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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 […]
The Global Rundown The agency responsible for managing Australia’s Murray-Darling River Basin recommended that the government reduce the amount of water it buys from farmers to aid the environment. Bolivia’s federal government declared a state of emergency amid the worst drought in a quarter-century. Police in North Dakota used water cannons, rubber bullets, and tear […]
The Global Rundown The largest bank in Norway sold off its assets in companies involved with the Dakota Access oil pipeline, citing concerns about protests over water quality and sacred cultural sites. Meanwhile, dozens of investment companies called on four of the world’s biggest meat producers to address water pollution risks associated with their businesses. […]
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. […]
The Global Rundown More young girls in Bangladesh could face early marriages as climate change intensifies floods and other natural disasters. Rapidly retreating ice shelves in Antarctica continue to raise alarm over future sea level rise. The world added more renewable electricity generation capacity than fossil fuel capacity last year. Australia’s Labor party signaled it […]
El Dorado decision, seven years in the making, raises risk of stranding big infrastructure projects. By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue When eastern El Salvador’s deep veins of gold, silver, and copper were first identified in the 1960s, the global mining industry operated under accepted rules of exploration that gave scant attention to water supply and […]
The Global Rundown Hurricane Matthew cut an avenue of death and destruction as it moved northward out of the Caribbean. Water is the uniting factor for a coalition opposing an Oklahoma “right-to-farm” ballot initiative. Average water use per fracked well doubled in the United States since 2013, according to an analysis of industry data. In […]
The Global Rundown The prime minister of St. Lucia called for more action on climate change as Hurricane Matthew brought floods and landslides to Caribbean island nations. More rain is expected in South Australia, where storms cut electricity across the state last week. Some communities in northern England are still struggling to recover from last […]
The Global Rundown A sinkhole at a fertilizer plant in Florida sent radioactive material into a local aquifer over the weekend, and a gasoline pipeline spill in Alabama narrowly missed sensitive river habitat. The Netherlands resumed a funding project to install potable water access in Benin. Researchers will set off from England this week to […]
The Global Rundown A Supreme Court ruling regarding a water dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu triggered violent protests in India on Monday. Airstrikes on a water well in Yemen killed at least 30 people over the weekend, according to the United Nations. Flooding in Mali’s Inner Niger Delta this year could be the worst […]
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The Global Rundown A reduction in international funding for anti-cholera efforts in Haiti has led to more deaths from the outbreak. Irrigation is expanding in Tanzania as farmers pursue ways to adapt to erratic rainfall patterns. Australia’s environmental laws provide inadequate protection to water and endangered species, a new report found. An abandoned gold mine […]
