Video: U.S.-China Climate Pact Is the Real Deal
Circle of Blue’s Keith Schneider discusses the implications of the landmark climate agreement.
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Business, Finance Leaders Address U.S. Water Policy
From markets and higher prices, better water systems will flow, they say. Three years ago the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency asked a big question: What is the value of water to the American economy? After two years of meetings and multiple studies, the results were conclusive in the all the wrong ways. Water was clearly […]
Jerry Brown, Smart and Prepared, Responds to California’s Drought Emergency
Steeled by past drought, governor is reshaping how largest U.S. state uses and distributes water.
Making Water Stress a ‘Wedge’ Issue
A new approach puts people at the center of the water discussion. Image courtesy of Nature Geosciences The number of water “wedges,” or strategies to improve water security, that could be used in water-stressed basins. Researchers at McGill University and Utrecht University tested six strategies that could reduce the number of people living in water-stressed […]
The Stream, May 29: Name Change Inserts Global Climate Into India’s Bureaucracy
India’s new government changed the official name of the environment ministry to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, the Economic Times reports. Observers are hopeful that the name change will lead to domestic development policies that alleviate poverty while reducing carbon output. India’s new water minister, meanwhile, pledged to make good on her […]
Water Expert Panel Discusses Causes and Implications of California Drought
California’s severe drought is forcing the nation’s largest state to reconcile old assumptions about water supply and management with the reality of long-term drying trends, declining groundwater, and polluted drinking water, according to an expert panel of scientists and journalists convened during a Circle of Blue interactive drought briefing conference call on February 13.
Groundhog Day & California’s Drought
Like the 1993 classic film starring Bill Murray, the state is stuck in a perpetual time loop of drought, wildfire, and civic dispute, according to managing editor Aubrey Ann Parker.
Cleared for Takeoff: Blue Skies Ahead, Visibility Unlimited
In stunning aerial photos, go behind the scenes with Circle of Blue director J. Carl Ganter on a morning flight above Lake Travis, just outside Austin, Texas.
WASH: Talking the Water, Sanitation, and Health Dilemma at World Water Week
Circle of Blue director J. Carl Ganter reports from World Water Week in Stockholm.
The Stream, May 7: U.A.E. Farmers and Government To Halve Agricultural Water Use By 2014
Farmers in the United Arab Emirates face a unique challenge when it comes to saving water, The New York Times reported. The hostile natural conditions of little rainfall and tremendous heat means a desperate need for irrigation despite short and declining supplies. The government is working with farmers to reduce agricultural water use in half by 2014. […]
Book Review of “A Twenty-First Century U.S. Water Policy”
A new book from the Pacific Institute argues that it is time to reassess the federal government’s roles and responsibilities for water management.
