If you are not happy with the results below please do another search
The Global Rundown An analysis of 1,800 riots in sub-Saharan Africa verifies the hypothesis that drought is linked to outbreaks of unrest. The total number of cholera cases in Yemen could reach 1 million by the end of the year, according to Red Cross projections. UN Agencies and a variety of global partners join together […]
The Global Rundown Clean drinking water in Puerto Rico remains extremely limited, forcing residents to draw water from rivers and springs. The United States and Mexico unveil the details of a plan to preserve the Colorado River. Drought was responsible for the extinction of Tasmanian tigers from the Australian mainland, a new study finds. A […]
The Global Rundown Global warming could produce millions of acres of new farmland in Canada as frigid land thaws. Drought conditions are expected to ease throughout Australia as a cold front brings rain. Hurricane Maria weakens a dam in Puerto Rico, prompting thousands of downstream communities to evacuate. Drought-stricken nations across the world are turning […]
The Global Rundown The second major earthquake in less than two weeks strikes Mexico, toppling buildings and causing water tanks to crack and rupture. Millions of California water customers could potentially fund a costly water re-engineering project. Winter temperatures in Australia were two degrees Celsius above average, making 2017 the warmest winter on record. As […]
Study finds “shocking” incidence of parasite infections in Lowndes County.
The Global Rundown Thousands are without clean water as Myanmar’s “ethnic cleansing” of Rohingya Muslims continues. China sparks tension with India by withholding hydrological data for the Brahmaputra River. India and Pakistan fail to reach a resolution during the latest round of talks on the Indus Waters Treaty. The World Health Organization plans to wage […]
The Rundown The EPA postpones two power plant water pollution rules and suspends enforcement of water pollution rules for power plants in Florida while they restore electricity after Hurricane Irma. The EPA also reconsiders Obama-era rules on coal waste disposal. The House passes a budget package that includes a six percent cut to the EPA. […]
The Global Rundown The East Coast of the United States is being submerged by up to three millimeters of water per year, raising the risk of flooding throughout the region. Water surrounding the island of Salamis, Greece turns black after a tanker carrying crude oil sinks nearby. Torrential rains in the Philippines flood towns and […]
The Global Rundown Overcrowded refugee camps on Greece’s eastern Aegean islands struggle to provide adequate water and sanitation to the displaced. Cholera spreads through the Congo’s Grand Kasai region, where 1.4 million are displaced due to violence. Water shortages spark an increase in human-animal conflicts in Tamil Nadu, India. War and drought in East Africa […]
The state was the first in the U.S. to declare a human right to water. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Hundreds of thousands of California residents, perhaps as many as one million of the 39 million people in the state, do not have safe drinking water or toilet facilities. The wide gap in access […]
The Global Rundown Climate change could eradicate a third of the world’s parasites by 2070, according to new research. Deadly Hurricane Irma makes landfall on several Caribbean islands and continues toward Florida. Rebuilding infrastructure in flood-stricken Peru will cost nearly $8 billion. Inadequate sanitation fuels a hookworm epidemic in the southern United States. A “flash drought,” […]
The Rundown Dozens of drinking water and wastewater facilities in Texas are not operating or are destroyed because of Hurricane Harvey. President Trump nominates top EPA water official and appoints a regional EPA administrator. Mining company proposes expanding Nevada gold mine then treating the wastewater to grow alfalfa. Interior Department investigators can neither confirm nor […]
