If you are not happy with the results below please do another search
The Global Rundown Thousands more fish die in New South Wales, Australia. New Florida governor Ron DeSantis calls for the resignation of the state’s water policy managers. Indonesia’s Jenebarang River overflows, swamping homes and killing six people. Urban designers make Wuhan, China, into a “sponge city,” in a bid to boost flood resilience. Zimbabwe considers […]
The Global Rundown Iraq’s new prime minister promises better water services in volatile Basra. Despite ambitious claims by India’s Water Resources Minister, a 5-year plan to clean the Ganges River lags behind schedule. Urban-rural tensions flare in Arizona as the likelihood of water cuts grows. The government of Botswana urges residents to prepare for drought. […]
The Global Rundown A new study finds that limited water resources are responsible for declines in global forest growth. Experts say California’s cycle of prolonged drought, followed by heavy rains, is worsening wildfire risk. Arizona lawmakers review draft legislation as the deadline looms for a Colorado River drought contingency plan. An attack in northern Mali, […]
The Global Rundown Lead levels in water samples from Flint, Michigan, are the lowest since the city’s devastating lead crisis began. Heavy rains and flooding are expected to continue in northern Argentina. Water diversions have disrupted the natural balance of Australia’s Murray-Darling river system, raising the likelihood of disasters like the recent fish kills, scientists […]
The Global Rundown Newly-elected California governor Gavin Newsom names clean drinking water as a top priority. Michigan lawmakers reintroduce a bill to establish strict PFAS limits in state drinking water. Heat-stricken New South Wales, Australia, installs aerators in its waterways to minimize ongoing fish deaths. A new report warns that the water problems plaguing Detroit, […]
The Global Rundown Desalination plants are damaging to the environment, a UN-backed study finds. Officials estimate that up to one million fish have died along the banks of Australia’s Murray-Darling River in recent weeks, and more deaths are predicted. Another round of rain and snow batters Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon. Victims of last year’s […]
The Global Rundown Australia’s cotton industry denies claims that it caused fish kills in the Darling River by depleting water flows. A new round of testing shows increasing lead levels in the Newark, New Jersey, water system. Researchers examine the vulnerabilities California’s forests face when confronted with multi-year drought. 2018 was the third-warmest year on […]
The Global Rundown A plan to dump tonnes of salt waste into a Queensland, Australia, waterway comes to a halt. Storm Usman brings torrential rains to the Philippines, triggering deadly landslides. Aquatic life in the United Kingdom’s coastal waters resurges after increased conservation efforts. Farmers in South Africa consider drought-hardy goats as an alternative to […]
The Global Rundown Drillers in the Permian Basin, a major United States oil field, struggle to dispose of fracking wastewater. Urgent changes are needed to salvage Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin plan, according to the project’s Productivity Commission. Portugal attracts drought-stricken farmers to its lush Alqueva reservoir. The death toll from floods in India this year nears […]
The Global Rundown Karnataka, India, is awarded additional water from the Mahadayi River, ending a decades-long dispute with the state of Goa. Water utilities in California vary in their utilization of climate change science. ‘Historic’ flooding sweeps through the northeastern United States. Politicians in New South Wales, Australia, urge the government to sell environmental water […]
The Rundown New leadership at the EPA. New Hampshire senators urge immediate action on PFAS. CDC official steps down from Legionella standards committee. And lastly, there are a bunch of meetings on the calendar: the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosts its third meeting on reducing Legionella risk in water systems, the EPA […]
