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The Stream, April 7: America’s Abandoned Gas and Oil Wells
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Foreign Affairs analyzes why food subsidies have prevented and…
The Stream, March 23: World Water Ranking
Mauritania, Kuwait and Jordan are the most water-stressed countries…
Peter Gleick: Unsafe Drinking Water for California’s Poor – Unfair, Unnecessary, and Unacceptable
The United States has -- for the most part -- an excellent tap…
China Responds to Explosive Growth, Pollution, and Water Scarcity in Latest Five-Year Plan
Will momentum for runaway development be too powerful to restrain?
Infographic: Successes and Failures of China’s Five-Year Plans (1996 -2010)
A breakdown of previous plans gives context to the newly released 12th Five-Year Plan.
The Stream, March 15: Nuclear Power
Germany has set a three-month moratorium on plans to extend the…
The Stream, March 14: Water and Food
The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts that the 2010-11…
The Stream, March 10: The Alberta Tar Sands
Tar sands development in northern Alberta, Canada, causes water…
The Stream, March 2: Shale Uncovered
In the next chapter of its gas drilling series, The New York…
A Dry and Anxious North Awaits China’s Giant, Unproven Water Transport Scheme
Authorities anticipate approval for new western line to tap energy reserves. Sparks and the blue flare of arc welders, like hot stars in the night sky, illuminate the interior of a massive water tunnel that crosses underneath the Yellow River.
The Stream, February 25: Toxic Clean-up
South Africa has pledged $168 million to clean the toxic water…
The Stream, February 23: The Strategic Power of Water
Some 50 million environmental refugees will flood the global…