A Deadly Brain-Eating Amoeba, Naegleria Fowleri, Has Been Found In A New Orleans Suburb Water Supply
Ian Crossland: Nexushaus Solar Water Independent Home
03 Economy, 05 Energy, 11 Society, 12 WaterNexushaus is an amazing and cheap solar living home that is water independent
This one story, energy positive house comes from designers from Technische Universität München (TUM) and the University of Texas at Austin (UTA). Made with almost entirely sustainable materials, a self-reliant water capture and treatment system and solar panels, Nexushaus is currently being constructed and tested in Austin, Texas. It's a response to a rise in the cost of housing, relative to all the new people moving to the city and an opportunity to build a house that will feed electricity back into the system. The solar panels are enough to power the lighting, air conditioning, household appliances, and an electric car.
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Al Rozich: Beyond Global Warming — Other Inconvenient Truths with Focus on Water
03 Economy, 05 Energy, 11 Society, 12 Water, Civil Society, Commerce, Commercial Intelligence, Earth Intelligence, Government, ResilienceThe resource crisis is bigger issue than global warming. Water-energy-food nexus is critical.
Review: Other Inconvenient Truths Beyond Global Warming
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SchwartzReport: Water Shut-Offs = Real-Estate Collapse – Entire Communities Out of Water
03 Economy, 12 WaterIt seems I am not the only person talking about a real estate collapse because of drought. Although it is a bit flippant, I agree with most of this essay, and believe this is going to be a huge issue within the next five years.
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And just like that, the property values of millions of dollars worth of homes belonging to 15,000 residents nosedives toward zero.
Berto Jongman: NASA Says Earth Running Out of Water – With Graphic, Comment, & Links
12 WaterNASA: The Earth is Running Out of Water
More than half of the world's 37 largest aquifers are losing water due to population and climate stresses
SchwartzCourt: French Court Rules Water a Right, Unconstitutional to Cut Off Water to Anybody
12 WaterIn the United States uber-rich individuals and the corporations they control are trying to privatize municipal water systems, and we are already — as in Detroit — cutting off the water service to poor people. In France they are going in a very different direction.
SchwartzReport: Fossil Subsidies vs. Wind Savings
05 Energy, 12 WaterFossil fuels subsidised by $10m a minute, says IMF
‘Shocking’ revelation finds $5.3tn subsidy estimate for 2015 is greater than the total health spending of all the world’s governments
The U.S. Could Get a Third of Its Electricity From Wind Power—and Save Billions of Gallons of Water
A new report details the health and environmental benefits of ramping up wind energy.