TakePart · Energy Environmental Justice Food Policy Water
A Giant Lake that Sustains Millions of People Is in Danger
Dams, overfishing, and pollution threaten Cambodia’s Tonle Sap, the largest lake in Southeast Asia and one of the world’s most productive fisheries.
TakePart · Adaptation Nature-Based Solutions Slow Water Water
Coca-Cola Leaves It to Beavers to Fight the Drought
The soft-drink giant is deploying the dam-building animals to replenish groundwater supplies.
TakePart · Environmental Justice Indigenous Water
The Navajo Are Fighting to Get Their Water Back
A third of tribe members lack clean water while cities thrive on rivers running through reservations. New deals are enabling them to take some of what’s theirs.
TakePart · Biodiversity Environmental Justice Food Policy Water
Investors Are Grabbing a Japan-Size Chunk of the Developing World for Food and Water
Activists tracking these deals say rich countries are buying up land—93 million acres—and displacing local people and wildlife.
TakePart · Nature-Based Solutions Slow Water Water
Hacking the Drought
With climate models predicting precipitation extremes in some of the world’s most ecologically and politically sensitive areas, scientists and engineers are coming up with creative solutions.
Ensia · Adaptation Nature-Based Solutions Slow Water Water
With Floods and Droughts Increasing, Communities Take a New Look at Storing Water Underground
Groundwater recharge is the latest wave in water security – though challenges remain.
Ensia · Adaptation Nature-Based Solutions Slow Water Water
The “One Water” Movement Is Helping the Environment and Saving Millions of Dollars
Solutions to floods, droughts, and pollution that look upstream, downstream and everywhere in between save dollars and make sense.
Ensia · Adaptation Nature-Based Solutions Slow Water Water
Cities Are Finally Treating Water as a Resource, Not a Nuisance
From Houston to Melbourne, the surprising way urban areas are dealing with water woes
Who Owns Groundwater?
California drought underscores the need to improve how the state – and the rest of us – divvy up a resource in demand.
Are Massive Projects Really the Right Answer to Our Water Supply Woes?
Conservation and recycling can reduce the need for massive municipal water infrastructure.
Ensia · Adaptation Nature-Based Solutions Slow Water Water
As Floods Increase, Cities Like Detroit Are Looking to Green Stormwater Infrastructure:
With climate change bringing more intense storms, urban areas are looking for better ways to manage runoff.
Ensia · Environmental Justice Policy Pollution Water
Nitrates on Tap
As contamination worsens, an oft-ignored groundwater pollutant is drawing new attention – and solutions.
Rethink · Climate Change Energy Water
Low-lying Vietnam Is Squeezed Between Its Neighbors and the Rising Seas.
Climate change, heavy-handed water management, and upstream dams are changing the Mekong Delta, pushing residents to adapt.
Ensia · Environmental Justice Policy Pollution Water
Our Drinking Water Systems Are a Disaster. What Can We Do?
In the wake of the Flint crisis, communities turn to innovative technology and financing to prevent the next crisis.
California’s Underground Water War
California has been the only western state without groundwater regulation – but now that looks set to change.
