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The Stream, March 16: Study Finds Plastic Particles in 90 Percent of Bottled Water
The Global Rundown The World Health Organization (WHO) launches a health review after a new study finds plastic particles in 90 percent of bottled water. The U.S. accuses Russia of engineering cyberattacks targeting nuclear power plants and water and electric systems. The Philippine environment minister recommends a year-long closure to clean up contaminated Boracay. The […]
The Stream, March 15: Turkish Troops Cut Water Supply to Afrin, Syria
The Global Rundown Turkish troops seize the main dam and water plant supplying Afrin, Syria, leaving thousands without water. A U.S. federal judge rules that the Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for recurring flooding along the Missouri River. Residents of Kenya’s largest slum brace for a week of heavy rains and floods. California Governor […]
The Stream, March 14: China’s New Environment Ministry Takes Responsibility for South-to-North Water Diversion Project
The Global Rundown China restructures its environmental ministry, giving it control over the South-to-North water diversion project. South Africa’s drought is reclassified as a state of national disaster, allowing the government to utilize additional funding. Argentina plans to provide debt relief to drought-stricken farmers. The shortest La Niña in a decade comes to an end […]
The Stream, March 13: U.S. Mining Industry Seeks Reversal of Uranium Mining Ban Near Tribal Water Supply
The Global Rundown The U.S. mining industry hopes to reverse a uranium mining ban near the Grand Canyon, which currently protects the public lands that the Havasupai tribe relies on for water. Chinese environmentalists file suit against a proposed hydropower plant in Yunnan province. Researchers find evidence of water and soil contamination at an alumina […]
The Stream, March 9: Australia’s NSW Plans to Prosecute Murray-Darling Water Theft
The Global Rundown New South Wales plans to prosecute several landowners for water theft from the Murray-Darling river system. Chile’s state-owned mining company Codelco receives approval to build a $1bn desalination plant. Pastoralists fight over fertile land in parched Somalia. Thawing permafrost “browns” lakes and upsets ecosystems in Arctic and subarctic regions across the word. […]
The Stream, March 8: Cape Town Says Day Zero Will Likely Be Avoided In 2018
The Global Rundown Cape Town officials say taps likely won’t run dry in 2018. A study finds that millions of Brazilians have been driven from their homes by natural disasters and large-scale construction since 2000. Experts say that Japan must do more to reduce the amount of radioactive water at the Fukushima nuclear plant. The […]
São Paulo Heading To Another Dry Spell
Three years after the megacity nearly ran out of water, signs of a new crisis emerge.
The Stream, March 7: U.S. Supreme Court Rules That the Federal Government Can Intervene in Rio Grande Water Dispute
The Global Rundown The U.S. Supreme Court issues an opinion on the Rio Grande water-sharing dispute. After months of drought, March rains should enable Argentinian farmers to plant a normal wheat crop. Illinois plans to raze residence halls at the Quincy veterans’ facility, where dozens have fallen ill with Legionnaires’ disease since 2015. A new […]
Kansas Farmers Cut Ogallala Water Use – And Still Make Money
Groundwater conservation helped the imperiled aquifer and did not hurt the bottom line, farmers find.
The Stream, March 6: Indonesia Bans Toxic Factory Waste from “World’s Most Polluted River”
The Global Rundown Indonesia moves to ban toxic waste as part of the Citarum River clean-up initiative. Drought-stricken South Africa starts an investigation of its water ministry. A thaw in the United Kingdom leaves thousands without water as pipes burst. Australia’s wheat output is expected to jump by 11.8 percent as La Niña brings increased […]
