Entries by Keith Schneider

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.

This is India — “Maybe Tomorrow”

Reflections of the banquet of bedlam that is modern India Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue Much of the world’s tea is raised in northeast India. Workers pick tea leaves in a tea garden in Assam. Click image to enlarge. GUWAHATI, India — Beggars prowl the sidewalks of every city I’ve visited — […]