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The Stream, March 1: China Plans Water Diversions To Clean Algae From Lakes
The Global Rundown China plans to divert water from several rivers to lakes in Yunnan province in an effort to clean up massive algae blooms, while the U.S. Supreme Court denied to hear a challenge to a plan that limits nutrient pollution in Chesapeake Bay. Drought-hit California is expecting more rain in March after an […]
Without Water, South Africa Anticipates A Mammoth Crop Failure (Part Two)
Climate-related consequences are raising food prices, joblessness, crime, and instability. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue Royal palms flank a road between drought-withered sugar cane plantations in Pongola, KwaZulu-Natal. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue PONGOLA, South Africa — South Africa long ago accepted as scientific fact and impending reality the idea that […]
Without Water, South Africa Anticipates A Mammoth Crop Failure
Climate-related consequences are raising food prices, joblessness, crime, and instability. By Keith Schneider Circle of Blue PONGOLA, South Africa — On the last Friday of January, payday on the sugar cane farms of northern KwaZulu-Natal province, a hot sun beat down on the red clay of Cobus Horn’s equipment yard. Nduku Msimanga, taut and muscled […]
Shenzhen’s New Path to Sustainability Is Crowded With Obstacles
A new and huge city focuses on getting cleaner. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue An apt message for a new office park in Shenzhen. In 2014, provincial and national economists valued Guangdong Province’s annual economy at $US 1.1 trillion, which is more than Indonesia’s gross domestic product, and accounts for 10.4 percent […]
Paris Agreements Will Implement Climate Action On The Ground
Supporting deals focus on low-carbon energy, natural resource protection, and disaster risk reduction. Photo courtesy UNclimatechange via Flickr Creative Commons Approximately 25,000 official delegates from countries and organizations around the world are in Paris to negotiate the first legally binding global climate accord. Additional deals aim to make the overarching agreement a reality. Countries, businesses, […]
Analysis: India Seen As Vital Player at Paris Climate Conference
Opportunity to shift from coal to cleaner energy is real and needed.
Donghao Chung, Guangzhou’s Daylighted Water Refuge
A new urban park constructed from a polluted sewer is a message of new principles at work in China. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue The 4.5-kilometer (2.8-mile) park along Donghao Chung, runs for a time beneath an elevated freeway. At other moments it pools in a plaza open to the light and […]
In Oakland, Still A City With Thorns, A New Garden Emerges (Part II)
Quality of life and economy thrive with greater care for water, energy, air, and waste. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue With city and state carbon reduction limits in place, Oakland set out to meet them. The city audited its buildings, analyzed its fleet of vehicles, and reviewed its solid waste infrastructure with […]
Slowly, With Earth Pushing Hard, A Confederacy Of Concern Develops
Circle of Blue Senior Editor Keith Schneider discusses how new energy-efficient, water-conserving, land-protecting operating principles are slowly becoming priorities around the world.
Water Scarcity Could Deter Energy Developers From Crossing Border Into Northern Mexico
Proposed oil and gas development zones in Coahuila are among the driest in the Americas.
Unstable Slopes: Nepal Landslide Highlights Risk to Lives and Infrastructure in Himalayas
Triggered by the April 25 earthquake, Kali Gandaki landslide reveals long-term challenges in the world’s highest mountain range.
