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The Global Rundown Government officials in India fired the Delhi water minister — a move he claims was politically motivated. The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recused himself from legal cases involving the Clean Water Rule. Flooding in Quebec has affected more than 100 Canadian cities in the past week. Residents of Bengaluru, […]
The Global Rundown Residents of Flint, Michigan who have delinquent water accounts could face home foreclosure if they do not pay, despite concerns about lead. Violence between ranchers and herders in Kenya stems from historical land conflicts, not just drought, conservationists say. Cape Town, South Africa is still working to avert water cuts as its […]
The Global Rundown Indigenous communities warn that hydropower development in the Tapajós basin in Brazil puts their livelihoods and culture at risk. Saltwater intrusion and water shortages in Bangladesh are forcing farmers to move to the city, and leaving women at home. China’s water quality continues to improve overall, but some areas are getting worse, […]
The Rundown EPA administrator postpones the implementation date for rule to keep arsenic, mercury, and other power plant toxics from rivers, while also beginning a separate process to repeal or modify existing regulations. EPA inspector general says that the agency needs better health warnings for people who eat contaminated fish. An energy company wants to […]
Nebraska is again a battleground over tar sands oil pipeline. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue On January 24, President Donald Trump made good on a “Day One” campaign pledge to assist America’s oil producers. Trump signed one executive order that commanded the Army Corps of Engineers to issue an easement for the Dakota Access […]
The Global Rundown Bangladesh and India may soon move forward with plans to study a proposed $4 billion dam and reservoir project on the Ganges river. A study in France found that farmers could significantly cut pesticide use without jeopardizing production or profitability. In the United States, researchers in Iowa documented that neonicotinoid pesticides can […]
The Global Rundown Brackish groundwater supplies in the United States equal more than 35 times the amount of fresh groundwater used each year, a new study found. Australia issued a 60-year water license to the controversial Carmichael coal mine project in Queensland. Four coal mining companies in Queensland recently declared force majeure due to flooding […]
The Global Rundown The success of Pakistan’s new Climate Change Act, meant to address floods and other climate disasters, will depend on the government’s ability to implement policies and projects on the ground, experts say. Canada announced more than a dozen water infrastructure projects to tackle chronic drinking water advisories in Ontario. Local activists in […]
The Rundown The Trump administration issues a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. A U.S. district court rejects lawsuit that claimed that a federal energy regulator is biased toward pipeline industry. An Oroville Dam review board says spillway repairs may not be completed by the next rainy season. A Senate committee holds a hearing on […]
Private-public partnerships, a potential funding source, are complicated and controversial. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue President Donald Trump, fashioning himself the builder-in-chief, promised to invest $US 1 trillion to make America’s potholed highways, unstable bridges, leaky water systems, strained ports, and brittle levees whole again. The pledge is more a slogan at this point. […]
Trump executive order seeks to remove federal protections for many streams and wetlands. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue When he ordered two federal agencies to review an Obama administration rule that defined which water bodies are regulated by the Clean Water Act, President Trump inserted himself into a debate that has churned for more […]
The Global Rundown Tentative budget numbers appear to enact massive cuts to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and several of its major water programs, including the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The Great Lakes Commission says the region needs nearly $2 billion to maintain safe water systems, while in California, state data show that nearly 1 […]
