World Energy Council Advances New Details on Water-Energy Nexus
New report warns of the rising risk of energy and food shortages caused by scarce supplies of water.
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Scientists Urge Greater Attention to Groundwater in Climate Adaptation
Better management, research, and funding is needed.
Great Lakes States Take Halting Steps Toward Water Protections
Governments in the nation’s most water-rich region are responding to public pressure over high-profile water pollution concerns, but have left fundamental policy changes largely untouched. Photo courtesy Joshua Mayer via Flickr Creative Commons A petition filed by 16 Wisconsin citizens to the U.S. EPA last month claims budget cuts and changes to state law have […]
Donghao Chung, Guangzhou’s Daylighted Water Refuge
A new urban park constructed from a polluted sewer is a message of new principles at work in China. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue The 4.5-kilometer (2.8-mile) park along Donghao Chung, runs for a time beneath an elevated freeway. At other moments it pools in a plaza open to the light and […]
Lake Ontario Water Level Plan Tests Attitudes Toward Environment
Plan 2014, a proposal to alter lake levels and restore wetlands, places ecosystems at the heart of decisions. Photo © Codi Kozacek / Circle of Blue Linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence River is a pathway into the heart of North America traversed by ships from all over the world. […]
While South Carolina Floods, U.S. Wrestles With Urban Stormwater
Lawsuit requires EPA to address one of the largest water pollution sources in the country.
EPA Clean Water Rule Meets Political Pushback
Unlike previous eras, Congress has avoided adjusting the law to manage new conditions.
Binational Lake Erie Phosphorus Targets Proposed to Curb Algae
To limit toxic algae blooms, the United States and Canada will need to reduce nutrient pollution by 40 percent.
The Stream, June 25: Water Plan Needed for Australia’s Outback, Researcher Says
The Global Rundown In Australia, researchers are calling for a water conservation plan in the Outback, where hydraulic fracturing will begin in the coming years. The second most water-stressed state in Mexico is pursuing shale oil development, despite already scarce water resources. A copper and nickel mine in Minnesota is one step closer to creation […]
Toxic Algae Blooms Prompt Clean-Up Commitment from Great Lakes Governors
State and provincial leaders act to end danger to Lake Erie, which has suffered from a resurgence of nutrient pollution and toxic algae outbreaks over the past decade.
Groundwater Depletion Stresses Majority of World’s Largest Aquifers
Scientists do not know how much groundwater is left.
