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The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Decade Plan for Water
October 24th, 2011
Via Columbia University’s State of the Planet blog, a report on China’s recent No. 1 central document which – for the first time ever – included water. As the article notes: Once a year, a No. 1 central document is issued in Beijing that states the government’s priorities for the next year. The issues addressed […]
Read more »Gaddafi Dead: What Is The Fate Of The Great Man Made River?
October 23rd, 2011
Via Green Prophet, musings on Libya’s Great Man Made River project now that a change in political leadership has occurred: The Great Man Made River: 70 percent of Libya’s fresh water comes from it. Muammar Gaddafi, the eccentric strongman of Libya for more than 42 years and often referred to as the Mad Dog of […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Over-Exploitation of Hydropower May Threaten Parent Rivers in China
October 23rd, 2011
Via The Worldwatch Institute, a report on how the over-exploitation of hydropower may threaten parent rivers in China. As the article notes: “…Yongding River is the parent river, the main segment of a river system that is fed by smaller tributary rivers, of Beijing. For more than 3,000 years, the river provided drinking water to […]
Read more »High & Dry: Why The World May Be Running Out Of Clean Water
October 19th, 2011
Via Time, a report on the Pacific Institute’s recently released seventh volume of The World’s Water: Earlier this month, officials in the South Pacific island nation of Tuvalu had to confront a pretty dire problem: they were running out of water. Due to a severe and lasting drought, water reserves in this country of 11,000 […]
Read more »Egypt and Sudan Angry Over Nile Basin Development
October 18th, 2011
Via BikyaMasr, an article on Egypt’s and Sudan’s anger over Nile Basin development: Egypt and Sudan are worried and frustrated over recent developments along the Nile River by countries south of their borders that they say could threaten their own water security. Their anger comes after East African countries agreed to work together to implement […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: The Water Hegemon?
October 17th, 2011
Courtesy of Project Syndicate, an article examining China’s efforts to control the headwaters and flows of a number of rivers in Asia: International discussion about China’s rise has focused on its increasing trade muscle, growing maritime ambitions, and expanding capacity to project military power. One critical issue, however, usually escapes attention: China’s rise as a […]
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