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The Stream, July 15: Central Asia’s Climate-Water-Energy-Food Nexus

Peabody Energy Corp. will pursue a giant coal-mine project in China’s resource-rich but dry Xinjiang region in partnership with the local provincial government, The Wall Street Journal reported. A new study by the United States Forest Service found that a patch of national forest in West Virginia suffered quick and serious loss of vegetation after […]

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The Stream, April 6: Africa’s GM Food Trials

Rising population and chronic water shortages are forcing Jordan, one of the world’s driest countries, to pursue unconventional water strategy that is “environmentally unfriendly” and “chaotic,” according to experts. Jordan is considering tapping into the ancient Disi aquifer — despite concerns about high levels of radiation — and exploring the feasibility of building a controversial […]

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The Stream, March 21: Water and Security

The United Nations should promote cooperation in the regions most at risk of water conflicts such as the Middle East and North Africa, where scarce supplies and rising populations might spark future tensions, according to experts at a water and security meeting in Toronto, Canada. Japan The Guardian‘s datablog lists and ranks the world’s nuclear […]

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Qatar Food Company Signs $1 billion Deal to Use Sudan Farmland

Sudan-Farmland-290Qatar furthers the trend of Gulf Arab Countries off-shoring their agricultural production to secure food supplies for its citizens and other populations in the Middle East and Northern Africa.

Qatar’s Hassad Foods signed a deal last week, worth potentially $1 billion, to develop 20,000 acres of land in northern Sudan, Reuters reports. Cultivation could expand to 250,000 acres.

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Federal Water Tap, April 29: Coal Power Plant Pollution Limits and Wetlands Restoration Pledge

The Rundown Biden administration restricts power plant pollution and aims to restore millions of acres of wetlands. Federal health and weather agencies develop a tool to forecast heat risk to human health. Bureau of Reclamation finds insufficient river sediment to do a high-flow water release this spring from Glen Canyon Dam. Two federal agencies sign […]