Water plays a vital role in almost every environmental issue, from energy development to climate change to public health. World Water Day on March 22 is an international event founded by the United Nations in 1993 to recognize the importance of water to the nations and people of the world. Nearly one billion people around the world don't have clean drinking water and 2.6 billion still lack basic sanitation.
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Posted March 20, 2013 by Elizabeth Shope in U.S. Law and Policy
This morning, I used and flushed a toilet, and used sink and shower – all with running water inside my house. Normally, I don’t think about this, but today, I did, because Friday is World Water Day, and more than...continued→
Posted June 20, 2012 by Elizabeth Shope in Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, U.S. Law and Policy
Yesterday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Passed the Water for the World Act – a step forwards towards enacting important legislation that could bring safe drinking water and basic sanitation to as many as 100 million people around the Globe....continued→
Posted June 19, 2012 by Elizabeth Shope in Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, U.S. Law and Policy
This afternoon, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will vote on the Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act, important legislation that aims to bring safe drinking water and sanitation to 100 million people around the globe. Meanwhile, tens of...continued→
Posted March 22, 2012 by Kate Poole in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Barbara Kingsolver makes me want to go to Mexico City. In a recent novel, she describes the floating gardens of Mexico City known as Xochimilco as: “…a mad maze of colors and cool water. Squash and cornfields, floral explosions, with...continued→
Posted March 17, 2012 by Amanda Maxwell in Living Sustainably, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places, The Media and the Environment
Chile Positive news for the non-conventional renewable energy sector made headlines this week in Chile. At a solar energy conference, a senior vice-president of the international company First Solar announced that the cost of solar had dropped by 50 percent in...continued→
Posted March 8, 2012 by Elizabeth Shope in Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably
This blog was co-written with Mona Avalos. Photo credit: Water.org Today is International Women’s Day – a day not only for celebrating the contributions made by women around the globe but also for highlighting some of the continued challenges and...continued→
Posted January 26, 2012 by Elizabeth Shope in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, U.S. Law and Policy
With just two months before World Water Day on March 22, NRDC, CARE & WaterAid in America have published our annual report about how the United States is doing in implementing the recommendations we made last year to improve water...continued→
Posted January 26, 2012 by Heather Allen in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, U.S. Law and Policy
In his State of the Union Address on Tuesday night, President Obama spoke about economic equity and fairness. There may be no greater inequity among people than the disparity regarding access to clean and safe drinking water. Nearly 900 million people...continued→
Posted March 24, 2011 by Heather Allen in Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, The Media and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
On World Water Day, March 22 2011 people around the world celebrated clean water and explored solutions for the world’s biggest environmental health crisis – the lack of safe water and sanitation. Killing more children each year than AIDS, Malaria and...continued→
Posted March 22, 2011 by Heather Allen in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, U.S. Law and Policy
Today on World Water Day as people around the world celebrated, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Robert Zoellick President of the World Bank signed a broad agreement on water. The room was packed as Clinton presented the case for water...continued→
