Resident's Jail Term for Collecting Rainwater?

Oregon - Money is the ONLY reason state officials decreed jailtime on a resident who wanted to collect rainwater off his own property. http://tinyurl.com/963j6pl

Plastic Weary Consumers Turn To Shatterproof Glass

Global News - In the recent decade consumer awareness has risen enough to challenge the plastic bottle industry by shifting preferance to glass. http://tinyurl.com/cybxktg

Oceanic Carbon Drawn Down Process Revealed

Antarctic - British and Australian scientists have discovered that funnel-like waves drive carbon down deep into the Ocean, which enables better understanding of climate change.  http://tinyurl.com/bncdx8e

Record Breaking Ice Melt Stuns Scientists

Greenland, UK - The record breaking ice melt may baffle scientists, but to the rest of us it's clear...the human hand does indeed affect all existing properties of Earth, whether we choose to accept responsibility or not. http://tinyurl.com/c9gan3o

Vending Machines Confound The Plastic Bottle Issue

Alexandria, VA. - While college students rally to halt the water bottle issue, the healthy drink issue kicks up. http://tinyurl.com/cmxs7gc

Scientists Adopt New Theory of Origin of Water

Washington, DC - Analysis of samples taken from 86 primitive meteorites suggest old theory of water's origin may have to change. http://tinyurl.com/7cs3ymo

Hidden Water in Products - Cause for Concern

World News - Examining how much water goes into certain products we make ads new fuel to the water footprint industry. http://tinyurl.com/89lwsla

New Research Report Analyzes Water Treatment Chemicals

London, UK - The water treatment chemicals industry has been analyzed in a new TechSci Research Report available at MarketPublishers.com http://tinyurl.com/7dzuhpj

New Study on Fracking vs. Water Contamination

Pittsburg, PA. - The Department of Energy is to begin a new study to determine the migration of fracking fluids. http://tinyurl.com/77hkr6d

Might Philly Water Initiative Inspire Other Cities?

When one thinks of Philadelphia - the go-green-water-footprint, save Mother Earth movement might not exactly pop readily to mind. But in this case, the grand old city might actually begin to earn top ranking in the next few years for it's innovative plan to re-route storm water. Newly landscaped curb extensions catch rain water, where it infiltrates into soil instead of entering storm sewers. It's all part of the Philly's Green City Clean Waters Program, which emerged from an agreement between the city and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). So far, the city has completed 35 green street blocks, and by the end of the year expects to have boosted that total to 215.