May 26, 2009

Unquenchable: America’s Water Crisis and What To Do About It

ELI hosted a panel discussion featuring Robert Glennon, author of Unquenchable: America’s Water Crisis and What To Do About It (April 2009). In Unquenchable, he captures the tragedy and irony of water in America, revealing the heady extravagances and everyday waste that are sucking the nation dry. He argues that we cannot engineer our way out of the problem with the usual fixes. America must make hard choices and Glennon’s answer is a provocative market-based system that values water as a commodity and a fundamental human right. He is the Morris K. Udall Professor of Law and Public Policy in the Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona, and author of Water Follies and many essays.

Panelists:
Robert Glennon, Morris K. Udall Professor of Law and Public Policy, Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona
Hon. Mark A. Limbaugh, Principal, Ferguson Group, Former Assistant Secretary for Water and Science at the U.S. Department of the Interior
Nancy Stoner, Program Director, Water, Natural Resources Defense Council

Downloads:
Robert Glennon PowerPoint