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United States: Water Wars Loom?
April 4th, 2013
Via US Water News, a graphical look at areas of the U.S. that could experience water supply crises in the years ahead:
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: The Geopolitics Of The Yangtze River
April 1st, 2013
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), a look at the geopolitical implications of China’s move to transform the Yangtze River into a major internal economic corridor, in particular the geography and history of the Yangtze River region and its role in shaping Chinese politics and statecraft: As the competitive advantage of low-cost, export-oriented manufacturing in China’s […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Massive Water Problem (2)
March 31st, 2013
Courtesy China Digital Times, a look at China’s water problem: This week saw the release of China’s first national water report, covering “river conditions, water conservancy projects, water consumption, river development and management, and water and soil conservation in 2011″. While hailing the country’s “remarkable†(and internationally recognized) achievements in water conservancy, deputy water resources […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Massive Water Problem
March 31st, 2013
Via the New York Times, an op-ed on China’s water crisis: This month, a hundred years after the completion of the Panama Canal, China is expected to finish the first phase of its gigantic South-North Water Transfer Project, known in Chinese as Nanshui beidiao gongcheng — literally, “to divert southern water north.†The phrase evokes […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Utilities In Hot Water As Coal Plants Squeeze Water Supplies
March 26th, 2013
Courtesy of GigaOm, a report on China’s watergy crisis: There’s a looming water crisis coming for China’s water-hungry coal plants, according to a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Roughly sixty percent of China’s power plants (most of them running on coal) are located in Northern China, but only 20 percent of the country’s […]
Read more »Central Asian Water Tensions: Solving Tajikistan’s Energy Crisis
March 26th, 2013
Courtesy of the Carnegie Endowment, a detailed look at the Central Asian water crisis and the linchpin Tajik energy crisis: In early November 2012, the government of Tajikistan announced that its national budget for 2013 would include 1.2 billion Tajik somoni (over $251 million) for the construction of the controversial Rogun Dam on the Vakhsh […]
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