Feb 10
Politics, schmolotics: Canadian and U.S. mayors work across the aisle for clean water—listen up: Cities vote yes to teaming up for the Great Lakes The art of compromise is alive and well, at least for the mayors who have come together as part of the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Cities Initiative. CurrentCast caught up …
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Dec 27
Saving water and flavor is what’s on tap at a few earth-minded breweries. Hop on this: Ever been told that if you want to save water, you should drink ale instead? Unfortunately, there’s not much truth to the joke—a lot of water goes into making beer. “It can vary from about three liters to six …
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Sep 23
Chicagoans now have double the incentive to conserve water, thanks to a voluntary new metering program. Listen up: When there’s a flat rate for water, it’s easy to overlook how much you use—and therefore easy to inadvertently waste it. So the City of Chicago has a promising new solution up its sleeve. To give residents …
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Jul 27
Great Lakes states team up to protect water resources for the win—listen up: Let’s get together and…manage our region’s water In the late nineties, a company wanted to ship water from Lake Superior all the way to Asia. That got people in the Great Lakes thinking about the value of the abundance in our own …
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Jan 12
The water that comes out of our taps is a drop in the bucket compared to the water that it takes to make the products and food we buy. Transcript of the Audio Podcast: Tracing your water footprint… …on this CurrentCast. It’s often said that the average American uses eighty to one hundred gallons of …
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