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Four big plants in Australia are stranded assets. By Keith Schneider Circle of Blue Earlier this year, during India’s deepest drought in decades, local authorities in central Maharashtra reported the highest rainfall deficit in the country. Water levels behind dams dropped so far that reservoirs had bathtub rings of dried sand and mud. Puddles […]
Rampal coal-fired generating station is defended by government, opposed by UN, and assailed by Bangladesh citizens. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue In 2010, when Bangladesh drew up its Power Sector Master Plan to develop thousands of new megawatts of coal-fired electricity, the government also bought 742 hectares (1,834 acres) of bottomland along the Passur River. […]
At frontlines, fossil fuel transport and production infrastructure opposed worldwide.
The Rundown The United States joins a global climate agreement, while the secretary of state speaks bluntly in India about energy choices. President Obama promises federal attention to the shrinking Salton Sea. The EPA’s internal watchdog will investigate the agency’s oversight of state drinking water programs, while an EPA regional office tells New York City […]
The Global Rundown Dwindling water supplies in the Vaal River system have forced Johannesburg, South Africa to implement water restrictions for residents. India’s Supreme Court ordered Karnataka to release water to Tamil Nadu, despite dry conditions in the Cauvery River Basin. An independent adviser told Japan that treated water stored at the damaged Fukushima nuclear […]
The Global Rundown Poor water quality means the majority of groundwater in the basin stretching across northern India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal is unfit for human use. The period in time since humans began significantly altering the planet should be officially recognized as a new geological epoch, called the Anthropocene, according to an expert working […]
Management of transboundary aquifers is on the United Nations agenda this fall. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue The Mekong River Delta is under immense pressure. Upstream, a cascade of dams in China trap water and silt, the building blocks of delta life. Downstream, demand for irrigation water is rising in the world’s rice bowl. […]
The Global Rundown Forests in the watersheds of the Mekong, Salween, and Yangtze rivers are disappearing due to illegal mining in China’s Yunnan province, a Greenpeace report found. Conservationists in Western Australia worry a proposed uranium mine could pollute water supplies. Tests show Canada’s North Saskatchewan River is now suitable for drinking water after an […]
Rio waters are just most visible example of the planet’s polluted bays and rivers.
Hydropower development, agricultural expansion, mining, and drought put growing pressure on Olympic host.
