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YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Much of urban India still faces water stress, a report finds. The Magpie River in Canada is given personhood status. Parts of Appalachia are flooded from heavy thunderstorms earlier this week. South Africa’s Standard Bank will assess its role in a crude oil pipeline after international opposition. A new report says Colorado […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Mexico makes progress in stopping trash and wastewater from entering the Tijuana River. A proposed gold mine in New South Wales could pump in millions of gallons of wastewater from coal mines some 90 kilometers away. Water systems serving Latino communities in the United States have twice as many drinking water violations […]
The long-running dispute between Florida and Georgia over water resources reached the U.S. Supreme Court last week.
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Chicago strikes a century-long deal to supply water to a suburb that was depleting its groundwater. A new report finds that nearly a third of global freshwater fish populations are endangered. Residents in Alaska are protesting the short public comment period for several water rights permits issued to a proposed open-pit mine. […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Monsoon floods force mass evacuations in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta. Despite heavy snowfall in Utah, water scarcity could continue this summer. A recent study finds a significant portion of Mumbai’s coastline is at high risk of flooding. The United States will resume some aid to Ethiopia that was cut off last fall. Experts […]
More than 1,100 water suppliers affected, nearly half the state’s residents scavenge for clean water
The Rundown Federal agencies respond to the winter storm in Texas. Speaker Pelosi says that a House committee will investigate the shortcomings of Texas’s energy infrastructure. President Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief plan works its way through Congress and includes more money for household water debt relief. The EPA approved Texas’s request to oversee its […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN New mothers in the United States fear passing on PFAS contamination to newborns through breastfeeding. Records show 2020 was Utah’s driest summer. A task force in Michigan prepares to send its final recommendations on dam maintenance to the state’s governor. Water activists in Maine voice concern over the potential sale of a […]
What may it take to prepare the Great Lakes region for the future climatologists say we can expect?
The Rundown Federal agencies issue an assessment of the cyberattack on a Florida water treatment plant. A Senate committee advances the nomination of Michael Regan to be EPA administrator. EPA adds climate change data to its environmental justice screening tool. NOAA submits a report to Congress on improving short-term weather forecasts. And lastly, the Bureau […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Scientists say India’s government ignored warnings about the risk of hydropower dams in the Himalaya. A new study in Denmark finds that mothers who drink water with low levels of nitrate give birth to babies who are underweight. The governor of Alaska authorized $1 million to a community whose only drinking water […]
