Year In Review: Looking Back on 2014, Looking Ahead to 2015
Aubrey Ann Parker reflects on our work last year and updates on stories we’ve covered in years past.
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Video: U.S.-China Climate Pact Is the Real Deal
Circle of Blue’s Keith Schneider discusses the implications of the landmark climate agreement.
India’s National Green Tribunal Challenges Government and Industry To Follow the Law
Four-year-old court emerges as global leader in securing resources, promoting economic gain. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue Courtroom Number 1 in session at the National Green Tribunal in New Delhi. The interior design conveys institutional significance, and sound and independent legal judgment. Beneath the gold and green, though, lies the spirit of […]
Showing Off Circle of Blue Colleagues and Reporting in Traverse City
World-changing reporting fresh from northern Michigan. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue Circle of Blue’s Choke Point: China project showed how China’s massive energy-consuming urban construction program, like this development in Xian, is producing an urgent a confrontation over water in the dry north, where much of China’s energy is produced. Click image […]
Western U.S. Governors Begin Drought Discussions
Better plans and more data are needed to guide response. Photo © Heather Rousseau / Circle of Blue Natural gas wells dot the landscape in Garfield County, in northwest Colorado. Energy is the theme of the first of four drought meetings this fall hosted by the Western Governors’ Association, a forum for state leaders. Click […]
Circle of Blue and Qlik Team Up for White House Climate Data Initiative
QlikView Dashboard Visualizes and Compares California Water Reserves as Part of Choke Point: Index Coverage of Global Water Crises Qlik (NASDAQ: QLIK), a leader in user-driven business intelligence (BI), and Circle of Blue, a team of award-winning journalists and researchers reporting on water and worldwide resource issues, announced that a new data dashboard (https://www.circleofblue.org/CPX/) powered by QlikView is […]
Media Alert: What Can California Learn from Australia’s Biggest Dry?
Interactive Event on California Drought – Lessons Learned from Australia
California Drought: Lessons from Australia’s Biggest Dry
Join the Conversation How should California respond to its water challenge? Tuesday, March 18, 2014 10:00a – 12:00p PDT 1:00p – 3:00p EDT. Contents Introduction: California Drought Summary: The International Context Links and Resources What is Choke Point: Index Meet the Panelists Questions? How should California respond to its water challenge? Your expertise, creativity and […]
The Stream, January 27: UK’s Environmental Regulation Overhaul Affects 73 Percent of Rules
In an effort to cut red tape for businesses, 73 percent of the United Kingdom’s environmental rules are being changed or removed, the Guardian reported. The overhaul is expected to save businesses $US 1.6 billion over five years. China After achieving record grain production in 2013, China aims to become completely self-sufficient for its grain […]
Air Pollution: Eastern China Becomes A Smoker’s Lounge
Did you miss Circle of Blue’s reporting on how cleaning up the power sector – namely coal – and reducing energy demand would clear the air and provide water benefits? Not to worry; Brett Walton gives an update on the current smog situation and how a recent report may provide solutions.
Map: India’s Energy Reserves, Capacity, and Potential Renewable Energy (2008-2012)
Click through the interactive infographic to see how India, the world’s fastest-growing nation with the second-highest population, races to meet rising demand for energy.
Chhattisgarh’s Coal Crux
Most abundant in Chhattisgarh and the neighboring eastern states of Jharkhand and Odisha, India’s coal belt cinches the nation round the middle, tapering off in its westward stretch to both the south and north.
