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The Global Rundown A reduction in international funding for anti-cholera efforts in Haiti has led to more deaths from the outbreak. Irrigation is expanding in Tanzania as farmers pursue ways to adapt to erratic rainfall patterns. Australia’s environmental laws provide inadequate protection to water and endangered species, a new report found. An abandoned gold mine […]
Urgency of climate change and environmental degradation requires novel mindset to protect water, forests, and oceans.
The Global Rundown A study by the Asian Development Bank called the Asia-Pacific region a “global hot spot” for water insecurity, warning that billions of people on the continent could live in water-stressed areas by mid-century. The Ivory Coast has evicted thousands of cocoa farmers from its national parks over the past two months in […]
In shift from coal and oil, water use and quality hang in the balance.
The Rundown The United States joins a global climate agreement, while the secretary of state speaks bluntly in India about energy choices. President Obama promises federal attention to the shrinking Salton Sea. The EPA’s internal watchdog will investigate the agency’s oversight of state drinking water programs, while an EPA regional office tells New York City […]
The Global Rundown A government commission in Myanmar aims to evaluate the social and environmental effects of the controversial Myitsone Dam, which opponents say could harm the Irrawaddy River. A burgeoning tourism industry is putting pressure on water supplies in Chile’s Atacama desert. State hearings began on water contamination in Hoosick Falls, New York, where […]
The Global Rundown Poor water quality means the majority of groundwater in the basin stretching across northern India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal is unfit for human use. The period in time since humans began significantly altering the planet should be officially recognized as a new geological epoch, called the Anthropocene, according to an expert working […]
The Rundown The lower Colorado River Basin is still looking at roughly a 50/50 chance of a shortage declaration as soon as 2018. A federal judge will soon decide whether to block construction of an oil pipeline that crosses the Missouri River. President Obama tours the Louisiana flood zone and designates a new national monument […]
The Global Rundown World Water Week commenced Sunday in Stockholm, where scientists called for improvements in rainwater management to reduce hunger in Africa. Mexico’s environmental prosecuting agency defended its actions following revelations about a contaminated water leak at the country’s largest gold mine. India’s Supreme Court will begin hearings this week on a dispute between […]
The Global Rundown The environmental effects of global agricultural development, expanding cities, and growing industries are still increasing, but at a slower pace than population and economic growth, according to a new study. Conflicts and instability in North Africa and the Middle East have damaged water, sanitation, and health systems, contributing to a decline in […]
The Rundown Researchers compile dam removal studies into an easy-to-use online portal. President Obama declares four Louisiana parishes federal disaster areas, while FEMA updates its flood management policy. NOAA unveils a high-power water forecasting model. A Department of Energy lab tests the “salmon cannon.” The Air Force replaces a firefighting foam that was contaminating groundwater. […]
The Global Rundown Cities around the world are paying more for clean water in part due to the degradation of their source watersheds, according to a new study. Monsoon floods in Dhaka could become much more severe if problems with drainage infrastructure and wetland loss are not addressed. Sand deposited by floods along the Brahmaputra […]
