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The Global Rundown A new international study finds that 16 billion cubic meters of water are pulled from rural areas to serve growing urban populations. Brazil says it will file criminal charges against mining company Vale following a January tailings dam collapse. Thousands of government-subsidized housing units lie in U.S. flood plains. Rice prices fluctuate […]
The Global Rundown A study of European rivers finds contamination from hundreds of pesticides and drugs. Flooding in the Midwestern United States drives up ethanol prices. Sudan experiences a complete power blackout. Flood protection is too expensive for some riverside towns in the U.S. As eastern Zimbabwe recovers from widespread flooding, the rest of the […]
The Global Rundown Portugal assembles a record-high number of firefighters following a parched winter and sweltering temperatures. Officials warn that dams in southwestern Iran are nearly full. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposes lowering fluoride levels allowed in bottled water. As cholera cases soar, Mozambique begins an official vaccination campaign in the wake […]
Sibi Arasu honored for his reporting on the environment, including two articles from the Choke Point: Tamil Nadu series.
The Global Rundown Germany sets up a drought early warning system after an abnormally dry year. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer orders the state’s Department of Environmental Quality to establish PFAS safety standards. More than a million people in northwestern Kenya are going hungry in the midst of a lengthy dry spell. Westland, New Zealand, declares […]
The Global Rundown The UK government warns that England will face water shortfalls by 2050 unless consumption patterns change. Globally, the poor pay more for water than the rich, says a new UN report. An innovative water conservation program in Maharashtra, India, fails to fend off drought. Africa’s fastest-growing cities struggle to meet water demand. […]
What’s Up with Water, your “need-to-know news” of the world’s water. We begin with a quick survey of water stories around the globe. There are increasing quantities of antibiotics and other medicines in rivers and lakes worldwide. That’s according to a study led by Radboud University in the Netherlands. Researchers estimated pharmaceutical concentrations with the […]
I’m Eileen Wray-McCann, for Circle of Blue, and here’s What’s Up with Water, your “need-to-know news” of the world’s water. We begin with a quick survey of water stories around the globe. Environmental regulators in Western Australia have told the state-run utility to expect large cuts in its groundwater allocation. Water Corporation serves 2 […]
Listen to hear the Implications of global greening and water waste in the oil fields of the Permian Basin.
