Category Archives: water

Thinking outside the basin

Posted on June 21, 2018 by jedstevenson

This week I had the honour of delivering a keynote at the first International Conference of Water Security in Toronto. The conference, which also launched a new journal devoted to the topic, brought together 150 people from hydrology, engineering, and … Continue reading →

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Living on a fault-line

Posted on June 16, 2017 by jedstevenson

Or, the challenge of thinking geologically. Last week I attended the Oxford Desert Conference, to bang the drum about work my colleagues and I are doing in the Turkana basin (stay tuned for more on that). I came away reminded … Continue reading →

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The EPA: A victim of its own success?

Posted on January 9, 2014 by jedstevenson

William Ruckelshaus was the first director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In a recent interview he reflected on what’s changed during the 43 years since the agency was established — and in particular since the passing of landmark … Continue reading →

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