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The Global Rundown A mayor in Brazil is refusing to grant water permits to the Samarco iron mine until it funds water quality safeguards. The number of people infected by a cholera outbreak in Somalia could double by summer. This water year is officially the wettest on record in California’s northern Sierra Nevada. A cultural […]
The Global Rundown Global spending on water, sanitation, and hygiene programs is not sufficient to meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, according to a report by the World Health Organization. Water quality remains poor in many areas of Shanghai, despite environmental progress. Cyclone Cook, making landfall in New Zealand today, could be the country’s […]
The Global Rundown Food security is suffering in Africa’s Lake Chad Basin due to a confluence of conflict, drought, and declining water levels, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. A report suggests that concerns about water could soon prompt Argentina, Chile, and other Latin American countries to enact stricter environmental […]
The Global Rundown Government officials in Karnataka say there is not enough water in the state’s reservoirs to provide water for agriculture. Argentina is demanding changes to operations at the Veladero gold mine to reduce the risk of cyanide spills. Researchers found a link between heavy rainfall from El Nino and an increase in cholera […]
The Global Rundown Officials declared California’s severe drought at an end last week, more than five years after it began. Damage from extensive flooding in Peru is expected to cost billions of dollars to repair. The Great Barrier Reef has suffered two consecutive years of mass coral bleaching, a problem exacerbated by poor water quality. […]
The Global Rundown Brackish groundwater supplies in the United States equal more than 35 times the amount of fresh groundwater used each year, a new study found. Australia issued a 60-year water license to the controversial Carmichael coal mine project in Queensland. Four coal mining companies in Queensland recently declared force majeure due to flooding […]
Three major dam projects in Nepal, the Solomon Islands, and Tajikistan may receive backing from the United Nations’ green climate fund, a move that is opposed by environmental groups. A new map and analysis shows where the United Kingdom is spending its flood defense money. Streams in Switzerland are heavily polluted with agricultural pesticides, a study found. A former U.S. security official warns that climate change will create more conflict and refugees in the Asia-Pacific region. Rainfall from the remnants of Cyclone Debbie flooded New Zealand’s North Island this week. A plan to take groundwater from the Mojave Desert to California cities is one step closer to reality.
The Global Rundown Hundreds of people were killed or injured during a severe flood and mudslide in Mocoa, Colombia. Peru is asking for more international aid to respond to floods and mudslides that have caused billions of dollars of damage. After a mudslide curbed water production at its primary treatment plant last month, the water […]
The Global Rundown Snowpack in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains is well above average, according to the most recent survey. Thousands of people remain under evacuation orders as floods rush through Queensland and New South Wales. Government officials in Bihar state are calling for a dam on the Ganga to be decommissioned to prevent floods. The […]
The Global Rundown El Salvador’s legislature voted to implement a nationwide ban on mining for gold and other metals, citing concerns about water supplies and the environment. Water scarcity due to droughts and damaged infrastructure are putting children in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen at greater risk of malnutrition, according to the United Nations. […]
The Global Rundown A new study found that outbreaks of Zika virus in Brazil closely mirror poor conditions in urban slums, highlighting how these communities are at chronic risk from diseases associated with inadequate public services such as water and sanitation. Airstrikes near the Tabqa dam in Syria continue to threaten downstream communities, government officials […]
