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On Water and Energy, India Is Different
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It’s been a couple of weeks since our Circle of Blue team completed its 27-day research trip to India.
![Workers swarm a big water transport canal near Tilda, India undergoing repair and expansion to serve the steam production and cooling requirements of the region’s expanding number of big coal-fired power plants.](https://www.circleofblue.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/workers-in-India-canal.jpg)
2012 Year In Review: At the Front Line of the Global Contest Over Water, Food, and Energy
Circle of Blue's senior editor Keith Schneider reflects on — and celebrates — this year's body of work from our top reporters.
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Delhi Dispatch: Rice, Wheat, and Water Serve Up Equal Helpings of Punjab’s Wealth and Risk
Free power, water, fertilizer, and chemicals encourages abuse of resources for world’s number two rice and wheat producer.
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Delhi Dispatch: No Running Water But a Delhi Slum Hut Community Teems With Life
Squatter village defies the label of temporary.
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Weak Monsoon Raises Specter of Drought in India
Monsoon rainfall is 14 percent below average in India, which…
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India Supreme Court Again Pushes National River Linking Project to Proceed
This is the second time the court has promoted the mega-project that would link the major rivers in the north with those in the south as a way to better manage water, moving it from areas of perceived surplus to areas without sufficient supplies.
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NASA Compiling Landslide Database to Improve Disaster Response
Landslides killed thousands in Asia last week; NASA researchers are developing a tool for relief efforts.
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Himalayan Outburst Lakes May Be Increasing GLOFs
More research needed to understand risk of glacial floods.
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70 Percent of Himalayan Glaciers Gone by Next Century, Studies Say
Photographic and scientific evidence shows that the melting third pole is still devastating the region
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The Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region
Images from the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region--including Bhutan, Nepal, China, Tibet and India
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Indian Cities Face Sanitation Challenge
A recent survey on sanitation in India’s cities reveals the need for dramatic changes.
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Drought in India Forces Talk of User Fees, Rainwater Harvesting
Fierce heat has allegedly killed dozens as country awaits arrival of monsoons.