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Look How Unequally Water Is Divided In The Middle East
April 5th, 2012
Via The Business Insider, a look at how unequally water is divided in the Middle East: THE southern provinces on Lebanon’s border with Israel fare worse than the rest of the country by most measures. Water is one thing in short supply. Swathes of fertile farming land sit idle. Officials say the lack of water […]
Read more »A Global Confrontation: Growing Water Demand Vs. Shrinking Supplies
April 3rd, 2012
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, some further analysis of a recent U.S. State Department report that found a global confrontation between growing water demand and shrinking supplies, in addition to predicting the next 30 years of water security. As the article notes: The world’s demand for fresh water is growing so fast that, by 2030, […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: The Dams of Chongqing
April 3rd, 2012
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a look at China’s plans to build more dams along the Yangtze: Mapmakers and geologists divide the Yangtze River, the third largest in the world, into three sections: China’s mighty “Mother River” begins in the Tibetan plateau, slowly gathering strength as it meanders through a relatively barren expanse of rock and […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Proposal To Link Rivers Sparks Concern In Neighboring Countries
April 3rd, 2012
Via The BBC, an article on how a supreme court order in India asking the government to link more than 30 rivers and divert waters to parched areas has sparked concerns in neighbouring countries. As the report notes: “…Bangladesh says it would be hardest hit because it is a downstream country to two major rivers […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Nepal Lawmakers Approve China Dam Project
April 3rd, 2012
Courtesy of The Wall Street Journal, a report that a parliamentary committee in Nepal has given the go-ahead for China Three Gorges Corp.’s $1.6 billion hydroelectric-power project after the Chinese state-owned company threatened last month to pull the plug on its investment. As the article notes: “…Lawmakers had raised concerns that Nepal’s government had awarded […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Chinese Power, Burmese Politics
April 2nd, 2012
Via China Dialogue, a report that uses the stalled Myitsone dam project as a way to show how China’s state-owned energy firms have entwined themselves in Myanmar’s internal struggles. As the article notes: We approached the Myitsone construction site along a new concrete road, laid over the local government’s old, rough track by China Power […]
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