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The Global Rundown Nearly 200 environmental campaigners were murdered globally in 2015, the most of any year on record, according to a new report. Floods across southern China killed dozens of people. The expanded Panama Canal is expected to open on June 26, using less water than the current locks. The governors of eight Great […]
Satellite data reveal the depths of the megacity’s thirst. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Beijing, one of the world’s most water-scarce large cities, has long drawn on groundwater reserves to supply more than 20 million people. The unrelenting pressure for water, though, is causing the land to shift and sink and buckle, which puts […]
The Global Rundown New EPA health standard prompts Alabama water authority to warn against drinking its tap water. Global hydropower capacity and generation increased in 2015. Flint’s water problems are much broader than lead pipes. Fishermen in Quebec caught an invasive Asian carp species in the St. Lawrence River. Residents in the San Francisco Bay […]
The Global Rundown Water levels in India’s 91 reservoirs are at the lowest points in a decade and water levels are also falling in aquifers– which supply 85 percent of the country’s drinking water. More than two decades of U.S. Geological Survey data show what contaminants are increasing in the United States groundwater, and which are […]
Finance managers develop tools to avoid losses.
The Global Rundown In the wake of El Nino-linked droughts and unpredictable rainfall that destroyed harvests across Africa, nearly 50 million people could go hungry by the end of the year. Countries could lose billions of dollars in GDP in the event of a global food price shock, which is expected to become more likely […]
The Global Rundown Iran is moving forward with plans for two major water transfers to ease shortages in its central provinces. Greater transparency is needed to resolve disputes between China and India over the Brahmaputra River, according to a new report. As the costs to respond to global humanitarian disasters skyrocket and more people are […]
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 […]
Ontario and Michigan express caution about expansions.
Droughts, floods, and civic opposition cause huge losses.
The Global Rundown Poor economic prospects after two years of drought are leading more families in India to abandon their farms in search of jobs in the cities. As a result, more are vulnerable to human trafficking, according to humanitarian activists. In China, drought and urban expansion combined to dry up one city’s water supplies. […]
Ecological principles guide economic strategies to fit 21st-century conditions.
