Conservation

Local water districts will restrict residential use, not agriculture.

The market for cleaning up the briny waste water is likely to grow dramatically.

Water and sewer utilities raise rates to meet infrastructure costs.

A report says the world is going to spend trillions on infrastructure either way.

Peer pressure works in getting people to use less water

Interior nominee Sally Jewell would weigh resource extraction and conservation on public lands.

Justin Daugherty, a guitarist and environmentalist living in Austin, Texas says his inauguration birthday adds to his sense of social responsibility.

In the spirit of environmental conservation, the British government wants to put a price on nature. They've created a group called the Natural Capital Committee, which will put a dollar value on landscapes, river purity, and wildlife.

When I was a kid I'd spend summer nights collecting fireflies. I wasn't interested in killing them--just capturing them and watching them flash in...