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YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN A recent report finds that more efficient water policies in California could cut water by at least 30 percent. Millions of people in Bangladesh and India have been impacted by recent flooding. Heavy rain is forcing hundreds to evacuate in coastal South Africa only a month after the worst flooding in history. […]
The Rundown A House committee followed its Senate counterpart and endorsed a key bill to authorize Army Corps water projects. An early-season forecast indicates a moderate harmful algal bloom in Lake Erie this summer. A GAO report recommends better federal agency coordination to help Alaska Native villages address environmental change. An inspector general’s investigation clears […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Record heatwaves in India and Pakistan are causing water and electricity shortages. A major water utility in California ordered millions of residents to cut water use as drought rages on. Climate disasters like floods and bushfires could raise insurance premiums so high that properties in Australia will become unaffordable. An Ohio-based nonprofit […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Residents in a major neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria lack access to clean drinking water and say their government has abandoned them. A Nebraska town remains divided on the best strategy for remediation after years of pollution contaminated water supplies and caused health problems. Officials in England report record-high numbers of water pollution […]
The Rundown The nation’s high court issues an emergency order that revives, at least temporarily, a ruling that constrains the ability of states and tribes to protect waterways from pollution. The EPA outlines three strategies for addressing nutrient pollution in the nation’s waters. A bank regulator proposes guidelines for managing climate-related financial risks. The Interior […]
Global water security is increasingly threatened. Accounting for water use and risk ought to have the same urgency with which we address carbon.
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN The latest report from the United Nations climate panel urges global leaders to adopt policies to reduce carbon pollution. In Canada, the federal government will fund a multi-million-dollar water reservoir in a rural community plagued by water contamination. Mudslides and flooding wreak havoc in Brazil. Ongoing drought decimates Honduran farmland. Australian officials dismantle […]
Severe drought, dead wells, political division push Arizona steadily closer to water supply peril.
The Rundown The U.S. Forest Service’s Forests to Faucets program re-evaluates the connections between forests and watersheds. Lake Powell dipped below 3,525 feet, a level that water users in the basin intended not to breach. House Democrats propose the creation of a Great Lakes Authority to promote economic development and environmental conservation in the eight-state […]
