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The Stream, June 22: Victoria Forests Worth More For Water Than Timber
The Global Rundown The native mountain ash forests of Victoria’s Central Highlands region are more valuable for the clean water they provide than for timber, according to a new report. The first exception to a ban on Great Lakes water diversions was approved unanimously Tuesday, providing water to a Wisconsin city outside of the basin. […]
The Stream, June 14: Singapore Insulated From Drought
The Global Rundown Singapore is now able meet its own water needs without relying on outside supplies from Malaysia, where a drought this year caused shortages. Recovering water levels at hydropower dams in Venezuela have prompted the government to scale back electricity rationing. Australia’s prime minister announced plans for a fund to reduce nutrient runoff […]
The Stream, May 31: Pakistan On Verge Of Water Crisis
The Global Rundown Pakistan’s water security is in serious jeopardy, and the country could face acute shortages within the decade, according to a new report. Government farming policies and saltwater intrusion into the Mekong River are exacerbating drought conditions in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. The global El Nino is officially over, but millions of people still […]
The Stream, May 24: Heat Waves Worsen Water Shortages In Africa, India
The Global Rundown A rash of record-breaking heatwaves has exacerbated water shortages in Burkina Faso and parts of India. If all of the world’s fossil fuels are burned, global temperatures could rise 10 degrees and rainfall could plummet in some areas of Central America, Africa, and Australia, researchers found. The U.S. Department of Energy announced […]
The Stream, May 19: India Prepares To Link Rivers
The Global Rundown Work on a large-scale project to link and divert some of India’s major rivers could begin in days, according to government officials. Protesters in Australia are demanding the closure of a zinc mine linked to water pollution, and South Africa announced plans to make mining companies pay to clean up acid mine […]
The Stream, May 13: Pakistan Textile Industry Reels Under Drought
The Global Rundown Pakistan is spending billions of dollars to prop up its textile industry as drought damages domestic cotton supplies. Water and sewage companies in the United Kingdom have received record fines for polluting rivers. A new solar-powered desalination plant will come online in Dubai this month. The United States is promoting agriculture in […]
The Stream, May 11: U.S. Infrastructure Funding More Than $1 Trillion Short
The Global Rundown Funding commitments for water, electricity, roads, and other infrastructure in the United States are currently more than $1 trillion short of the needed amount, according to a new report. In the Solomon Islands, five islands have disappeared due to sea level rise and wave damage. Researchers found that unusually dry and wet […]
The Stream, May 4: Water Shortages Will Hit Economic Growth, World Bank Warns
The Global Rundown Economic growth in many regions of the world will likely suffer from water shortages by mid-century, according to a World Bank report. The mining companies behind a deadly tailings spill in Brazil are being sued for billions of dollars. Amid a severe drought, Zimbabwe is selling wild animals from its parks to […]
The Stream, May 2: Droughts Cut Rice Stockpiles in Asia
The Global Rundown El Nino-linked droughts in India, Thailand, and Vietnam are expected to cut stockpiles of rice this year in the world’s three top exporters. Floods in Texas are contaminating rivers with oil and chemicals from fracking, while an attack on an oil pipeline in Colombia created a spill in the Bojaba River. Australia […]
The Stream, April 29: Fracking Contamination Widespread in North Dakota, Study Finds
The Global Rundown Spills of wastewater from fracking operations in North Dakota have contaminated sites across a wide swath of the state, according to a new study. Environmental groups in the United States are raising concerns about the contamination of water supplies with the chemical PFOA. President Obama declared a disaster in the Marshall Islands […]
Conga Mine in Peru Halted By Water Concerns, Civic Opposition
U.S. mining company retreats from $US 4.8 billion gold and copper project. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Newmont Mining, the world’s second-largest gold producer, announced in a U.S. financial filing that it is abandoning a $US 4.8 billion copper and gold mine in Peru “for the foreseeable future.” “Newmont will not proceed with the […]
