Bohai Sea Pipeline Could Open China’s Northern Coal Fields
Disputed project seen as a must for modernization.
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The Stream, March 24: India-Pakistan Water Disputes
A 330-megawatt dam under construction in the Indus River Basin has re-ignited the water tensions between India and Pakistan in the disputed region of Kashmir. The hydropower project is the first to be referred to international arbitration under the World Bank-mediated Indus Water Treaty and signals an escalation in the Indo-Pakistani race to secure priority […]
Focusing on Sustainable Growth — China Releases Draft of 12th Five-Year Plan
Clearly wary about the consequences of its rapid economic development on the environment, China has set a path over the next five years to reduce consumption of the two most important resources that power its economy— coal and water. The country plans to rein in water use and introduces new energy intensity reduction targets in pursuit of more sustainable economic growth, according to the draft proposal of the 12th Five-Year Plan, the master economic blueprint that will chart China’s development through 2015.
Infographic: China’s Water Governance Bureaucracy and Water Legislation Timeline
Demystifying China’s governmental water offices and water-related laws. China’s water is managed by a complex web of ministries, and national, sub-national, and cross-jurisdictional agencies. The dual leadership system—comprised of a territorial and a central government—has a hierarchy in which offices of the two bureaucracies with the same rank cannot issue binding orders to each other. […]
Small Solution to Large-scale Water Pollution — Protozoa Detect Contaminants
A technology start-up is looking small to solve a big global problem.
Overdraft and Saltwater Intrusion Strain the Floridan Aquifer
Excessive withdrawals are forcing communities from South Carolina to Florida to look elsewhere for water.
UK Utility Plans Europe’s First Phosphorus Recovery Plant
Meanwhile in the United States, phosphorus levels in fresh water remain high and progress is absent, the U.S. Geological Survey reports.
Tar Sands Oil Production, An Industrial Bonanza, Poses Major Water Use Challenges
Ensuring Americans enjoy a lifestyle built on choice and mobility.
Desert’s Stronger Grip Shakes Inner Mongolia
Circle of Blue revisits seas of dying grass and blowing sand in northern China.
Himalayas
70 Percent of Himalayan Glaciers Gone by Next Century, Studies Say
Photographic and scientific evidence shows that the melting third pole is still devastating the region
The Himalayas: A Special Report
Floods, droughts, wildfires, windstorms, water contamination and illnesses plague the 1.3 billion people who live in the watersheds directly supplied by glacial melt from the Hindu Kush-Himalaya region.
