On Water and Energy, India Is Different
It’s been a couple of weeks since our Circle of Blue team completed its 27-day research trip to India.
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The Stream, January 14: Texas Legislators Focus on Water Issues
Texas’ state water infrastructure was a frequent topic of discussion in the legislature’s opening week. From Gov. Rick Perry’s opening-day speech to an emergency-fund creation proposal, The New York Times reported, water-related construction projects and fees were pitched primarily by the Republican leadership. Shanghai Pollution Residents of two Shanghai districts continue to feel the effects […]
Water News: What’s Ahead in 2013
Drought, water disputes, debates about energy development — “more of the same” is what to expect this year. Photo © Aubrey Ann Parker / Circle of Blue In the waning days of 2012, India’s state governments approved a plan for the federal government to tackle a new national water policy to regulate the use of […]
Top 10 Water News Stories of 2012
Best-in-class reporting on the confrontation between water, food, and energy that influenced policy making in Asia, proved invaluable to university researchers in Europe, and informed citizens and the media in the United States and around the world.
2012 Year In Review: At the Front Line of the Global Contest Over Water, Food, and Energy
Circle of Blue’s senior editor Keith Schneider reflects on — and celebrates — this year’s body of work from our top reporters.
The Stream, January 7: Pollution Leads to Connecticut Lawsuits and China Alerts
Jurors in New Hampshire are expected to hear a lawsuit accusing two oil giants of major groundwater pollution. The trial against Exxon Mobil and Citgo, The New York Times reported, is expected to be the most complex and time-consuming in New Hampshire’s history, with 50,000 exhibits, more than 100 lawyers, and 230 witnesses. More than […]
The Stream, January 2: Pollution, Flooding & the Safety of Bottled Water
Pollution A pig farm in the Chinese town of Houtonglong has polluted water sources, created health problems, and made it difficult for local farmers to raise other animals, the Guardian reported. As China’s appetite for meat continues to grow, ban production at 93 iron ore mines in Goa, which were found to be contributing to […]
The Stream, December 27: Evaporation to Exacerbate Western Water Shortages
Temperatures nudged higher by climate change will increase evaporation levels from plants and soil in the American west, a new Columbia University study predicted. Higher evaporation rates, the Los Angeles Times reported, will dry out land and reduce water runoff into rivers and streams by about 10 percent in California, Nevada, Colorado River headwaters and […]
The Stream, December 26: China’s Big Desalination Plans
China has revealed plans to boost its desalination capacity to produce 2.2 million cubic meters (77.6 million cubic feet) of fresh water each day by 2015, Xinhua reported. The plan also calls for more than 15 percent of the water supply delivered to coastal factories to come from desalinated sea water by 2015. Winter Storms […]
Delhi Dispatch: Rice, Wheat, and Water Serve Up Equal Helpings of Punjab’s Wealth and Risk
Free power, water, fertilizer, and chemicals encourages abuse of resources for world’s number two rice and wheat producer.
The Stream, December 14: Water Situation ‘Critical’ in Bulawayo
Water Shortages A severe water shortage in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second largest city, has officials seeking $82 million to implement mid-term solutions and warning that water rationing could continue well into 2013, News Day reported. Declining rainfall and a growing population in the region have contributed to the shortage. Dry conditions in Texas are stoking tensions […]
Map: China’s Provincial Grain Production (1997-2010)
Click through the interactive infographic to see how China, the world’s largest nation and second-largest economy, has shifted its bread baskets to the north.
