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YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Australia’s government should have conducted a more thorough analysis of the impacts of water withdrawals for the controversial Carmichael coal mine, a court rules. Study shows fish farms in British Columbia can transmit a virus to wild salmon. An outburst of mucus-like marine algae is blanketing Turkey’s Sea of Marmara The African […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Seventy-one rivers in China exceed warning levels and officials expect big floods in the coming months. Water infrastructure in Gaza remains impaired following a cease-fire agreement with Israel. Drought in Mexico’s northern Chihuahua state is hurting the production of Indigenous farmers. In northeast India, one of the world’s smallest ethnic groups is […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Children are collateral damage in attacks on water and sewer systems in conflict zones, according to a UNICEF report. Poland and the Czech Republic work to resolve a dispute over a lignite coal mine that is accused of draining groundwater. Amid drought, hydropower generation declines in California. Water utility customer assistance programs […]
Distrust among the ethnic groups along the ambiguous Kyrgyz-Tajik Border is exacerbated by extreme water insecurity.
Listen to the May 3, 2021 edition of What’s Up With Water.
The Rundown By a near-unanimous margin, the Senate approved a broad water infrastructure package. FERC commissioners discuss incorporating environmental justice into their evaluation of energy infrastructure. The EPA announces a new round of WIFIA funds and approves grant funding for water systems in two Alaska Native villages. President Biden nominates a government veteran to lead […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN An unstable glacial lake created by a landslide could pose a threat to a massive Chinese hydropower dam proposed to be built downstream. The island of St. Vincent was hit with severe flooding after a volcanic eruption devastated the Caribbean country last week. Four were killed and dozens were injured during a […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Legionella bacteria were found in two sinks in a West Virginia hospital’s administrative building. Covid-19 patients in Venezuela are hiring doctors to come to their homes to avoid high costs and a lack of basic supplies in hospitals. Big banks in Turkey are reluctant to fund a major Istanbul canal over environmental […]
