Entries by Circle of Blue

Multimillion dollar plan to pump water to Jordan’s capital

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AMMAN, JORDAN — Jordan on Sunday announced that a multimillion dollar project would begin in June to supply the capital with water from an ancient southern aquifer 325 kilometers (200 miles) away. “The capital will get water from the aquifer for the coming 100 years,” Water Minister Raed Abu Soud told reporters, adding that the […]

India’s future drying up?

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NEW DELHI – With the winter rains predicted to fall, water storage levels in India could dip leading to greater water stress during the lean monsoon period. Combined with the fall in winter rains, the increasing intensity of rain would lead to a higher number of floods during monsoon which too could result in reduced […]

No water woes for Philippines… maybe

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MANILA – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Saturday assured that the country will not face a water crisis. In the dzMM radio program “Para Sa’yo Bayan” of Vice President Noli de Castro, DENR Secretary Lito Atienza said that the country has enough water supply, particularly for Metro Manila and Central Luzon. […]

Conference tackles water’s effect on bottom line

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BOSTON – Over and again, water is labeled the new oil, a resource where demand continues to rise but supply is limited. Experts at the Ceres Conference here on Tuesday focused on the risks to businesses and communities that the “global water crisis” poses, one with economic, environmental, and human health impacts. Ceres is a […]

Geoffrey Dabelko: Talking water and opportunities for environmental peacemaking

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Dr. Geoffrey D. Dabelko is director of the Environmental Change and Security Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. Dabelko discusses water, peacemaking and challenges in China and the Tibetan Plateau. Hear the interview here. This is a rush transcript with excerpts provided for convenience; verbatim accuracy is not guaranteed. […]

Samsung to produce water-powered mobile phone battery

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Samsung announced that it will come up with new mobile phone battery that would be powered by water. Read more here. source: TelecomTiger Circle of BlueCircle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises. www.circleofblue.org/about/

Australian Rice Woes: High Prices, But No Water, No Crop

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AUSTRALIA –Australia’s failed rice crop — the country will export barely one-tenth of its usual average this year — has been blamed for contributing to global shortages and a more than doubling of the global rice price. But Sunrice chief executive Gary Helou says the accusation against Australia is “terribly ill-informed,” adding, “Australia is an […]

Water shortage sparks protest

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DHAKA, Bangladesh – Hundreds of people staged protests in the Bangladeshi capital on Wednesday against a shortage of drinking water, witnesses said, defying a ban on such demonstrations. A falling water table and lack of power to run water pumps has led to a serious shortfall of drinking water in Dhaka, a city of 11 […]

Greenland’s melting ice is turning blue

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GENEVA – Arctic ice may be melting faster than most climate change science has concluded, the conservation group WWF said in a report published on Thursday. It found that ice in Greenland and across the Arctic region was retreating “at rates significantly faster than predicted in previous expert assessments”. Read More here. Source : Reuters […]

Toxic water panics Indians

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FARIDKOT – A sudden increase in water-borne diseases over the past two weeks due to highly toxic and polluted drinking water has made residents in Faridkot, Muktsar and Abohar areas panicky as authorities have not been able to improve the situation. The situation is so worrisome, the Times of India reports, that many families have […]