Entries by Nadya Ivanova

The Stream, April 5: Melting Glaciers, Ozone Loss

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Some of Patagonia’s glaciers are melting up to 100 times faster than at any time in the last 350 years, according to a study by Aberystwyth University. The findings have worrying implications for crop irrigation and water supplies globally. Meanwhile, the European Space Agency has measured record loss of ozone over Arctic that might be […]

The Stream, April 4: America’s Energy Policy

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British Petroleum will resume drilling 10 existing wells in the Gulf of Mexico as early as July this year, the Financial Times reports. BP has committed to transparency and new safety measures in return, but environmental groups are up in arms. Opinion This op-ed by The Economist explains why President Barack Obama’s plans to wean […]

The Stream, April 1: Hydrocarbons

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After recent reports on NPR and The New York Times, this week Time magazine covers the hydrocarbon boom in the United States. Is the country facing a gas dilemma? Meanwhile, a Norwegian energy company is eyeing Kazakhstan’s energy reserves in the Caspian Sea, UPI reports. Coal Down Under, the devastating summer floods in Queensland have […]

The Stream, March 31: Energy and Water

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A British energy company has begun drilling for shale gas in Lancashire, UPI reports. Great Britain’s hydraulic fracking debut raises more questions about the future of shale gas extraction in Europe. Reuters gives a breakdown of the energy issues facing the United States. The country plans to decrease its oil imports by one-third in a […]

The Stream, March 30: Water and Cities

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More than a billion people around the world will face severe water shortages by 2050 as a result of rapid urbanization and climate change, according to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. India’s six biggest cities — Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad — will be among the most […]

The Stream, March 29: Kenya Opens Carbon Exchange

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Kenya expects to start construction of a 300-megawatt Lake Turkana wind power project by the end of the year, Reuters reports. The project will earn government revenue from carbon credits on Kenya’s newly launched climate exchange platform. European Union The European Union plans to introduce water efficiency targets for member states and industries. The new […]

The Stream, March 28: Nukes, Drought, Asian Carp

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As radiation in the water at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant surged to potentially lethal levels, Bloomberg reports that Japan’s nuclear regulators and the operator of the plant dismissed warnings two years ago that a tsunami could overwhelm the facility’s defenses. Nuclear debate Meanwhile, The Economist continues the nuclear debate with an article that […]

The Stream, March 25: Nuclear Legacy

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While the world is following the unfolding nuclear disaster at Japan’s Fukushima power plant, the radioactive waste at a former plutonium production facility in Hanford, Washington, is slowly seeping into the region’s soil and ground water, and threatening to move toward the Columbia River. Der Spiegel revisits “the most contaminated location in the entire Western […]

The Stream, March 24: India-Pakistan Water Disputes

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A 330-megawatt dam under construction in the Indus River Basin has re-ignited the water tensions between India and Pakistan in the disputed region of Kashmir. The hydropower project is the first to be referred to international arbitration under the World Bank-mediated Indus Water Treaty and signals an escalation in the Indo-Pakistani race to secure priority […]

The Stream, March 23: World Water Ranking

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Mauritania, Kuwait and Jordan are the most water-stressed countries in the world, according to a new water ranking by a British risk analysis group. In its review of 160 countries around the globe, the company also notes that Sweden, Guyana, Canada and Russia have the most secure supplies. Meanwhile, Kuwait announced that it plans to […]

The Stream, March 22: World Water Day 2011

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The New York Times compares the water markets and policies of Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin and California’s San Joaquin Valley. Will California’s farmers follow in the footsteps of their Australian counterparts, who made far-reaching changes to their water practices in response to a dire 12-year drought? Agriculture, Industry In a sobering article, the Guardian‘s John Vidal […]

The Stream, March 21: Water and Security

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The United Nations should promote cooperation in the regions most at risk of water conflicts such as the Middle East and North Africa, where scarce supplies and rising populations might spark future tensions, according to experts at a water and security meeting in Toronto, Canada. Japan The Guardian‘s datablog lists and ranks the world’s nuclear […]