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Where The River Runs Dry: Southwestern America’s Water Crisis
May 29th, 2015
Courtesy of The New Yorker, a detailed look at the US southwest’s water crisis: Our pilot, David Kunkel, asked me to retrieve his oxygen bottle from under my seat, and when I handed it to him he gripped the plastic breathing tube with his teeth and opened the valve. We had taken off from Boulder […]
Read more »Water Scarcity: Major Factor In Middle East Tensions
May 28th, 2015
Via Water Online, an article on the impact that water scarcity is having upon Middle East tension: Water crises in the Middle East are helping “radicalize” the region, according to VICE. The inaccessibility of clean drinking water, water scarcity, drought, and food insecurity all combine to “make communities vulnerable—especially to extremist groups. By either providing water access […]
Read more »Federal Dollars Financing The Water Crisis In The American West
May 28th, 2015
Via Pro Public, an interesting detailed look at how federal dollars are financing the water crisis in the West: STATE ROUTE 87, the thin band of pavement that approaches the mostly shuttered town of Coolidge, Ariz., cuts through some of the least hospitable land in the country. The valley of red and brown sand is interrupted […]
Read more »Peace Pipe: China’s Plan To Pump Water To Taiwan
May 25th, 2015
Courtesy of The Economist, a report on a Chinese plan to pump water to its rival, Taiwan: Kinmen, a cluster of tiny islands two kilometres (just over a mile) off the coast of China’s Fujian Province, bears the scars of many a past battle. Chiang Kai-shek used the archipelago for his rearguard after Mao Zedong’s […]
Read more »During California’s Drought, It Is Time To Move Beyond Agriculture Versus Cities
May 18th, 2015
Via the Los Angeles Times, an interesting OpEd piece on the California water crisis and the need – during such a challenging time – to look for collective solutions versus divisive politics: At this point, just about every Californian with a pulse knows that agriculture uses 80% of the state’s water, and cities 20%. This […]
Read more »114 US, Canadian Cities Sign On To Rehabilitating The Jordan River
May 10th, 2015
Via the Jerusalem Post, a report on an innnovative agreement to rehabilitate the endangered Jordan River, a waterbody long embroiled in regional politics: The mayors of 114 American and Canadian Great Lakes cities signed a memorandum of understanding on Friday to take part in efforts to rehabilitate the Jordan River. Led by EcoPeace: Middle East (formerly Friends of […]
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