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The Global Rundown Potential military interventions against the al-Shabaab group in Somalia would be detrimental to drought and famine relief efforts, according to a United Nations representative. India plans to build more artificial glaciers to make up for the loss of ice in the Himalayas. Scientists surveying Antarctica found much more meltwater than they previously […]
The Global Rundown An agreement to restore Hawaii’s Waimea River will result in continuously flowing water for the first time in more than a century. An Indian tribe in Arizona has to convince the U.S. government to join its lawsuit to restrict groundwater pumping above the Grand Canyon. Stanford researchers built an online map to […]
Worst drought in 140 years leads to farmer deaths, water riots, policy impasse.
The Global Rundown Water shortages and sewage system failures are compromising the health of millions in Damascus, Syria. Chief Ministers of the Indian states of Odisha and Chhattisgarh spar over the Mahanadi River’s usage rights. In northern Kenya, tension builds between native pastoralists and South Sudanese refugees. The construction of valley dams in Lake Mburo […]
The Global Rundown Lawmakers in Hong Kong question whether the city should renegotiate its water supply deal with China. Inadequate water flows in the Teesta River are complicating a water sharing agreement between Bangladesh and India. Talks between India and Pakistan over disputed hydropower projects in the Indus Basin have stalled again. A drought in […]
The Global Rundown A mayor in Brazil is refusing to grant water permits to the Samarco iron mine until it funds water quality safeguards. The number of people infected by a cholera outbreak in Somalia could double by summer. This water year is officially the wettest on record in California’s northern Sierra Nevada. A cultural […]
The Global Rundown Global spending on water, sanitation, and hygiene programs is not sufficient to meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, according to a report by the World Health Organization. Water quality remains poor in many areas of Shanghai, despite environmental progress. Cyclone Cook, making landfall in New Zealand today, could be the country’s […]
The Global Rundown Uganda struggles to provide food, water, and shelter as thousands of refugees flee violence in South Sudan. Islamic State fighters deliberately destroyed the Quba Pump Station in East Mosul, cutting off the water supply of nearly a million Iraqis. Water crisis may be brewing between Israel and Palestine, where political tension and […]
The Global Rundown Government officials in Karnataka say there is not enough water in the state’s reservoirs to provide water for agriculture. Argentina is demanding changes to operations at the Veladero gold mine to reduce the risk of cyanide spills. Researchers found a link between heavy rainfall from El Nino and an increase in cholera […]
Clear goals to enforce pollution laws jeopardize the new secretary’s job.
The Global Rundown Bangladesh and India may soon move forward with plans to study a proposed $4 billion dam and reservoir project on the Ganges river. A study in France found that farmers could significantly cut pesticide use without jeopardizing production or profitability. In the United States, researchers in Iowa documented that neonicotinoid pesticides can […]
