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The Global Rundown Government officials in Karnataka say there is not enough water in the state’s reservoirs to provide water for agriculture. Argentina is demanding changes to operations at the Veladero gold mine to reduce the risk of cyanide spills. Researchers found a link between heavy rainfall from El Nino and an increase in cholera […]
The Rundown EPA science advisers weigh in on proposed changes to the value of preventing a single death within a large group. The Department of Homeland Security issues an intelligence report on a cyberattack against a U.S. water utility. The U.S. Geological Survey publishes the first national assessment of brackish groundwater in more than a […]
Clear goals to enforce pollution laws jeopardize the new secretary’s job.
The Global Rundown Bangladesh and India may soon move forward with plans to study a proposed $4 billion dam and reservoir project on the Ganges river. A study in France found that farmers could significantly cut pesticide use without jeopardizing production or profitability. In the United States, researchers in Iowa documented that neonicotinoid pesticides can […]
The Rundown House members will send a letter this week to colleagues asking not to eliminate rural water funding. Trump signs executive order to undo federal climate change action. Representatives introduce bills in Congress on water affordability, infrastructure investment, and Indian water rights. Membership in the bipartisan House climate caucus grows to nearly three dozen. […]
The Global Rundown Hundreds of people were killed or injured during a severe flood and mudslide in Mocoa, Colombia. Peru is asking for more international aid to respond to floods and mudslides that have caused billions of dollars of damage. After a mudslide curbed water production at its primary treatment plant last month, the water […]
The Global Rundown Snowpack in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains is well above average, according to the most recent survey. Thousands of people remain under evacuation orders as floods rush through Queensland and New South Wales. Government officials in Bihar state are calling for a dam on the Ganga to be decommissioned to prevent floods. The […]
The Global Rundown El Salvador’s legislature voted to implement a nationwide ban on mining for gold and other metals, citing concerns about water supplies and the environment. Water scarcity due to droughts and damaged infrastructure are putting children in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen at greater risk of malnutrition, according to the United Nations. […]
The Global Rundown The success of Pakistan’s new Climate Change Act, meant to address floods and other climate disasters, will depend on the government’s ability to implement policies and projects on the ground, experts say. Canada announced more than a dozen water infrastructure projects to tackle chronic drinking water advisories in Ontario. Local activists in […]
The Global Rundown One in four children will live in areas of extreme water stress by 2040, according to a recent UNICEF report. A dam project along Afghanistan’s Helmand River could spark tension with bordering Iran. A Red Cross initiative provides clean water for those displaced by intercommunal fighting in the Philippines. An airstrike against […]
The Global Rundown Residents of Colombia’s Tolima region voted to ban mining, in part due to concerns over groundwater. In Malaysia, the government decided to extend a ban on bauxite mining to address water pollution. As a famine looms in Somalia and three other countries in Africa and the Middle East, water scarcity is a […]
