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The Rundown Huge bloom of toxic algae on Florida coast send officials looking for quick fixes to chronic problem. Federal science review of nonstick chemicals, sometimes found in groundwater near industrial facilities, finds strong evidence that they damage human immune systems. Clean energy agreement could help Canadian hydropower. Federal dam in Montana without hydropower might […]
The Global Rundown A growing population and water shortages are already starting to affect India’s industrial sector, while Peru looks to correct its own water imbalances. Studies and tests confirm there are pain killers in several Kenyan counties’ water supplies and brain-eating amoebas in one North Carolina water park. Meanwhile, the UK could find itself cut off from one major source of green […]
The Global Rundown Blooms of blue-green algae, likely linked to water management in southern Florida, prompted the state’s governor to declare an emergency in two counties. Millions of people still need food aid after two years of drought in Central America, the United Nations said. The mayor of a town in northern Mexico has blamed […]
The Global Rundown Pollutants continue to taint vital groundwater supplies in the United States and India, even as informed government agencies fail to act. Swedish scientists say they are one step closer to cracking cost-effective hydrogen energy. Water ATMs may prove an innovative solution to Kenya’s water crisis. Meanwhile, reimagining agricultural practices in Asia and the Caribbean could hold the key to surviving unprecedented droughts. […]
The Global Rundown A study of deep groundwater sources in California found triple the amount previously estimated under prime agricultural regions. Water shortages in Palestine are the result of a heat wave, not intentional cuts, according to Israel’s Water Authority. The Panama Canal opened its newest set of locks over the weekend, allowing bigger ships […]
Researchers urge caution in underground disposal of oil waste, to protect deep water sources. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue California’s breadbasket has more water than once thought. The water is just far deeper underground — nearly two miles in some cases — than researchers, farmers, and cities typically search. Only oil and gas companies […]
The Rundown Congress has not given the executive branch authority to regulate fracking, a federal judge determines. Millions of trees died in the California drought. President Obama signs pipeline safety bill that has provisions directed at a Great Lakes oil pipeline. The president also threatens to veto a Zika bill because of clean water concerns. […]
New GRAIN study finds changed conditions in international “land grabs.”
Federal government should have more active role in preparing for natural disaster and cyberattack, report argues. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Cutting beneath the lower Mississippi River, the New Madrid fault is a T-shaped geological hazard that is primed for a fierce tremor. A magnitude 7.7 earthquake where the fault crosses the Missouri-Tennessee border […]
The Global Rundown A dam-building spree planned for the Brazilian Amazon would create major social, economic, and environmental problems, according to a new report from Greenpeace. A lack of clean water and medical services is raising the risk of disease for residents and refugees of Fallujah, Iraq. Some areas of Palestine have been without water […]
The Global Rundown Singapore is now able meet its own water needs without relying on outside supplies from Malaysia, where a drought this year caused shortages. Recovering water levels at hydropower dams in Venezuela have prompted the government to scale back electricity rationing. Australia’s prime minister announced plans for a fund to reduce nutrient runoff […]
