Postel interviewed on KJZZ
Post Carbon Fellow Sandra Postel talks on KJZZ radio about water conservation efforts in the western US. Listen to the interview Your browser does not support this audio format.
Postel on water conservation at azcentral.com
Post Carbon Fellow Sandra Postel was quoted in this article on water saving. From the article: Those tangible efforts are crucial in promoting overall water-conservation goals, said Sandra Postel, director of the Global Water Policy Project. Postel helped start...
What the Disappearing Aral Sea Tells Us about the Value of Water
The satellite image of the Aral Sea recently released by NASA just about knocked my socks off. It wasn’t that the sea was shrinking; that’s been true for decades. It was how fast it was disappearing. Once the world’s...
Our Global Freshwater Future: New Solutions for a Thirsty World
Sandra Postel, a leading authority on water issues affecting the world today and founder of the Global Water Policy Project, will give the 2014 Flinn Foundation Centennial Lecture presented by Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University. The...
Rivers Need a Thorough Health Exam
Rivers are the blue arteries of the Earth. Their flows deliver sediment and nutrients to floodplains, deltas and coastal zones, some of the most biologically productive ecosystems on the planet. They connect and sustain the web of life. So...
With 38% of Global Shale Gas Located in Regions of Water Stress, More Oversight of Fracking is Urgently Needed
As more data emerge, shale gas increasingly appears to be in the cross-hairs of the water-energy nexus, and far too little is being done to defuse impending conflicts. While hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”), the process used to unleash natural gas from...
Groundwater Depletion in Colorado River Basin Poses Big Risk to Water Security
Let’s step back for a minute and consider the implications of the study released last week on the depletion of groundwater in the Colorado River Basin. For anyone concerned about the future of the American West, the findings of this study...
West-Slope Colorado Towns Restore Local Flows, Even as Thirsty Front-Range Lawns Drink From their Rivers
The Roaring Fork River, a headwater tributary in the Colorado Basin, adds to the beauty and economic vitality of Aspen, Colorado. Photo credit: Grand River Consulting for the Colorado Water Trust. When residents in Denver, Colorado Springs and other...
Along the Rio Grande, An Innovative Water Market Restores Riverside Habitat
With rivers in the American Southwest dammed, diverted, drought-stricken and running dry, their fate is increasingly in human hands. Now, in the southern portion of the Rio Grande in New Mexico, a unique partnership of irrigators, government agencies and...
Recent Loss of Freshwater Wetlands Worldwide Valued at $2.7 Trillion per Year
The question of whether to drain a wetland to make way for a shopping mall or a cornfield, or to instead leave the wetland intact, often seems like a no-brainer: the “development” options have a clear dollar value, but...