“Choke Point: China” Findings Cited in Congressional Hearing
Choke Point: China findings presented at Congressional hearing.
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The Stream, January 30: U.S. Natural Gas Reserves
Just how much natural gas is there in the United States? A recent report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration has sharply decreased previous estimates. The New York Times looks at the potential scenarios for the energy industry. The European Union has adequate legislation on shale gas exploration, according to a study commissioned by the […]
The Stream, December 13: Climate Quandary
Delegates to the climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa, kicked the can down the road, agreeing to extend the Kyoto Protocol by five years and eventually to draw up a new agreement that would take effect by 2020. The day after the conference, Canada announced that it will withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, becoming the […]
Choke Point: China on Wilson Center’s Dialogue Program
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.”
Circle of Blue’s Brett Walton Receives IJNR Fellowship for Southwestern U.S. Energy Study
Circle of Blue’s Brett Walton is one of 14 journalists awarded a fellowship to attend the Energy Country Institute, an expedition-style immersion program sponsored by the Institutes for Journalism & Natural Resources (IJNR).
The Stream, September 18: Environmental Surveys
The European Commission will give Pakistan additional $8.96 million for emergency relief efforts in the flood-stricken Sindh Province, the South Asian News Agency reported. A second successive year of flooding is affecting more than 5.4 million people in Pakistan and has so far displaced more than 1.8 million. More and more regions around the world […]
The Stream, September 26: New Approach To Global Food Production
Drought-stricken Texas is desperately behind and short of funds to meet the goals of a 2007 blueprint to guarantee the water needs of its rapidly expanding population, Associated Press reported. More than four years after the latest water plan was published, Texas has allocated just $1.4 billion of the $53 billion needed to build the […]
The Stream, July 27: What’s to Blame for Somalia’s Famine?
Even though drought, poor infrastructure and poverty are all contributing factors to the risk of famine, famine deaths in the modern world are almost always “the result of deliberate acts on the part of governing authorities,” according to Foreign Policy’s Charles Kenny. Somalia, he adds, is shaping up to be yet another “case study of […]
Choke Point: China Production Crew
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 […]
Energy Economy Brings Change to Shepherd Life: Modernization Comes to the Dry Grasslands of Inner Mongolia
Along the vast frozen grasslands, 23-year-old Wu Yun and her father, Bao Zhu, tend their flock of sheep and cattle. Just over the ridge, the northern city of Xilinhot is booming as the coal industry continues to expand. But it will take a lot of water to feed both the city and the mining.
China’s Other Looming Choke Point: Food Production
The Yellow River Basin is the center of a contest over water, energy, and agriculture.
The Stream, May 6: Alberta Oil Spill
About 28,000 barrels of crude oil spilled from a broken pipeline in northern Alberta, Canada. Though none of the oil reached flowing water, the spill is reported to be the biggest in the country since 1975, according to UPI. Hear more about Canada’s oil sands, and the prospects and barriers of increasing Chinese imports of […]
