Entries by Keith Schneider

Nepal Earthquake Damages Hydropower Dam

Near the earthquake epicenter, workers were rescued from a dam that is currently under construction by a Chinese company.

California Drought Invites Scrutiny of Bottled Water, Fracking

A vortex of attention swirls around industrial activity that does not consume much water. Photo © Brent Stirton / Getty Images Reportage for Circle of Blue Agriculture is the largest water consumer in California. Click image to enlarge. To the delight of Sacramento’s Department of Utilities, Nestle Waters North America in 2010 opened a bottling […]

California Drought Puts Desalination, Fresh Water From The Sea, In A New Light

Era of ample water supply and cheap prices is ending.

Big India Dam, Unfinished and Silent, Could Be Tomb For Giant Hydropower Projects

Lower Subansiri River construction site was shut in 2011 and never restarted.

U.S. Ports Modernize While Water Supply and Quality Deteriorate

Savannah container terminal is a modern maritime showcase; Savannah River gets dirtier. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue Georgia’s Garden City Terminal near Savannah is the nation’s fourth largest container port. Georgia and the federal government spent $US 758 million over the last decade to expand and modernize the port. Click image to […]

Stanley Heckadon-Moreno’s Gift to Panama Is Clean Rivers, Magnificent Tropical Forests

One of Latin America’s greatest conservationists teaches the virtue of a natural landscape.

Panama’s Hydropower Development Defined By Fierce Resistance and Tough Choices

Rising electrical demand presents an opening for clean power, and new risks from fossil fuels.

Panama Canal Expansion Will Have Big Effect on Energy, Water, and Grain in U.S. and China

Deeper channels and immense new locks are due to open in 2016.