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The Stream, June 18: Water Risk Hammers the Market in India
The Global Rundown Water risk is shaping investment decisions in India and around the world. Reports by NASA show that almost two-thirds of the world’s largest groundwater aquifers are in decline. Floods are interrupting shipping on the Illinois River. “Water risk is only recently appreciated as a systemic and material investment risk. We do expect that […]
The Stream, May 18: India Invests in Sewage Treatment Plants Along the Ganges
The Global Rundown India will spend more than a billion dollars to build sewage plants along the Ganges River. Protests over water concerns suspended a copper mine in Peru, a typhoon cut water supplies to parts of Guam, and Washington state declared a drought emergency. Water shutoffs will resume in Detroit, and the United States […]
The Stream, May 12: Groundwater Levels Plummet in Jaipur, India
The Global Rundown Groundwater levels are quickly declining in Jaipur, India. An El Nino weather pattern has formed, and Uruguay has achieved high levels of potable water. Sri Lanka is protecting mangroves by empowering women, Central Africa is expanding weather data for farmers, and the United States is debating which waterways are protected under federal […]
California Water Restrictions Generate Flood of Resistance
Cities object to mandatory limits on water use.
Big India Dam, Unfinished and Silent, Could Be Tomb For Giant Hydropower Projects
Lower Subansiri River construction site was shut in 2011 and never restarted.
The Stream, March 30: Polluted River Segments in India Double in Last Five Years
The Global Rundown India’s rivers are getting dirtier while the prime minister proposes new measures to clean up the Ganges. Maryland’s largest city is telling homes and businesses to pay late water bills or face service cuts. West Virginia’s governor weakened a chemical safety law. A mining company cancels copper project in Peru over water […]
What Can Be Done to Strengthen India’s Natural Resource Management? [Part 2 of 2]
The good news is that India’s government has started to shift its priorities in terms of how it manages the country’s economy and natural resources.
India’s Water, Food, Energy Conundrum: Conclusions From a Two-Year Reporting Project [Part 1 of 2]
For two years, the Wilson Center and Circle of Blue have explored the contest for food, water, and energy in India and the troubling ways it plays out across the country. Photo © Keith Schneider/Circle of Blue The cycle of risk produced by the policy of providing free water and free electricity to operate millions […]
The Stream, February 11: Pakistan Takes Conflict Over India’s Hydropower Plans to International Court
The Global Rundown Pakistan will bring its dispute with India over hydropower development to the International Court of Justice. Melbourne, Australia, will use water and trees to protect itself against rising temperatures associated with climate change, and a new study quantifies increases in irrigation demand due to climate change in the western United States. Water […]
The Stream, January 28: Obama’s Visit to India Does Not End in a Climate Deal
The Global Rundown Barack Obama failed to secure a firm commitment on carbon emissions during his recent trip to India, but Florida Governor Rick Scott is making a firm financial commitment to the Everglades. Groundwater in Lahore, Pakistan is declining rapidly, and taps in Blantyre, Malawi are still running dry following flood damage three weeks […]
India’s Economy Slows as Condition of Water, Land, and Cities Deteriorates
Prime Minister Modi and President Obama this week need to talk about 21st-century development.
