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YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Women and girls in low-income countries are likely to bear the burden of climate catastrophes like floods and droughts. China announces new clean air and water targets. Climate change is decreasing fish populations at one of Nova Scotia’s biggest fish hatcheries. Researchers at a New Orleans university will study the impact of […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN The Michigan city of Benton Harbor declares an emergency after high levels of lead were discovered in the local drinking water system. Climate change is worsening flooding in the city of Venice. Flash floods kill nearly 50 people in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand in India. California Gavin Newsom declares drought a […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN New data reveals West Virginians will disproportionately suffer from flooding as climate change worsens. A recent analysis shows the impact of agricultural runoff on U.S. waterways. Iraq will cut its crop planting area in half this year due to drought. Michigan’s State Senate is investigating the governor’s handling of a lead water […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN The Biden administration will require chemical manufacturers in the United States to report the amount of PFAS chemicals in household items. Floods and landslides in southern India kill nearly three dozen people. Thousands of homes in one Thai province are impacted by ongoing floods. South Africa will remove thousands of hectares of […]
The rivers are an ecological bounty in the Mekong watershed. But technical reviews pay little attention to environmental costs of dam building.
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN President Biden visited communities along the U.S. East Coast that were devastated by the remnants of Hurricane Ida. Nearly 30 counties and districts in northwest China are experiencing drought amid high temperatures and low levels of rainfall. Mining projects in Mexico are being delayed by issues obtaining water permits. In an unprecedented […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Water levels on India’s Ganga and Yamuna rivers are rising by the hour amid torrential rainfall, striking fears of flooding among residents. Ohio officials say fracking fluids did not contaminate drinking water in Washington County. Fires caused by three oil wells, which spilled more than 4,000 gallons of oil and wastewater, are […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Wayne County, Michigan, residents file a class-action lawsuit against local officials after stormwater infrastructure failed to stop flooding in late June. Floods in Germany leave thousands without running water while recovery workers worry about the spread of coronavirus. Thousands of residents in the Chinese province of Henan were evacuated as heavy rains […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Thousands are evacuated from the Chinese province of Sichuan due to flooding. Heavy rains flood villages in north Bihar, India, cutting them off from metropolitan cities and aid. First Nations groups in Australia plead the federal government to distribute $40 million promised to them in 2018 for to buy water. Applications open […]
In 2021, over 3 million people are feeling the effects of a hydrological vanishing act: the shrinking of the blue waters of Central Asia’s largest lake into a dehydrated landscape of greens and browns.
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Dry conditions overwhelming much of the American West are shrinking the region’s largest natural lake, in Utah, while Native American tribes along the Colorado River are playing a crucial role in managing the drought. The U.S. Department of Agriculture allocated millions for upgrading rural water infrastructure. Ohio expanded a program to incentivize […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Residents of Detroit, Michigan, face severe flooding after heavy rain storms last weekend. Louisiana lawmakers plan for a complete overhaul of the state’s water infrastructure. China begins operating the world’s second-largest hydropower generating station amid environmental concerns. Turkey will begin constructing a major canal that opponents say will damage marine ecosystems and […]
