BLOG
Parched For Peace: The Middle Eastern Water Crisis
November 15th, 2010
Courtesy of The Earth Institute, a detailed look at the Middle East’s water crisis. As the article notes: “…For a vast majority of the past fifty years, oil and its abundance defined the Middle East. In coming years, however, that part of the world may well be defined by the dearth of a different natural […]
Read more »A Parched Tiger: India’s Water Crisis
November 15th, 2010
Courtesy of The Financial Times’ Beyond BRICs blog, a report on India’s water crisis: “India’s water crisis is more serious than its energy crisis,†said Montek Singh Ahluwalia deputy chairman of the goverrnment’s planning commission. “Everyone knows it’s a problem,†he added. While the government says it has recognised the severity of India’s water shortages […]
Read more »An Arabian Aquapocalypse and Egypt’s Nile-less Future?
November 14th, 2010
Courtesy of Green Prophet, two articles that remind us of the water crises awaiting much of the Middle East. As the first notes, some officials have recently called the Middle East water problem an apocalypse, to draw attention to the real and immediate danger shortages represent: “…While bureaucrats push paper in their plush offices, the […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Bringing the Bohai Sea to Xinjiang
November 8th, 2010
Via Danwei, an interesting article on a new proposal to divert seawater to Xinjiang: “…The South-North Water Transfer Project (å—水北调工程) is a major infrastructure project designed to bring water resources from the Yangtze River in the south to the Yellow River in the north. The project is not without controversy, but water scarcity in the […]
Read more »Water Scarcity Spares Just Two Arab Nations by 2015
November 8th, 2010
Via Treehugger, a report on the dire water future facing most Arab nations: “…We’ve covered the growing issue of water scarcity around the globe a number of times (including pointing out some interactive maps on the subject). A new report coming from the Arab Forum for Environment and Development fills in some details on how […]
Read more »Mekong Progress? Study Calls For 10-Year Freeze on Dam Construction
November 8th, 2010
Via Circle of Blue, news of a new study approved by the Mekong River Commission (MRC) calling for a 10-year freeze on the construction of hydropower dams along Southeast Asia’s Mekong River.  As the article notes: “…When in September Laos submitted its plans for the construction of the 1,260-megawatt Sayaboury hydropower dam on the Mekong […]
Read more »