Posted on September 27, 2007 by Jared Simpson
A very brief post today, because the Waterblogged.info team is at a mandatory all-day offsite at this awesome resource, a compilation of videos on all the big issues surrounding water from the California Colloquium on Water, an ongoing lecture series at the Berkeley campus of the University of California.
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Posted on September 19, 2007 by Jared Simpson
When Waterblogged.info’s sources* revealed that the move to restore California’s San Joaquin River is stalled in Congress, an eerie hush fell over our newsroom; the clattering of the typewriters ceased, the editor stopped chewing on her cigar, the copy boy tip-toed out the door to find a better job. Why, we asked ourselves individually and [...]
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Posted on September 14, 2007 by Jared Simpson
Many faithful Waterblogged.info readers have expressed urgent concern about the lack of new postings in the last few days. We do apologize, but there’s good reason: Turmoil. Editorial turmoil. Grumblings from the Waterblogged.info editorial board—”a complete lack of focus disguised as a global perspective,” and “no apparent mission aside from complaining and hand-wringing about water,” [...]
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