Infographic: Water, Food, and Energy Choke Points in India
India’s resource problems are not those of scarcity, but rather of inefficient use and bureaucratic policies.
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India’s resource problems are not those of scarcity, but rather of inefficient use and bureaucratic policies.
After spending a month in India, Circle of Blue’s India team members debrief their findings.
Thanks in large part to the Green Revolution that catalyzed grain production in the mid-1960s, India ended the perennial fear of famine. But achieving food abundance has overwhelmed India’s mammoth and unwieldy bureaucracy, drained its freshwater reserves, and strained the energy sector and electrical grid.
Choke Point: Index is the first dynamic, open-source data and journalism project to explore the linkage between water, food and energy.
Choke Point: China findings presented at Congressional hearing.
On Wednesday evening, dialogue — an award-winning television and radio program that explores the world of ideas through weekly, half-hour conversations with renowned public figures, scholars, journalists, and authors — will feature “Choke Point: The World’s Looming Water Crisis.”
On Monday, Toby Smith — who was on location with Circle of Blue’s senior editor, Keith Schneider, as part of the Choke Point: China reporting team last December — and some of his photos from China were featured in The New York Times. TOBY SMITH Twitter: @tobysmithphoto Toby Smith, an award-winning photographer specializing in energy […]
SINGAPORE — WaterLeader, the journal of the Institute of Water Policy in Singapore, features a special Circle of Blue Choke Point: China essay and photography gallery. The June 2011 issue is distributed to the estimated 14,000 attendees of the Singapore International Water Week (SIWW), the annual conference run by the Public Utilities Board of Singapore. […]
On-the-Ground Team Circle of Blue J. Carl Ganter Managing Director / Photographer J. Carl is an award-winning photojournalist, writer and broadcast reporter. His reporting has appeared in most major magazines, newspapers and major television and radio networks. He has presented at the World Economic Forum, Aspen Ideas Festival and Clinton Global Initiative, and is a […]
The cords of energy demand and water supply are tightening around the world’s two largest economies.
The Yellow River Basin is the center of a contest over water, energy, and agriculture.