Author Archive for: Codi

The Global Rundown Iran is moving forward with plans for two major water transfers to ease shortages in its central provinces. Greater transparency is needed to resolve disputes between China and India over the Brahmaputra River, according to a new report. As the costs to respond to global humanitarian disasters skyrocket and more people are […]

Codi Kozacek

A news correspondent for Circle of Blue based out of Hawaii. She writes The Stream, Circle of Blue’s daily digest of international water news trends. Her interests include food security, ecology and the Great Lakes.
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The Global Rundown Two protestors against dams on the Brahmaputra River were killed by police during demonstrations in northeast India. President Obama visited Flint, Michigan to raise awareness about the city’s lead-contaminated drinking water crisis, while regulators in Ohio warned of toxic sediment in Lake Erie approaching a drinking water intake for Cleveland. U.S. environmental […]

Codi Kozacek

A news correspondent for Circle of Blue based out of Hawaii. She writes The Stream, Circle of Blue’s daily digest of international water news trends. Her interests include food security, ecology and the Great Lakes.
Contact Codi Kozacek

www.circleofblue.org/author/codi/

The Global Rundown Economic growth in many regions of the world will likely suffer from water shortages by mid-century, according to a World Bank report. The mining companies behind a deadly tailings spill in Brazil are being sued for billions of dollars. Amid a severe drought, Zimbabwe is selling wild animals from its parks to […]

Codi Kozacek

A news correspondent for Circle of Blue based out of Hawaii. She writes The Stream, Circle of Blue’s daily digest of international water news trends. Her interests include food security, ecology and the Great Lakes.
Contact Codi Kozacek

www.circleofblue.org/author/codi/

The Global Rundown El Nino-linked droughts in India, Thailand, and Vietnam are expected to cut stockpiles of rice this year in the world’s three top exporters. Floods in Texas are contaminating rivers with oil and chemicals from fracking, while an attack on an oil pipeline in Colombia created a spill in the Bojaba River. Australia […]

Codi Kozacek

A news correspondent for Circle of Blue based out of Hawaii. She writes The Stream, Circle of Blue’s daily digest of international water news trends. Her interests include food security, ecology and the Great Lakes.
Contact Codi Kozacek

www.circleofblue.org/author/codi/

The Global Rundown Spills of wastewater from fracking operations in North Dakota have contaminated sites across a wide swath of the state, according to a new study. Environmental groups in the United States are raising concerns about the contamination of water supplies with the chemical PFOA. President Obama declared a disaster in the Marshall Islands […]

Codi Kozacek

A news correspondent for Circle of Blue based out of Hawaii. She writes The Stream, Circle of Blue’s daily digest of international water news trends. Her interests include food security, ecology and the Great Lakes.
Contact Codi Kozacek

www.circleofblue.org/author/codi/