BLOG
Politics of Water in Iran’s Election
May 16th, 2017
Via The Guardian, an interesting look at the politics of water shortages and air pollution in the upcoming Iranian election: Four years ago one of the candidates in Iran’s presidential election made himself popular by promising to save Lake Urmia, one of the world’s largest saltwater lakes that was on the cusp of disappearing. Now, President […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon Vs. The Parched Tiger: China-Pakistan Water Pincer Against India
May 16th, 2017
Via the Times of India, a look at how China has stepped up its challenge to India by signing an accord with Pakistan to fund and build two mega-dams in Gilgit-Baltistan, which the United Nations recognizes as a disputed region and part of Jammu and Kashmir: China, which is working to re-engineer the trans-boundary flows […]
Read more »The Politics of Water Access Under Occupation: The Palestinian Water Crisis
May 15th, 2017
Via Truth Out, a look at the Palestinian water crisis: Following the Palestinian Authority’s April 26th announcement that it will immediately stop funding the Gaza Strip’s electricity, purchased from Israel, Gaza’s already catastrophic humanitarian situation is poised to worsen. The move is seen by many as a shortsighted attempt by PA President Mahmoud Abbas to exert […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: In City Prone to Drought, Chennai’s Water Packagers Rush In
May 12th, 2017
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, an interesting look at how millions of Indians rely on an enormous bottled water industry: Before he delivered bottled water to this city’s thirsty homes and businesses, T. Rajan tried all manner of entrepreneurial enterprises. He sold scrap paper and cardboard to recyclers. He built a street corner chai and […]
Read more »Rising Tide: America Has A Water Crisis No One Is Talking About
May 11th, 2017
Via Vox, a very good article on what is likely to be a trigger for a new wave of water politics in the United States’ near future – namely, outdated infrastructure making water too expensive for millions of families: Access to clean water is a basic human right. Yet for 14 million US households, or 12 percent […]
Read more »Africa’s Aral Sea?
May 7th, 2017
Via Yahoo!, a report on the tensions arising over Ethiopia’s Gibe III dam’s impact on Lake Turkana: The beach looks ready for war: in the sparse lakeshore shade hundreds wait, sweaty from the heat, weapons at their feet. In Kenya’s hot, dry and lawless north even the fishermen are armed, but guns will not save […]
Read more »