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The Rundown The Interior Department directs its agencies to complete final reviews of a pair of tunnels through California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The special master in the Florida v. Georgia water lawsuit dredges up an old and outrageous idea. The EPA revises criteria for designating Superfund sites and publishes a $US 1 billion plan to […]
The Global Rundown The taps are back on in Malaysia after the government called off planned electric grid maintenance, which had cut water for residents in Kuala Lumpur and Selango. In the Louisiana town of St. Joseph, lead contamination in the city water prompted Gov. John Bel Edwards to declare a public health emergency. Meanwhile, […]
The Global Rundown President Obama used a 1953 law to permanently restrict oil drilling off the coast of Alaska. He invoked the same law to restrict drilling in 31 ocean canyons off the Atlantic coast. Republicans called the plan “an abuse of power.” In a bid backed by the prime minister, cities across India began […]
The Global Rundown The condition of Gaza’s coastal aquifer continues to deteriorate due to a combination of population growth and political pressures. The largest glacier in East Antarctica is thinning, raising concerns about its potential contribution to sea level rise. Countries in sub-Saharan Africa could see some of the worst economic effects from climate change […]
The Global Rundown Floods, droughts, and other natural disasters around the world force millions of people into poverty each year, according to a World Bank report. A spike in cholera cases this month raises the specter of a major outbreak in Yemen. Global methane emissions from hydropower reservoirs are underestimated, new research says. The U.S. […]
The Rundown Floodwaters will push through the Grand Canyon this week as dam operators release water upstream to build beaches. The Obama administration reevaluates the Dakota Access pipeline route. Hurricane Matthew wrecked protective sand dunes on the southern Atlantic coast. San Diego’s biggest wastewater facility gets an EPA pollution waiver. The U.S. Department of Agriculture […]
Reversing aquifer decline will test state oversight and local response. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue The Tidewater region of eastern Virginia, swayed daily by the ebb and flow of the Chesapeake Bay, is a wet region with a serious water problem. Due to heavy pumping, water levels in the Potomac aquifer, the area’s principal […]
The Global Rundown Food security conditions have deteriorated to emergency levels in Madagascar, putting hundreds of thousands of people at risk, aid organizations warned. Brazil charged more than a dozen individuals with homicide in the Samarco dam collapse case. A new report quantified the number of premature deaths in Africa caused by polluted water and […]
The Rundown The Army Corps denies allegations that it did not follow federal rules in approving Dakota Access pipeline permits. A Bureau of Reclamation program in the Klamath River Basin wasted millions of dollars on farm payments. The Interior Department begins a study of the social and economic benefits of Indian water rights settlements. Pacific […]
The Global Rundown The United Nations is asking for millions of dollars to address the urgent and disastrous conditions in Haiti following Hurricane Matthew. Floods similar in scale to those brought by Superstorm Sandy are set to occur much more frequently in the northeastern United States by the end of the century. International mining companies […]
The Global Rundown India’s government has suspended the water commission that oversees the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan amid a dispute over terrorism. Communities in Telangana are protesting a reservoir that would displace thousands of people. Half a million homes in the United States lack access to adequate water and sanitation connections. A major roadway […]
