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Backyard units need to adapt to changing environmental conditions. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Adapting sanitation systems to a fast-changing ecological reality is a challenge not only for big municipal institutions. According to new research, many septic systems — which are simple, backyard devices for addressing the ceaseless problem of toilet waste — are […]
Protests threaten to unseat Mugabe government, while four million people face hunger.
The Global Rundown Flood preparations in the United Kingdom should now take into account a 20 to 30 percent increase in severe rainfall events, according to a national review. The severe drought in South Africa will likely continue without much relief, a government team warned. Kenya announced plans to reforest nearly a tenth of its […]
The Global Rundown The environmental effects of global agricultural development, expanding cities, and growing industries are still increasing, but at a slower pace than population and economic growth, according to a new study. Conflicts and instability in North Africa and the Middle East have damaged water, sanitation, and health systems, contributing to a decline in […]
Hydropower development, agricultural expansion, mining, and drought put growing pressure on Olympic host.
The Global Rundown Rising sea levels could flood nearly 2 million homes in coastal cities across the United States by the end of the century. Heavy rainfall in Maharashtra forced dam operators to release water and issue flood warnings for areas of Pune. State officials in North Carolina misinformed residents about drinking water contamination near […]
The Global Rundown Scientists in Israel are pulling water from out of thin air. Farmers in Australia remain out of luck when it comes to government subsidized drought insurance. Farmers in Afghanistan, however, are benefiting from government sponsored programs. The United Nations and South Korea have teamed up to support impoverished women in Viet Nam. Violence connected to water is […]
The Rundown Congress has not given the executive branch authority to regulate fracking, a federal judge determines. Millions of trees died in the California drought. President Obama signs pipeline safety bill that has provisions directed at a Great Lakes oil pipeline. The president also threatens to veto a Zika bill because of clean water concerns. […]
The Global Rundown A dam-building spree planned for the Brazilian Amazon would create major social, economic, and environmental problems, according to a new report from Greenpeace. A lack of clean water and medical services is raising the risk of disease for residents and refugees of Fallujah, Iraq. Some areas of Palestine have been without water […]
The Global Rundown Thousands of people in Peru may be affected by mercury contamination caused by illegal gold mining, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency. Demonstrators in Ecuador’s largest city are protesting slow progress on cleaning up water pollution and improving water access. The severe drought in India could encourage the growth […]
