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The Global Rundown French water utility Veolia Environment SA said hacking presents one of the most serious threats to its operations. More than a million people are facing severe food insecurity in Kenya due to a drought. Officials in Sri Lanka are calling for an overhaul of water policy to better manage droughts and floods. […]
Protests threaten to unseat Mugabe government, while four million people face hunger.
The Global Rundown Operations at Brazil’s controversial Belo Monte hydropower dam are suspended after a federal judge revoked its license. A La Nina weather pattern could further degrade food security in Somalia, where an El Nino-linked drought destroyed harvests. Drought-tolerant seeds could help farmers in Africa become more resilient to future dry periods, but major […]
The Global Rundown World Water Week commenced Sunday in Stockholm, where scientists called for improvements in rainwater management to reduce hunger in Africa. Mexico’s environmental prosecuting agency defended its actions following revelations about a contaminated water leak at the country’s largest gold mine. India’s Supreme Court will begin hearings this week on a dispute between […]
The Global Rundown An alarming number of citizens in China have been killed or are missing because of intense flooding. The history of drought in Ghana could hold clues to avoiding famine. One U.S. agtech startup is re-engineering drought-resistant seeds at the microbial level. Regional drought is effecting the Amazon’s ability to mitigate global carbon. An unlikely Olympic athlete from a […]
New GRAIN study finds changed conditions in international “land grabs.”
The Rundown House Republicans slip California water bill into energy policy act. They also pass a bill loosening clean water rules in the name of Zika virus protection. An Indian water rights settlement is introduced in the Senate. A Senate Democrat wants to tax offshore corporate profits and use the money to fund water infrastructure. […]
The Global Rundown Scientists found a massive coral reef at the mouth of the Amazon River, where oil exploration is already taking place. Saudi Arabia fired its water minister amid a public backlash against rising water prices. An iron ore mine in Brazil is still leaking tailings from containment dams, according to a prosecutor. A […]
More than 60 million people face hunger, malnutrition. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue The El Nino that swept the world starting in the summer of 2015 was one of the worst on record, according to leading meteorological agencies, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The weather phenomenon caused by warm ocean water in […]
The Global Rundown A U.S. Congressional committee is questioning the International Finance Corporation’s role in water privatization in Manila. Water scarcity is expected to increase at three-quarters of small islands around the world by mid-century, while a prolonged drought in Guam could contaminate much of the island’s water with salt. Food security conditions continue to […]
The Global Rundown Overfishing is depleting fisheries and causing global fish catches to decline faster than previously thought, according to a new study. Thailand is drilling thousands of new wells to combat drought, water levels in the Kariba dam shared by Zambia and Zimbabwe are dropping, and food shortages are threatening refugees at a camp […]
Food crisis continues in midst of severe El Nino drought. Photo courtesy Petterik Wiggers / WFP / U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa via Flickr creative commons Food aid is distributed in Ethiopia’s Somali region, one of the areas hit by a severe drought linked to El Nino. More than 15 million people in Ethiopia are estimated […]
