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The Global Rundown Rainfall and rising lake levels near Dallas, Texas have caused officials to consider easing of water restrictions, and China‘s new environmental law has hit a couple of state-run refineries with fines. Antarctic ice shelves are melting rapidly, and farmers in India will soon be able to access satellite crop data via their […]
Beyond Sendai, water community turns attention to Sustainable Development Goals. Photo courtesy UNISDR via Flickr Creative Commons Negotiators from around the world met in Sendai, Japan, last week for the Third United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction.Click image to enlarge. By Codi Kozacek Circle of Blue International negotiators in Japan last week signed […]
The Global Rundown Increasingly severe droughts in the western United States could give utilities more power to set higher prices for water. Ireland’s government is considering ways to make people pay their water bills, while making Los Angeles’ water systems resilient to earthquakes could cost billions. Dozens of people die each day in the Philippines […]
Senior editor Keith Schneider wonders if maybe a spokesperson and Xbox games are needed.
Savannah container terminal is a modern maritime showcase; Savannah River gets dirtier. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue Georgia’s Garden City Terminal near Savannah is the nation’s fourth largest container port. Georgia and the federal government spent $US 758 million over the last decade to expand and modernize the port. Click image to […]
The Rundown Water remains on the security agenda. Infrastructure spending drops. Mexico takes steps to address its Rio Grande water deficit. Two water studies, on sewer infrastructure and tribal water use, will be delayed. Tribal water rights agreement signed. U.S.-China water-energy partnership looks for research collaborators. “Several trends are converging that will probably increase the […]
The Global Rundown Residents of Namibia‘s capital are being told to save water amid drought fears, and the Chinese are buying a lot of bottled water because they fear their tap water. Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have come to a preliminary agreement about operation of the Renaissance Dam on the Nile, and the Achuar tribe of […]
The Global Rundown A new study says that India, Bangladesh, and China are most at risk due to increased flooding from climate change, while the government of Thailand is testing floating houses to prepare for climate-related flooding. Also in Thailand, the government is offering rice farmers substitute jobs due to extended drought. Hong Kong‘s water rates may double. […]
One of Latin America’s greatest conservationists teaches the virtue of a natural landscape.
Ever wonder how much water goes into your wine and chocolate? Our Codi Yeager-Kozacek does the research for you.
A rising star in Central America has a rare opportunity: to develop in a way that respects its land, water, and people.
The Global Rundown Pakistan is using solar power to improve drinking water in its desert regions. The United Kingdom is banning fracking in a large area previously open to development, while groundwater pollution concerns are surfacing in California and Minnesota. China released a new rural policy for 2015, including plans for water infrastructure development. The […]
