U.S. national debate topic, 2021-2022. Water resources /
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Amenia, New York :
Published by Grey House Publishing,
[2021]
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v. 93, no. 3. |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The right to drink. The U.S. drinking water crisis
- The US drinking water supply is mostly safe, but that's not good enough / Joan Rose, The Conversation, May 29, 2019
- Millions of Americans drink potentially unsafe tap water: how does your county stack up? / Katie Langin, Science Magazine, February 12, 2018
- Flint has clean water now: why won't people drink it? / Derek Robertson, Politico, December 23, 2020
- The pandemic has exposed America's clean water crisis / Khushbu Shah, Vox, April 17, 2020
- Revealed: millions of Americans can't afford water as bills rise 80% in a decade / Nina Lakhani, The Guardian, June 23, 2020
- The hidden racial inequities of access to water in America / Jay Willis, GQ, November 25, 2019
- How development of America's water infrastructure has lurched through history / David Sedlak, PEW Trend Magazine, March 3, 2019
- Why scientists should shape environmental policy / James Saiers, Foreign Policy, March 14, 2020
- 2. Waste and the water problem. Sewage and wastewater treatment
- Toxic waters / Daniel C. Vock, Governing, March 2019
- Filthy water: a basic sanitation problem persists in rural America / Katherine Bagley, Yale Environment, December 10, 2020
- Sewage is still 'America's dirty secret' / Justine Calma, The Verge, November 13, 2020
- Lethal algae blooms-- an ecosystem out of balance / Jeremy Hance, The Guardian, January 4, 2020
- The science of harmful algal blooms / U.S. Geological Survey, October 24, 2016
- A hacker tried to poison a Florida city's water supply, officials say / Andy Greenberg, Wired, February 8, 2021
- 3. Protecting natural water bodies. Protecting rivers, lakes, and watersheds
- Healthy watersheds protection: basic information and answers to frequent questions / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, March 5, 2018
- Debunking the Trump administration's new water rule / Ryan Richards, Center for American Progress, March 27, 2019
- Three-eyed fish and two-headed turtles? The stench of this river spanning U.S.-Mexico border is legendary / Brittney Mejia, LA Times, May 2, 2018
- US states face water crisis as global heating increases strain on supplies / Emily Holden, The Guardian, August 6, 2019
- Countries, home to one-quarter of the world's population, face extremely high water stress / Rutger Willem Hofste, Paul Reig, and Leah Schleifer, World Resources Institute, August 6, 2019
- 4. Finding solutions. Solutions and strategies
- Our cities' water systems are becoming obsolete: what will replace them? / Brad Plumer, Vox, December 29, 2014
- It could only cost 1% of GDP to solve global water crises / Colin Strong and Samantha Kuzma, World Resources Institute, January 21, 2020
- How monitoring local water supplies can build community / John M. Carroll, The Conversation, October 17, 2018
- Could these five innovations help solve the global water crisis? / Rosie Spinks, The Guardian, February 13, 2017
- Seagrass a powerful ally in the fight against climate change says Seychelles-based expert / Matthew Morgan, The PEW Charitable Trusts, March 1, 2021
- In New Mexico, Pecos River sustains communities, traditions, and wildlife / Nicole Cordan, The PEW Charitable Trusts, July 22, 2020
- 5. Policy issues. State and federal water policy
- Trump's environmental policies rule only part of America / Alex Guillen, Beatrice Jin, and Eric Wolff, Politico, September 19, 2019
- Why farmers and ranchers think the EPA Clean Water Rules goes too far / Reagan Waskom and David J. Cooper, The Conversation, February 28, 2017
- The Green New Deal: what does it mean for water? / Marc Yaggi, Waterkeeper Alliance, March 7, 2019
- Green New Deal: strengths and weaknesses / Rob Jordan, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, March 29, 2019
- Lawmakers open groundwater fight against bottled water companies / Alex Brown, PEW Stateline, February 12, 2020
- How states' rights became a liberal environmental cause / Amanda Paulson and Martin Kuz, The Christian Science Monitor, October 9, 2019
- This is how the government should define waters of the United States / Daren Bakst, The Hill, August 13, 2019
- Why shifting regulatory power to the states won't improve the environment / Michael A. Livermore, The Conversation, August 2, 2017
- Relax: gutting the EPA won't make your air dirtier and water more polluted / Ronald Bailey, Reason, March 23, 2017
- Water and U.S. national security / Peter Gleick, War Room, U.S. Army War College, June 15, 2017
- A military view on climate change, it's eroding our national security and we should prepare for it / David Titley, The Conversation, October 6, 2016
- What does water have to do with national security? / Charles Iceland and Betsy Otto, World Resources Institute, February 28, 2017
- Climate change, water security and U.S. national security / Carolyn Kenney, Center for American Progress, March 22, 2017.