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The Global Rundown Floods and mudslides swept across Peru last week, the latest onslaught driven by a localized El Nino weather pattern. Drought conditions in Kenya continue to stoke violence between herders and farmers. A new law in Nigeria could make it a crime for Lagos residents to get water from private sources. The Dakota […]
The Global Rundown A river in New Zealand is the first in the world to gain legal recognition as a living being. Australia’s government is mulling a $2 billion plan to boost generating capacity at the Snowy Hydro scheme. In India, officials are moving quickly to approve hydropower projects along the Chenab River, one of […]
The Global Rundown The Syrian government committed a war crime by deliberately attacking the water supply for Damascus, according to a United Nations commission. The news comes as Syria announced that water service will soon return to Aleppo after government forces recaptured vital infrastructure from the Islamic State. Researchers warn that sea level rise, land […]
The Rundown A 24-year veteran of the EPA environmental justice office steps down. The Bureau of Reclamation debates the use of treated wastewater in southern Arizona. A Pennsylvania representative asks Congress to fund a health study on chemical contamination from military installations in his district. The EPA needs to better prioritize the cleanup of leaking […]
The Global Rundown A sharp decline in freshwater supplies across North Africa and the Middle East requires a “massive response,” according to the director of the Food and Agriculture Organization. Infrastructure across the United States, including water systems, received a D+ grade in a new report card. A water tanker strike in Chennai, the capital […]
State and provincial leaders cooperate on threat to transboundary rivers. More than a half dozen proposals to develop hardrock mines in northwestern British Columbia are producing worry downstream in Alaska. The mines would be located on some of the state’s most productive and scenic salmon rivers, and the economic and environmental costs of a large […]
The Global Rundown The national power utility in the Democratic Republic of Congo warned electricity production is at risk after water levels in the Congo River dropped to their lowest level in a century over the past four months. More than 100 people have died in Somalia due to starvation and illnesses related to drought. […]
Lawsuit could reach the U.S. Supreme Court. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue In a ruling with substantial importance for water management in the American West, a U.S. appeals court upheld a lower court’s decision that an Indian tribe in California’s Coachella Valley has a right to groundwater beneath its reservation. A three-judge panel of […]
The Global Rundown Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni calls for “maximum consensus” as African leaders debate the Nile River’s usage rights. Drought in the Bay region of Somalia took the lives of over one hundred people in two days. Shelling destroys critical infrastructure in Ukraine and thousands of people have no water. India agrees to attend a […]
The Global Rundown Tentative budget numbers appear to enact massive cuts to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and several of its major water programs, including the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. The Great Lakes Commission says the region needs nearly $2 billion to maintain safe water systems, while in California, state data show that nearly 1 […]
The Global Rundown The state of Michigan will no longer provide water credits to help residents of Flint pay their water bills, though residents still dispute the water’s safety. Experts warn that droughts and dwindling water supplies in South America could contribute to political instability. A Norwegian investment firm divested millions of dollars from companies […]
The Global Rundown Forecasters predict there is a 50 percent chance of another El Niño weather pattern in 2017, little more than a year since the last El Niño triggered widespread droughts in Africa. Unregulated groundwater use, fueled by population growth, is raising concerns in Kabul, Afghanistan. Officials in Canada worry floods in the Red […]
