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The Rundown The White House announces an interagency drought working group. Two EPA regional offices botched their oversight duties for Clean Water Act permits, the agency’s internal watchdog found. USGS scientists find a long-term reduction in salt levels in the Upper Colorado River basin but less progress and even increasing levels in the last two […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN New research finds global agricultural productivity has declined due to climate change, especially in Africa and Latin America. A proposal in Louisiana could create a program to grade community water systems. Dams across Mexico sit below half of their total capacity. Lake Mead levels could drop significantly later this year, triggering water […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN A new study finds monsoon rains in India could increase if global temperatures keep rising. A new U.S. intelligence report warns of the continued threat of climate change on water security. Serbia orders a mining group to halt operations after it failed to meet environmental standards. Some members of the San Diego […]
The Rundown The nation’s intelligence agencies identify environmental change as a driver of political and social instability. Federal agencies sign an agreement regarding a drinking water project for the Navajo Nation and other communities in the Southwest. Two key variables in the Colorado River basin runoff forecast are below normal. And lastly, budget season kicks […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Murray-Darling Basin regulators are failing to use the best available climate information as conditions become drier. Lake Powell will reduce water flow this week in an attempt to understand the reservoir’s ecosystem more accurately. Nearly half a million people in Nicaragua still lack access to water and sanitation after dual hurricanes late […]
This is Eileen Wray-McCann for Circle of Blue. And this is What’s Up with Water, your “need-to-know news” of the world’s water, made possible by support from people like you. Circle of Blue · What’s Up With Water – 3.8.21 In the United States, winter storms that swept through the South in mid-February crippled the […]
The Rundown A House bill to move the country to 100 percent clean electricity by 2035 acknowledges water-energy links. A USDA report finds that farm acreage using cover crops increased by 50 percent. The GAO reviews EPA regulatory actions regarding PFAS. The EPA will review a proposed mine in Minnesota for its effects on the […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN A new report gives poor grades to U.S. water infrastructure. Not responding to water risk is costlier to companies around the world than taking proactive measures now, a report finds. A utility in Queensland, Australia asks customers to conserve water as dam levels drop. A program between British Columbia and Alaska to […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Lawyers for former Michigan Rick Snyder want all Flint residents to be disqualified from being jurors on the case. The government in Bihar, India says it will provide irrigation water to all agricultural land in the state. A Michigan judge orders Detroit to pay $1 million to the city of Highland Park […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Much of urban India still faces water stress, a report finds. The Magpie River in Canada is given personhood status. Parts of Appalachia are flooded from heavy thunderstorms earlier this week. South Africa’s Standard Bank will assess its role in a crude oil pipeline after international opposition. A new report says Colorado […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Monsoon floods force mass evacuations in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta. Despite heavy snowfall in Utah, water scarcity could continue this summer. A recent study finds a significant portion of Mumbai’s coastline is at high risk of flooding. The United States will resume some aid to Ethiopia that was cut off last fall. Experts […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN A massive landslide in India causes flash floods throughout Uttarakhand state. A federal court orders a Flint attorney to stop spreading misinformation about a proposed settlement of Flint water crisis civil lawsuits. Nevada’s water authority could invest millions in a water-recycling program to receive a share of California’s Colorado River water. Sudanese […]
