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Federal Water Tap, December 12: House and Senate Pass the Turducken of Water Infrastructure Bills
The Rundown Water infrastructure bill delivers a lot of meat and a panful of drippings. EPA survey finds nutrient pollution is biggest stressor for U.S. lakes. EPA drinking water advisory group discusses lead and unregulated contaminants. The number of dams in the United States increases in new survey. To aid wetland health, Lake Ontario water […]
The Stream, December 12: Flint Gets Aid For Lead-Contaminated Water Crisis
The Global Rundown More than a year after news surfaced that the drinking water in Flint, Michigan was contaminated with unsafe levels of lead, federal lawmakers passed legislation to provide aid to the city. Three major water main breaks in the past week flooded city streets and brought attention to London’s aging water infrastructure. Quebec […]
Water Safety Activism in Rural Red States Impedes Fossil Energy Development
Opposition to a big pipeline in Kentucky is a case in point. By Keith Schneider Circle of Blue BEREA, KY — President-elect Donald J. Trump’s aggressive and unorthodox election campaign included a pledge to dismantle impediments to the speedy development of America’s reserves of fossil fuels. In pursuit of that goal, Trump this week named […]
The Stream, December 7: Severe Rainstorms In United States Will Become More Frequent, Study Finds
The Global Rundown Rising global temperatures, driven by carbon emissions, will significantly increase the intensity and frequency of rainstorms across the United States, researchers found. Discharges of polluted wastewater threaten the water quality of Pakistan’s Manchar Lake, as well as the livelihoods of the region’s fishermen. Thousands of migrating snow geese likely died in Montana […]
In Water-Scarce Regions Desalination Plants Are Risky Investments
Four big plants in Australia are stranded assets. By Keith Schneider Circle of Blue Earlier this year, during India’s deepest drought in decades, local authorities in central Maharashtra reported the highest rainfall deficit in the country. Water levels behind dams dropped so far that reservoirs had bathtub rings of dried sand and mud. Puddles […]
Federal Water Tap, November 14: Final Months of the Obama Administration
The Rundown Transition time for the federal government. Congress has unfinished business in the lame-duck session, including a water infrastructure bill. Congressional Republicans support a lawsuit against the Obama administration’s Clean Water Act rule. A new non-native species is confirmed in Lake Erie. A nuclear waste storage facility is proposed for West Texas. The Army […]
Water Security: Freedom from Intolerable Water-Related Risks | PODCAST |
Large-scale drought in southern Africa. Floods in North Korea and Haiti. Rumblings of water-related conflicts in Pakistan and India. In Circle of Blue’s latest HotSpots H2O podcast, Dr. David Grey, a visiting professor of Water Policy from Oxford University, argues that water security is closely linked to migration, climate change risk, and economic development. In […]
Protests Over Water Safety, Bank Financing Rock Bangladesh Coal Plants
Rampal coal-fired generating station is defended by government, opposed by UN, and assailed by Bangladesh citizens. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue In 2010, when Bangladesh drew up its Power Sector Master Plan to develop thousands of new megawatts of coal-fired electricity, the government also bought 742 hectares (1,834 acres) of bottomland along the Passur River. […]
