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The Global Rundown Australia’s biennial climate report shows that rainfall has declined in several key regions, while the prevalence of fire conditions has increased. Energy companies in Ecuador recently began extracting oil from beneath Yasuní national park, but the government says there is no environmental damage. In Colombia, communities near a large coal mine fear […]
The Global Rundown More young girls in Bangladesh could face early marriages as climate change intensifies floods and other natural disasters. Rapidly retreating ice shelves in Antarctica continue to raise alarm over future sea level rise. The world added more renewable electricity generation capacity than fossil fuel capacity last year. Australia’s Labor party signaled it […]
The Global Rundown The families and communities most affected by a cholera outbreak in Haiti could receive compensation under a plan floated by the United Nations. The murder of a government official in Brazil’s Amazon has raised new concerns about crimes against environmental campaigners. Expanding deserts in China are forcing thousands of people to relocate. […]
The Rundown The Interior secretary sends letter of support to hydropower regulators for Klamath dam removal. The White House joins with local agencies to offer or recommend more than $US 800 million for Puget Sound ecosystems. A government watchdog reviews water affordability in 10 cities with shrinking populations and old water systems. An EPA internal […]
Permitting process still has years to go before demolition begins. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Four dams on the Klamath River in California and Oregon are a step closer to being taken down. In an October 17 letter to federal dam regulators, the Department of the Interior signaled its approval of a multi-party agreement […]
Investigation finds International Finance Corporation invests big in industrial development banks. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue In 2013, GNP Power, a Philippine energy developer, began generating power from its Mariveles coal-fired electrical generating station on the Bataan Peninsula about 173 kilometers (107 miles) south of Manila, the capital. Philippine authorities and company executives hailed the […]
The Rundown The Army Corps denies allegations that it did not follow federal rules in approving Dakota Access pipeline permits. A Bureau of Reclamation program in the Klamath River Basin wasted millions of dollars on farm payments. The Interior Department begins a study of the social and economic benefits of Indian water rights settlements. Pacific […]
The Global Rundown A large copper mine in Chile may be suspended, closed, or fined for improperly managing water. It has been a year since the Samarco tailings dam failure in Brazil, but environmental and social challenges persist. Floods in Vietnam killed nearly a dozen people last week, and more storms are on the way. […]
The Global Rundown The United Nations is asking for millions of dollars to address the urgent and disastrous conditions in Haiti following Hurricane Matthew. Floods similar in scale to those brought by Superstorm Sandy are set to occur much more frequently in the northeastern United States by the end of the century. International mining companies […]
The Global Rundown The convergence of sand mining and rising global sea levels is putting communities in Tamil Nadu at risk of floods. Pakistan’s government is struggling to end energy shortages by 2018, in part by developing more hydropower. Thailand plans to build a water pipeline to the island of Samui, but it won’t come […]
The Rundown Presidents usually do not talk about aquifers or groundwater, but Obama did, briefly. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes an Endangered Species Act listing for an Alabama salamander. The Bureau of Reclamation offers a $US 1 million prize for reducing desalination brine. The EPA’s internal watchdog will investigate the water-saving claims of […]
The Global Rundown Hurricane Matthew cut an avenue of death and destruction as it moved northward out of the Caribbean. Water is the uniting factor for a coalition opposing an Oklahoma “right-to-farm” ballot initiative. Average water use per fracked well doubled in the United States since 2013, according to an analysis of industry data. In […]
