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YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN If passed, a major infrastructure package in the United States could help clean up decades of water pollution at abandoned coal mines. The UAE announces three major desalination projects aimed at meeting water security goals. High costs for fishing are impeding the way of life of Zimbabwe’s ‘great river people.’ Drinking water […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN The deaths of seven children in India have been linked to unhygienic conditions and illegal drinking water pipe connections. In the American West, hydroelectricity threats force federal officials to release water from surrounding reservoirs to fill Lake Powell, while climate change threatens celebrated California The Shoal Lake First Nation in Canada has […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN A new report discovers the rare reason the Edenville Dam in Midland, Michigan, collapsed last year. The National Trust in England begins work on a new wetland designed to alleviate flooding from the Tamar Estuary. Hurricane Nicholas quickly downgrades to a tropical storm in Texas, but still threatens to flood many areas […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN In the American West, drought fuels wildfires and destroys wheat fields in Washington and California’s Lake Shasta drops to dangerously low levels. Water levels on Lake Superior drop to match the lake’s long-term average for the first time in seven years. Covid-19 cases could be on the rise in Saskatoon, Canada, according […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN As drought worsens and hydropower generation dwindles, Brazil’s energy crisis is worse than officials originally thought. Communities of color on Virginia’s coastline are disproportionately affected by sewage disruptions. New legislation in North Carolina could fast track a farm project that environmentalists say supports obsolete waste management practices that cause air and water […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Dwindling water sources in the Middle East could prompt cooperation between Israel and Jordan. Meteorologists in Australia forecast above-average rainfall throughout portions of the country this spring. Nearly 170 public water systems in Louisiana are experiencing water outages after Hurricane Ida. A state investigation finds that two wastewater treatment plants in Baltimore, […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Hurricane Ida makes landfall in Louisiana as one of the strongest storms to ever hit the United States. Brazil is steadily losing its surface water, a recent survey found. Hurricane Nora hits Mexico as a Category 1 storm. As water supplies dwindle, Syria is on the verge of a humanitarian crisis, aid […]
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The Rundown A climate and migration report ordered by President Biden is not yet complete. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes endangered species status for Texas mussels. The EPA announces $25 million in drinking water grant funding for small and disadvantaged communities. An intensive DOE research project aims to better understand the interactions of air, […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN New research finds that deadly floods in Germany and Belgium last month are rare but will become more likely in the future. Flash floods in Tennessee could become more common as climate change worsens. A water crisis in parts of the Middle East has threatened water, food, and energy supplies to 12 […]
The Taliban do not have the expertise to manage Afghanistan’s already troubled water systems, researchers say.
