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The Fight Over Water: Business and Politics Collide In California
August 12th, 2017
Via Entrepreneur Magazine, a look at the controversial Cadiz water project in southern California: Water, as intrinsic to our lives as the air we breathe, is becoming increasingly rare and valuable. We must stop taking it for granted. The water situation in California is dire, and some experts predict that the state — our largest […]
Read more »Big Hydropower Dams Disrupt Mekong River’s Free Flow
August 10th, 2017
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a look at how plans by Laos to build big hydropower dams on the Mekong River are seen by many villagers, the region’s environmental organizations, and some officials in neighboring countries as making a mockery of the river’s natural beauty and its central value as a source of fish, irrigation, […]
Read more »Thirsty City: Nairobi May Run Dry
August 9th, 2017
Via The Guardian, a report on the critical state of Nairobi’s water supplies, clear evidence of a broken loop between how a city reconciles its thirst for water and its hunger for food: For the team managing Nairobi’s water, the stakes have never been so high. Water-rationing has been going on in Kenya’s capital since […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: New Investment Flows into China’s Water Industry
August 8th, 2017
Via Future Directions International, a report on China’s water industry: For some time now, the issue of water security in China has been of extreme concern to its government, international NGOs and the international community. China itself contains the second-largest number of people living without regular access to safe drinking water, second only to India, and despite […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Tibet Pleads For China To “Fix the ‘Roof Of The World’ Before It’s Too Late”
August 7th, 2017
Via The Guardian, an opinion piece on how – as rising temperatures on the roof of the world make Tibet both a driver and amplifier of global warming – some observers feel that China’s mining and dam building needs to be reigned in: As Australia continues to battle a water crisis and the challenges facing the […]
Read more »Hot-Headed: How Climate Change-Induced Drought Is Destabilising Global Peace
August 7th, 2017
Via Vision of Humanity, interesting commentary on mounting evidence that climate change is creating the conditions for instability and poverty, two significant contributors to the outbreak of civil war and violence: “There is mounting evidence that climate change is creating the conditions for instability and poverty, two significant contributors to the outbreak of civil war and […]
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