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The Global Rundown Groundwater contaminated with unsafe levels of uranium poses a growing risk to communities in places like California’s Central Valley, while the United Nations warned that mining companies and government officials in Brazil are not doing enough to restore safe water after the Samarco mine disaster. Floods turned deadly in the Democratic Republic […]
21st century conditions require big changes in approach ensuring adequate water supplies Photo © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue In northern India between the cities of Chandigarh and Ludiana, the waters of the Sirhind Canal are held back by a dam that manages flow and floodwaters. By Brett Walton Circle of Blue Negotiators […]
Supporting deals focus on low-carbon energy, natural resource protection, and disaster risk reduction. Photo courtesy UNclimatechange via Flickr Creative Commons Approximately 25,000 official delegates from countries and organizations around the world are in Paris to negotiate the first legally binding global climate accord. Additional deals aim to make the overarching agreement a reality. Countries, businesses, […]
The Global Rundown Uruguay is increasing and diversifying its renewable energy sources, making the country’s power supplies less susceptible to drought. Floods in Tamil Nadu shut down an oil refinery and forced thousands of people to evacuate. El Nino is bringing a boon of tuna to Kiribati, and while it could relieve California’s drought to […]
Initiatives show military sees serious climate and water security risks. Photo © Codi Kozacek / Circle of Blue Helping nations prepare for and respond to droughts, floods, and storms is now one of 11 primary efforts outlined in the overall strategy for the U.S. military’s Pacific Command, which covers the Asia-Pacific region. In discussions at […]
Water groups, active in Paris, focus on implementing a climate agreement
The Global Rundown Droughts in Ethiopia and Zimbabwe are putting pressure on hydropower production, while extreme droughts in southern Africa could put development gains at risk. Meanwhile, heavy rains have flooded Chennai, India. An airstrike in Aleppo, Syria, last week cut off water supplies to millions of people. The tailings dam disaster at an iron […]
U.S. Congress on an island of reflexive denial. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue A paper published earlier this year in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States added fresh, peer-reviewed details about how a malicious four-year (2007 to 2010) drought in Syria played a role in touching off a […]
The Global Rundown More than 30 countries, including the United States, agreed to dramatically scale back financing for overseas coal-fired power plants ahead of the Paris climate change negotiations. A United Nations board urged the organization to create a scientific body focused on water. Flood risks are growing in Chennai, India, while a drought in […]
Trifecta of drought, floods, and fighting could set the stage for a deeper food crisis in 2016. Photo courtesy Andrew Heavens via Flickr Creative Commons Floods near Ethiopia’s Lake Tana displaced thousands of people in 2006. Aid agencies warn that floods linked to this year’s El Nino could exacerbate food insecurity in Ethiopia and Somalia. […]
The Global Rundown The production of oil used by the United States relies heavily on freshwater supplies in other countries, a new study found. El Nino will continue to strengthen through the end of the year, according to the World Meteorological Organization. Floods in India and Sri Lanka turned deadly, and the drought in South […]
Mining Queensland’s ample coal seams will require a lot of groundwater — and lead to more carbon pollution. Coal companies have pegged Queensland’s Galilee Basin, a geological formation in the state’s interior, as the next big production zone for Australia’s coal mining industry as it looks to increase exports to India, China, and other Asian […]
