Entries by Keith Schneider

Keith Schneider: Advocates Try To Plug the Drain of Water From Climate Negotiations

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Circle of Blue’s Keith Schneider examines the Bangkok and Barcelona conferences to understand why water’s been pulled from climate negotiations. Schneider also talks with an advocate who’s determined to put water back on the table.

Keith Schneider: Water Not Mixed into Barcelona Climate Talks

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Circle of Blue’s Senior Editor Keith Schneider breaks down the U.N. Barcelona climate conference with day one leaving us to question, “Where’s the water?

WaterViews | Water Tops Climate Change as Global Priority

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Keith SchneiderCircle of Blue’s senior editor and chief correspondent based in Traverse City, Michigan. He has reported on the contest for energy, food, and water in the era of climate change from six continents. Contact Keith Schneider http:/Circleofblue.org/about/staff/Keith

The Biggest Dry

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Australia’s Epic Drought is Global Warning Circle of Blue Reports The grievous consequences of drought and global warming are more visible and dangerous in Australia than in any other industrialized nation. Wildfires last month killed 210 people in Victoria. The country’s greatest wetland, the Coorong near Adelaide, is drying up. And as it does, the […]

Australia’s Food Bowl, Like The World’s, Is Drying Up

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Keith SchneiderCircle of Blue’s senior editor and chief correspondent based in Traverse City, Michigan. He has reported on the contest for energy, food, and water in the era of climate change from six continents. Contact Keith Schneider http:/Circleofblue.org/about/staff/Keith

A Rice Town’s Cry

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Will the sky ever listen again? A lone rice paddy stands flooded with water pumped from the ground near Deniliquin, New South Wales. In the face of water shortages, Australia’s rice industry has crashed, leaving farmers to convert from rice to other drought-resistant crops. by Keith Schneider Photographs by J. Carl Ganter Circle of Blue […]

An Elder’s Prayer for The River

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Fish Come Back Dead Red Gum trees, Lake Pamamaroo near Menindee. by Keith Schneider Photographs by J. Carl Ganter Circle of Blue Reports MENINDEE, New South Wales – Aunt Beryl Carmichael, a storyteller and elder of the Ngiyaampaa (nee-yump-pah) people, was born more than 70 years ago on an Aboriginal mission across the Darling River […]

Here’s Something New in Australia: A Plan That Takes Water from Agriculture

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At First Aghast, Victoria Grower Leads Campaign in Support of Water-Saving Construction The sun-dried expanse between Shepparton and Deniliquin, New South Wales, is dotted with irrigated hay, wheat and other crops by Keith Schneider Photographs by J. Carl Ganter Circle of Blue Reports Northern Victoria is so flat that it takes a few days for […]

Behind Curtain of Fire, A Land Disfigured By Man and Drought

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Can a Century of Canal Digging, Channel Constructing, Man Made Plumbing Be Undone Once a farmer now a conservationist, Greg Ogle stands among Australia’s giant Red Gum trees northwest of Swan Hill that the epic drought has killed (click image to enlarge). by Keith Schneider Photographs by J. Carl Ganter Circle of Blue Reports Greg […]

no reason: A World on the Verge of Water Bankruptcy

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Reaching the Epiphany Moment, Video Makes Water Crisis Clear Can irony help explain the global fresh water crisis? no reason, a Circle of Blue video, describes in surprising images and unlikely pacing the roles water and water scarcity play in the global economy. It debuted at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland […]

Global water business, a growth industry, attracting more investors

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Realistic expectations drive long-term gains, experts predict by Keith Schneider Circle of Blue NEW YORK – It didn’t quite land with a thunk!, but it did attract some attention last August when a 16-page investment brochure from Dublin, California dropped into the mailboxes of stock buyers all over the country. “Water stocks,” declared the investor […]

U.S. Faces Era Of Water Scarcity

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Profligate use hurts in unexpected places Quest for new supplies nationwide UPDATE: Please read our 2009 update on water problems in the US. Striking symbols of American engineering prowess, Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam stand in testimony to the U.S. spirit of growth and prosperity. But the 28.5 million acre feet Lake Mead is […]