..

The mystery of Antarctica's speeding glacier
Monday, January 5, 2009

Telegraph: With the possible exception of the ice that covers Greenland, the West Antarctic ice shelf is the most important body of water in the world. If it thaws, the results will be disastrous for millions, raising sea levels and flooding coastal cities such as London, New York, Tokyo and Calcutt.. .. read more..

Cleaning up pollution with pond scum
Monday, January 5, 2009

Courier-Journal: University of Kentucky researchers are among a growing number around the world looking at algae as a potential answer to our energy puzzle. Call it the pond scum solution. While most of the research into these oily aquatic plants focuses on how to turn them into liquid fuels, UK's C.. .. read more..

Peru: Open-Pit Mine Continues to Swallow City
Monday, January 5, 2009

Inter Press Service: An immense open-pit mine located 4380 metres above sea level is swallowing up the centre of the city of Cerro de Pasco in Peru's central highlands, while the damages, in the form of toxic waste, spread to nearby villages. The government just signed a new law to relocate part of .. .. read more..

Colorado GOP lawmakers to sponsor oil shale bills
Monday, January 5, 2009

Associated Press: No commercial oil shale development is expected in Colorado for several years, but some Republican legislators want to start laying the groundwork to manage the resource that some estimates put at more than 1 trillion barrels of oil. Sen.-elect Al White, R-Hayden, said he plans to .. .. read more..

Coal-Ash Spill: Unclean Coal's Consequences
Monday, January 5, 2009

Ledger: For years, environmentalists have called for safer disposal of coal ash, a by-product of coal-fired electrical generation. Late last month, a massive spill of the substance demonstrated - in hideous, gray detail - what happens when warnings go ignored too long. The scope of the disaster near.. .. read more..

United States: Water supply won't match demand
Monday, January 5, 2009

Associated Press: The words "Oregon" and "rain" often appear together, but results of round-table talks indicate Oregonians doubt there will be enough water for everyone as the state's population grows and summers become drier with climate change. The five sessions were held in September and October.. .. read more..

Canada: Tar sands threaten birds
Monday, January 5, 2009

Post-Tribune: Up to 166 million of the birds we see in our back yards could disappear as a result of extraction and refining of oil from Canadian tar sands, according to a new report. BP is expanding its Whiting refinery to be able to increase its use of tar sands. Dark-eyed juncos, white-throated s.. .. read more..

Japan Geothermal Projects Pick Up After 20 Years: Report
Monday, January 5, 2009

Reuters: Several Japanese firms will kick off new projects to build geothermal power plans this year for the first time in nearly two decades, the Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday. Mitsubishi Materials Corp, Electric Power Development Co, or J-Power, Nittetsu Mining Co Ltd and Kyushu Elect.. .. read more..

United States: State's snowpack remains below average
Sunday, January 4, 2009

Ravalli Republic: Ravalli County can expect a white Christmas today as another storm was expected to drop up to three inches of snow in the Bitterroot Valley and up to 16 inches in the Bitterroot and Sapphire mountains. Unusually cold weather has kept the Bitterroot River basin`s snowpack lower than.. .. read more..