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Due to old age and battery failure, NASA terminates the GRACE satellite mission. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue The unexpectedly long life of a pair of pioneering satellites that deepened scientific understanding of society’s influence on water and land is over. NASA and its project partners decided to end the GRACE satellite mission this […]
No end to water crisis in South Africa’s second largest city. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue It’s called Day Zero, the day when the six main reservoirs that supply Cape Town will be drained of water. For Cape Town and the Western Cape province of South Africa, which enter the dry season after three […]
The Global Rundown The E.P.A.’s efforts to reduce arsenic levels in U.S. public water systems results in fewer lung, bladder, and skin cancers. The death toll in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria continues to rise due to waterborne illnesses. Global warming could bring major flooding to New York City every five years, according to a […]
The Global Rundown Nearly 9 million deaths were caused by pollution in 2015, a global study finds. Festival-goers in India pollute air and clog rivers while celebrating Diwali. A North Dakota senator calls on USDA workers to help respond to the state’s ongoing drought. Forecasted rain is expected to ease drought conditions in Hawaii but […]
The Global Rundown A training center in Alpena, Michigan becomes the third military base in the state to test positive for contaminated groundwater. High temperatures and drought help fuel the deadly wildfires blazing throughout California. The outbreak of the Zika virus in Ecuador was likely made worse by El Niño and the country’s 2016 earthquake, […]
The Global Rundown The second major earthquake in less than two weeks strikes Mexico, toppling buildings and causing water tanks to crack and rupture. Millions of California water customers could potentially fund a costly water re-engineering project. Winter temperatures in Australia were two degrees Celsius above average, making 2017 the warmest winter on record. As […]
The Rundown The EPA postpones two power plant water pollution rules and suspends enforcement of water pollution rules for power plants in Florida while they restore electricity after Hurricane Irma. The EPA also reconsiders Obama-era rules on coal waste disposal. The House passes a budget package that includes a six percent cut to the EPA. […]
The Global Rundown The United States National Park Service reverses its ban on plastic water bottles. Crops that produce a thick layer of leaf wax may be more resilient during droughts, a new study finds. As crops wither due to drought in Sri Lanka, young farmers leave the countryside in search of new job opportunities. […]
The Global Rundown Floods in northern Vietnam killed 26 and caused an estimated $41 million in damage over the past week. Farmers in Thailand, which was also hit by recent flooding, will receive $48 million in relief. Officials in Hong Kong close more than a dozen beaches as congealed palm oil washes ashore. Tropical Storm […]
The Rundown Nuclear regulators say that fears of groundwater contamination in South Florida are misplaced. The BLM moves to repeal a rule, already invalidated by a federal judge, that addresses well construction, handling of chemicals, and data reporting for fracked wells on public lands. The EPA, meanwhile, officially moved to revoke an Obama administration definition […]
The Rundown The infrastructure projects are big and small, mostly public but some private. The Senate votes today to confirm a California farm lobbyist as second in command at the Interior Department. An inspector general report concludes that the EPA needs to improve its oversight of state drinking water programs. Continuing its reversal of the […]
The Global Rundown Tanzania’s government is considering the eviction of thousands of farmers along the Great Ruaha River, which it says has been damaged by agriculture. Inadequate infrastructure and hot weather conditions are causing water shortages in the West Bank. California’s water board set a new drinking water standard for a carcinogenic chemical in the […]
