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The Global Rundown Ohio plans to lift its Covid-19 moratorium on water shutoffs, while Michigan extends restorations through the end of 2020. China says it will put more funding toward water conservancy and flood prevention projects. Climate disasters are displacing millions of people worldwide each year, disproportionately affecting women and girls. Some residents of Sudan […]
The Global Rundown New research claims that U.S. children who rely on private wells face a higher risk of being exposed to lead in their drinking water. A fertilizer company in Russia temporarily suspends operations after detecting high levels of calcium chloride in one of the rivers that supplies its water. Iraq’s crumbling economy furthers […]
Listen to the July 6, 2020, episode of What’s Up With Water, Circle of Blue’s weekly water news podcast.
Listen to the June 22, 2020, edition of Circle of Blue’s What’s Up With Water podcast.
Deteriorating conditions have led to chronic shortages of food, medicine, and running water, in Venezuela amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Global Rundown Methane is seeping from millions of abandoned oil wells in the U.S., threatening groundwater supplies. A new study by Vanderbilt University finds multiple benefits to proactive home buyouts in flood prone areas. The Mekong River Commission (MRC) calls for China to be more transparent with its dam operations on the Mekong River. […]
The Global Rundown A key U.S. lawsuit that could limit fluoride levels in drinking water goes to trial this week. Heavy flooding in south and central China displaces more than 200,000 residents. The state of Michigan sues the owner of the failed Edenville Dam. The proportion of children in the U.S. who do not drink […]
Global efforts on the scale of those to curb the devastation of SARS-CoV-2 are few and far between. These months could provide a template for reducing future environmental damage.
The Global Rundown U.S. ranchers sue the Trump administration over a relaxed Obama-era water restriction, which they allege is still too strict. A new model by Rice University shows that the use of recycled water in urban areas could substantially reduce cities’ need for surface water. A string of mechanical failures led to the recent […]
A spillage of waste molybdenum ore in northeast China last month was the biggest tailings leak the country witnessed in almost 20 years and needed the toughest environmental emergency response, the environment ministry said on Monday.
Within the next two weeks, many U.S. water utilities will run out of protective gear that helps their workers reduce the spread of the new coronavirus.
