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The Rundown NASA study shows how glacial melt in regions of Greenland and Antarctica contributes to sea level rise in specific cities. The Energy Department approves a permit for a transmission line designed to deliver Canadian hydropower to New England states. CRS explains policy changes in a House flood insurance bill. The Supreme Court schedules […]
The Global Rundown Regulations on arsenic levels in U.S. drinking water led to reduced exposure among Americans, a study finds. More than half of insured farmers in Tamil Nadu, India, have not received compensation for crop losses during the state’s 2016-2017 drought. A new Michigan water crisis unfolds near Grand Rapids as household water close […]
The Rundown First global water strategy identifies goals and priority countries. The White House asks for $44 billion to assist hurricane rebuilding in Texas, Florida, and the Caribbean. The Senate confirms the first woman to lead the Bureau of Reclamation. The EPA inspector general’s office will investigate the agency’s handling of a $1 billion cleanup […]
The Global Rundown Extensive testing of lakes in Bengaluru, India, reveals that the city’s waterbodies are unsuitable for drinking or bathing. Ethiopia moves forward with construction of its first major dam on the Blue Nile despite resistance from downstream Egypt. Nepal tests solar-powered irrigation systems as water sources dwindle. Mexico plans to build an enormous […]
The Global Rundown The Keystone Pipeline leaks 210,000 gallons of oil in northeast South Dakota. At the Bonn climate summit, nineteen countries commit to phasing out coal use. Dairy farming pollutes groundwater in New Zealand and makes more than half of rivers and lakes unswimmable. Climate change could increase worldwide hunger by 20 percent by […]
Report identifies water priorities in foreign policy. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue To coordinate its response to floods, droughts, disease, and other water challenges whose political and economic consequences leap borders the Trump administration submitted the federal government’s first global water strategy. Ordered by Congress in 2014, the strategy lays out four goals: increase […]
The Global Rundown A 7.3 magnitude earthquake strikes the Iran-Iraq border, killing at least 140 people and damaging water and electricity lines in several villages. Authorities in New Delhi, India, announce plans to spray water over the city as toxic smog continues to disrupt daily life and sickens thousands in South Asia. In southern California, […]
The Global Rundown Swapping which crops are grown on existing farmland could feed an extra 825 million people and ease global water stress. Years after two major oil spills dirtied the Niger Delta, a comprehensive clean-up effort begins. Seven megatrends, including renewable energy and electric cars, could help avert catastrophic climate change. A coalition of […]
The Global Rundown As the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit approaches, typhoon-hit Vietnam releases water from seven inundated reservoirs to avoid further flooding. Nicaragua joins the Paris climate agreement, but moves forward with an environmentally disruptive coast-to-coast canal plan. An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease kills two people and sickens several others at a large […]
The United Nations implores Australia to restore food, water, and health services to detainees on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea.
The Global Rundown Summer in South America is expected to worsen the drought in Brazil, and bring intense heat to Chile and Argentina. Monsoon rains lash southeastern India, filling reservoirs but also affecting crops and causing the death of two girls. Britain’s shale gas industry prepares to retry fracking, years after earth tremors halted the […]
The Global Rundown China denies a report that it plans to build a tunnel diverting water from the Brahmaputra river, which it shares with other countries. A recent round of federally-required testing shows that 71 water systems in Michigan now have higher lead levels than Flint. Future volcanic eruptions could severely disrupt the water cycle, […]
