Three Circles: Rio+20, Action Figures, and The Stream
Circle of Blue editorial intern Lydia Belanger is dabbling around the newsdesk.
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Action Figures: Network and Teamwork
Circle of Blue editorial intern Aubrey Blanche, known in the office as Aubrey2, gives us a peak behind the scenes of the new Action Figures series.
Along the Eastern Line of China’s South-North Water Transfer Project
Circle of Blue reporter Nadya Ivanova recounts her recent trip to China and updates our coverage of the nation’s massive water transfer project.
The Stream, July 17: Drought in the United States
Low water levels in the Mississippi River have prompted salt water to move up the river from the Gulf of Mexico, Associated Press reported. The Army Corps of Engineers says that salt water is not yet a threat to water supplies in the New Orleans area. Indianapolis and some of its suburbs have seen about […]
Federal Water Tap, July 16: Climate Change and U.S. Agriculture
Climate change will have the greatest economic effect on crops in the Midwest’s Corn Belt states, where annual loses could range from US$1.1 billion to US$4.1 billion by 2030. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service used four climate projections, a crop-growth simulation, and a model for predicting how farmers would change their crop […]
Study: 80 Percent of U.S. Electricity from Renewables Is Technically Feasible, But Faces Significant Barriers
A massive U.S. government study shows what an electrical grid powered largely by renewable sources looks like, but not the path to get there.
Bladder Up: Lowering the Financial and Environmental Cost of Shipping Bulk Water
Billions of gallons of bottled water are exported each year. But to cut transportation costs, some companies are using plastic bladders for bulk shipping.
The Stream, July 12: Reforms in the UK Water Sector
Flood protection will cost the United Kingdom at least $1.3 billion (£860 million) by 2015, the Guardian reported, citing the U.K. government’s climate change advisers. The experts also warned that instead of maintaining the expenditure needed, the government has been drastically reducing the amount of public money available for protecting householders from floods. Meanwhile, the […]
Federal Water Tap, July 9: House Ag Committee Releases Draft Farm Bill
The U.S. House Agriculture Committee published a draft version of the 2012 Farm Bill, which is estimated to save US$35 billion over 10 years. The committee will discuss the 557-page piece of legislation on July 11 (find the committee’s summary here). In the draft, grants for rural water and wastewater projects are cut in half, […]
Rio+20 Wrap-Up
Even before it started, the global freshwater crisis was a focus of the 10-day Rio+20 summit that ended on June 22. In fact, UN-Water hosted “Water Day” on June 19, the day before the three-day high level UN conference that culminated the summit
When Gold Loses Its Luster: Four Dead in Peru Mining Protests
Circle of Blue reporter Codi Yeager reports that a heavy price is being paid in the outcry against the Minas Conga gold project and its potential impact on water resources.
Federal Water Tap, July 2: Budget Cuts to EPA, Interior in House Spending Bill
The House Appropriations Committee passed a spending bill for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Forest Service and 20 related agencies that cut total spending by 4 percent, and by 6 percent compared to the president’s request. The EPA shoulders most of the pain, seeing its budget cut $1.4 billion, […]
