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The Hydrologic Fast Lane (Also: IPCC Reports 101)
Reporter Kaye LaFond breaks down the newest IPCC report, and IPCC reports in general.
Earth Pushes Back
Era of indifference greets droughts, floods, storms, tsunamis. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue India’s policy of free water and free energy to farmers is draining groundwater reserves, polluting air and rivers, and generating economy-weakening brownouts with millions of electric water pumps that irrigate rice and wheat crops so big they rot in […]
Federal Water Tap, September 22: America’s Spies Warn of Water and Climate Risks
The potential for violence, conflict, and government upheaval arising from natural resource scarcity and a warming planet continues to catch the eye of America’s top spooks. “Competition for scarce resources, such as food, water, or energy, will likely increase tensions within and between states and could lead to more localized or regional conflicts, or exacerbate […]
Federal Water Tap, May 19: EPA Recommends New Water Quality Standards for Chemical Pollutants
How much benzene should be allowed in a liter of river water? Or how about vinyl chloride? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has a new answer for 94 federally regulated chemicals, though states and tribes will be the ultimate arbiters. The EPA is updating human health benchmarks for chemical concentrations in rivers, lakes, and streams […]
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 […]
Federal Water Tap, March 17: A Second Look to Ensure Food Safety Rule Does Not Imperil Water Security
Three years ago President Obama signed into law sweeping reforms for how the nation’s food is grown, harvested, packaged, shipped, and stored. At first an environmental review of the Food Safety Modernization Act was not deemed necessary, but after more analysis certain aspects of the new law are getting a second look. One aspect involves […]
The Stream, June 19, 2024: Palestine’s Waters, Wetlands, and Sanitation Systems Plunge Deeper into ‘Crisis,’ UN Report Shows
A new environmental impact assessment from the United Nations shows that more than 92 percent of water in Gaza is “unfit for human consumption.”
Colorado River Water Use in Three States Drops to 40-Year Low
Arizona, California, and Nevada take less water from the struggling river.
The Stream, June 12, 2024: World’s Biggest Banks, Behind Oil and Gas Projects in the Amazon, Accused of Significant Greenwashing
Over the past two decades, just six of the world’s largest banks have funded the majority of oil and gas development in the Amazon rainforest, a new report says.
The Stream, June 5, 2024: Scant Snow and Rain Across Canada Take Toll on Energy Production
As drought across Canada weakens its hydropower production, the country this year has become increasingly more reliable on energy imports from America.
The Stream, May 15, 2024: Solar Storm Disrupts Farmers Across North America
The weekend’s northern lights were a hindrance to many North American farmers, as GPS systems were scrambled and tractors stalled.
