Texas High Plains Prepare for Agriculture Without Irrigation
Southern farmers are making changes now to wean themselves from the Ogallala Aquifer, a water source that gave rise to industrial agriculture and modern life on its plains.
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The Stream, March 29: Drought Continues in Northeast Brazil
While Brazil’s major crop growing areas are producing a record soybean harvest, the country’s northeast region is still suffering a severe drought, Aljazeera reported. This photo slideshow focuses on the heavy toll being paid by cattle ranchers. Pollution Clean-Up China is setting aside $US 16 billion over the next three years to reduce pollution in […]
Circle of Blue and Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies Announce ‘Choke Point: Index’
Choke Point: Index is the first dynamic, open-source data and journalism project to explore the linkage between water, food and energy.
The Stream, March 7: Chinese Farmers Fear Drought
Since 2009, regular droughts hit Southwest China in winter, spring and early summer. That pattern has reshaped lifestyles of people in Yunnan province and beyond, China Daily reported, and shifted the kinds of crops that can be planted. Water and Hydraulic Fracturing A manager from Ceres, a sustainability advocacy and consulting group, wrote her latest […]
Peter Gleick: The Keystone XL Pipeline — Red Herring, Symbol, or a Piece of a Puzzle?
It is time we just said “no.”
The Stream, February 7: Damage from Mining Found on Great Barrier Reef
Coal-exporting ports are expanding along the coast of Queensland, Australia, leading to dredging and dumping operations that threaten the Great Barrier Reef. Dredged sea floor soil, the Guardian reported, can contain contaminants like heavy metals that reverse the progress made in mitigating agricultural-runoff pollutants’ harm to the Reef. Chinese Dam Construction Officials in Beijing recently […]
Rockefeller Foundation Seeking 2013 ‘Innovation Award’ Nominations
The Rockefeller Foundation’s 2013 nomination portal highlights Circle of Blue, winner of the Centennial Innovation Award last year for our innovative journalism model.
The Stream, January 21: Federal Fracking Regulations Revised by Interior Department
Revised federal rules will guide drilling for oil and gas on public lands. Interior Department officials announced the revision Friday, The New York Times reported, and said the updates will require chemical-use disclosures, methane-emissions control and drilling-wastewater management. Wetlands Investment China is effectively protecting its drinking water through forest, wetland and stream preservation. That according […]
The Stream, January 11: Global Food Price Index Falls
U.S. Drought The Food Price Index for December 2012, released yesterday, hit its lowest point since prices began to rally in June 2012, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The Index is a measure of international food commodity prices, and, driven in part by the severe drought in the […]
The Stream, December 21: Some Relief for Mississippi
The Washington Post reports that rain, runoff from the season’s first snowfall, and restored flow release levels, have contributed to a rise in the alarmingly low water levels of the Mississippi River. As of yesterday, the St. Louis channel, the river was at 12 feet deep, up from 10.5 feet on Monday. The fear is […]
The Stream, December 20: Coal — World’s Top Energy Source by 2017
By 2017, coal will supplant oil as the world’s top energy source, the International Energy Agency predicted. In the next five years, the world will increase its coal consumption by roughly the equivalent of the U.S. and Russia’s combined consumption today, driven primarily by growth in China and India. Read a report from Circle of […]
Report: Australian News Coverage Affects Public Acceptance of Policy and Science
Insufficient media coverage of the science behind water management undermines public engagement and understanding, according to a recent study. Photo © Circle of Blue Recycled Water Plant — but not in Australia — in Singapore “Study finds that recycled water might be safe to drink.” “Study finds that recycled water is completely safe to drink.” […]
