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The Global Rundown Water crises pose the biggest long-term risk to global society, according to a report from the World Economic Forum. A plan to build a dam on the Ganges River to augment water supplies in Bangladesh faces opposition from India. Water customers in Britain paid too much for services due to a mistake […]
After a year of deep droughts, worsening pollution, rising sea levels, and floods, water was finally recognized as perilous to nations and the international economy. By Keith Schneider Circle of Blue JOHANNESBURG — In the last days of 2015, the Famine Early Warning System Network, a forecasting tool, reported that the deepest drought experienced by […]
Initiatives show military sees serious climate and water security risks. Photo © Codi Kozacek / Circle of Blue Helping nations prepare for and respond to droughts, floods, and storms is now one of 11 primary efforts outlined in the overall strategy for the U.S. military’s Pacific Command, which covers the Asia-Pacific region. In discussions at […]
Water groups, active in Paris, focus on implementing a climate agreement
Mining Queensland’s ample coal seams will require a lot of groundwater — and lead to more carbon pollution. Coal companies have pegged Queensland’s Galilee Basin, a geological formation in the state’s interior, as the next big production zone for Australia’s coal mining industry as it looks to increase exports to India, China, and other Asian […]
It remains unclear how the success of an ambitious goal to improve water efficiency and reduce water scarcity will be measured. Photo © J. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue The threat of water scarcity is always present in places like Australia’s Murray-Darling River Basin. A severe drought there in the early 2000s decimated the […]
Resource-extraction economy faces inherent tensions between development and protection. Photo © Brett Walton / Circle of Blue From the top of Mt. Juneau, a hiker sees a panoramic view of the southeast Alaska coast. Click image to enlarge. JUNEAU, Alaska — Fed by Lemon Glacier, Lemon Creek, just 11 kilometers (7 miles) in length, flows […]
A year after passage, California begins building a new regulatory infrastructure Photo © Brett Walton / Circle of Blue Sprinklers irrigate a field of cauliflower outside Watsonville, in California’s Pajaro Valley. This region relies almost exclusively on groundwater to produce some of the most valuable fruit and vegetable harvests in the United States. By Brett […]
The Rundown Wet spring boosts Lake Mead above shortage levels. Groundwater pumping causes parts of the Central Valley to sink. Scientists find low levels of insecticides in streams. An investigation of the EPA’s mining spill in Colorado begins while the EPA mulls new industrial water pollution standards. The White House issues a summary of its […]
Circle of Blue reporter Brett Walton says that drought is forcing the public to confront important questions about the value of water. Photo © Brett Walton / Circle of Blue Drift boats carry fly fishermen down the Madison River, in southwestern Montana. Click image to enlarge. ENNIS, Montana — As roads go, the shoulder of […]
The price of water is national news, and Circle of Blue’s Brett Walton is driving the story.
