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Watering The Middle East
September 15th, 2016
Via Project Syndicate, commentary on MENA’s water challenges: The United Nations World Water Development Report confirms what many already know: hundreds of thousands of people in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) – especially in Algeria, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen – have faced the worst water shortages in decades in 2016. This […]
Read more »Native American Water War Reveals Oil’s Fatal Flaw
September 15th, 2016
Via Fusion, a report on an ongoing crisis related to the Dakota Access Pipeline, which is causing some Native Americans to urge the public to change the way water is thought of and valued: Someday water will be worth more than oil. Just like it was for most of human existence until some clever men […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Water Riots – A Glimpse Into The Future?
September 14th, 2016
Via The Washington Post, another look at the water tensions boiling over in Bangalore: Authorities imposed a curfew Tuesday in India’s tech hub of Bangalore to quell violence that erupted over a water-sharing agreement from a local river. Work ground to a halt at many of the city’s technology firms, streets were deserted and stores shuttered. […]
Read more »Water Pressure Plummets In Tehran
September 13th, 2016
Via Al Monitor, a report on how – after years of warnings about an impending water crisis – Tehranis are experiencing dramatic drops in water pressure and now face the likely prospect of water rationing: Iran has been threatened by a water crisis for years, a situation that is being worsened by the mismanagement of scarce water […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Protests Over Water Supplies Hit India’s Tech Hub
September 13th, 2016
Via Terra Daily, a report on recent water-related tension in India: Violent protests have broken out in the southern technology hub of Bangalore over a Supreme Court order to divert water from reservoirs to a neighbouring state. The protests have forced shops, businesses and schools to close in Bangalore, capital of Karnataka state, which has […]
Read more »China’s Dam Problem With Myanmar
September 12th, 2016
Via Project Syndicate, commentary on the issue of the Myitsone dam in Myanmar: China is a big fan of dams. Indeed, over the last 50 years, the country has constructed more dams than all other countries combined. But there is one dam that China never managed to get built: the Myitsone Dam in Myanmar. And […]
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