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The Global Rundown Iran is moving forward with plans for two major water transfers to ease shortages in its central provinces. Greater transparency is needed to resolve disputes between China and India over the Brahmaputra River, according to a new report. As the costs to respond to global humanitarian disasters skyrocket and more people are […]
The Global Rundown More than 10,000 communities have run out of water and are relying on tankers in India’s Rajasthan state. In Jaipur, hundreds of people were sickened by contaminated water. India’s government may shut down some coal-fired power plants to cut pollution and water use. A hearing in the Philippines will examine the liability […]
The Global Rundown Coastal landfills in England and Wales are a pollution disaster waiting to happen, with many vulnerable to erosion from rising seas and stronger storms, according to a new study. Scientists linked arsenic in well water to higher rates of cancer in New England. A drought in Cambodia is killing wild animals, causing […]
Escalating risks drive water quality and supply to top of public agenda. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue FLINT, MI — Before Barack Obama spent Wednesday afternoon in this tormented post-industrial Michigan city, the last president that visited Flint was Gerald Ford. That was in 1974, just a few months after Richard Nixon resigned the […]
The Global Rundown Two protestors against dams on the Brahmaputra River were killed by police during demonstrations in northeast India. President Obama visited Flint, Michigan to raise awareness about the city’s lead-contaminated drinking water crisis, while regulators in Ohio warned of toxic sediment in Lake Erie approaching a drinking water intake for Cleveland. U.S. environmental […]
The Global Rundown Economic growth in many regions of the world will likely suffer from water shortages by mid-century, according to a World Bank report. The mining companies behind a deadly tailings spill in Brazil are being sued for billions of dollars. Amid a severe drought, Zimbabwe is selling wild animals from its parks to […]
The Global Rundown Four people, two with ties to a hydropower dam, have been arrested in an investigation of the murder of Berta Cáceres, an environmental activist in Honduras who was killed in March. The drought in India is so severe that communities are hiring contractors to guard water in dams, and thousands of […]
The Rundown Broad, bipartisan bill offers money for Flint, ports, levees and clears its first legislative hurdle. Meanwhile, a Great Lakes funding bill passes the House. The EPA begins developing a national drinking water strategy. The Obama administration, by releasing or beginning several reports, makes good on its promise to investigate water technology. An EPA […]
The Global Rundown Spills of wastewater from fracking operations in North Dakota have contaminated sites across a wide swath of the state, according to a new study. Environmental groups in the United States are raising concerns about the contamination of water supplies with the chemical PFOA. President Obama declared a disaster in the Marshall Islands […]
Droughts, floods, and civic opposition cause huge losses.
The Global Rundown The expansion of China’s Danjiangkou reservoir paved the way for the South-North Water Transfer Project, but has led to economic decline in upstream regions. A drought in North Korea caused food production to drop last year, while a drought in Venezuela has forced the government to cut the public work week to […]
The Global Rundown After months of drought that put millions of people at risk of hunger, heavy rains are causing flash floods and impeding aid delivery in Ethiopia. Venezuela began cutting electricity supplies by four hours a day this week to cope with a drought. Water managers in India face a tricky balancing act between […]
