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Caribbean Facing Widespread Drought And Water Shortages
June 24th, 2015
Via Huffington Post, a report on the drought impacting the Caribbean region: The worst drought in five years is creeping across the Caribbean, prompting officials around the region to brace for a bone dry summer. From Puerto Rico to Cuba to the eastern Caribbean island of St. Lucia, crops are withering, reservoirs are drying up […]
Read more »Laudato Si’ And Water: The Vatican’s Encyclical Letter And Global Water Challenges
June 22nd, 2015
Via the Huffington Post, a look at the role of water in the Vatican’s recent encyclical about climate change, in which the Pope warned against the control of water by corporations and businesses, as well as the hazards of water contamination: The official text of the much-anticipated Vatican’s Encyclical Letter, “Laudato Si’” (“On Care for our Common Home”) […]
Read more »Tap Dance: Water’s Effect On Arab-Israeli Relations
June 22nd, 2015
Via the Christian Science Monitor, a report on how water may drive better cooperation between Israel and its thirsty Arab neighbours: The dramatic increase in Israel’s water supply over the past five years has opened the way for potential cooperation with its thirsty Arab neighbors. With a surplus of water – and that includes last […]
Read more »Canada’s Water Strategy
June 19th, 2015
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting analysis of Canada’s water resources: Despite being “water rich,” Canada will experience increasing regional water stress as demographics and climate variability threaten the natural resources in the country’s prairie. Suggestions about the possibility of Canada exporting water will emerge sporadically, as they have in the past. But such […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: A $23 Billion Stock Drop Shows India’s Rising Water Risks
June 18th, 2015
Via Bloomberg, an interesting article on rising economic concerns that half of India faces potential surface-water supply disruptions: Few expected India’s science minister to cut the monsoon outlook as he unveiled a weather forecasting system on June 2. The surprise contributed to a 1.5-trillion-rupee ($23 billion) two-day slump in the nation’s equities. The rupee also slid […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: The Ganges Water Crisis
June 17th, 2015
Courtesy of The New York Times, an interesting OpEd examining the plight of India’s Ganges river: In April, to offset a prolonged drought in California, Governor Jerry Brown introduced water restrictions for the state’s 39 million residents. Now imagine a water crisis like this affecting some 200 million people in an area smaller than California. […]
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