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The Global Rundown Chile and Bolivia face off in international court over water. Canada’s First Nations lack sufficient clean water protections, a human rights group finds. Namibia is considering a new desalination plant. The fish at the heart of California’s water battles might go extinct. Government contract data shows that U.S. water utilities are doing […]
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 Tanzania is beginning to revoke land titles held by foreign investors who have not developed agricultural projects, returning farmland to local farmers and herders to reduce conflicts over grazing and water access. Millions of women and children who collect water each day in Africa are at greater risk of health problems and […]
The Global Rundown Construction of the first phase of what would be the world’s largest dam is set to begin within months on the Congo River. Millions of people in Central America need food aid to cope with two consecutive years of drought. A lawsuit over water pollution from a copper mine in Zambia will […]
The Global Rundown Thousands of people in Peru may be affected by mercury contamination caused by illegal gold mining, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency. Demonstrators in Ecuador’s largest city are protesting slow progress on cleaning up water pollution and improving water access. The severe drought in India could encourage the growth […]
Finance managers develop tools to avoid losses.
The Global Rundown A rash of record-breaking heatwaves has exacerbated water shortages in Burkina Faso and parts of India. If all of the world’s fossil fuels are burned, global temperatures could rise 10 degrees and rainfall could plummet in some areas of Central America, Africa, and Australia, researchers found. The U.S. Department of Energy announced […]
The Global Rundown The rate of environmental degradation is increasing globally, putting at risk both developing and developed countries, according to a United Nations study. Farms in Mexico’s Guanajuato state are drawing down aquifers, creating a public health threat. A presidential candidate in Peru said community support is essential for a massive copper mine project […]
The Global Rundown Funding commitments for water, electricity, roads, and other infrastructure in the United States are currently more than $1 trillion short of the needed amount, according to a new report. In the Solomon Islands, five islands have disappeared due to sea level rise and wave damage. Researchers found that unusually dry and wet […]
Escalating risks drive water quality and supply to top of public agenda. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue FLINT, MI — Before Barack Obama spent Wednesday afternoon in this tormented post-industrial Michigan city, the last president that visited Flint was Gerald Ford. That was in 1974, just a few months after Richard Nixon resigned the […]
The Rundown Broad, bipartisan bill offers money for Flint, ports, levees and clears its first legislative hurdle. Meanwhile, a Great Lakes funding bill passes the House. The EPA begins developing a national drinking water strategy. The Obama administration, by releasing or beginning several reports, makes good on its promise to investigate water technology. An EPA […]
