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The Thirsty Dragon: China’s First-Ever 14FYP for Water Security
March 25th, 2022
Via China Water Risk, a report on China’s 14 year plan for water security: China’s first-ever 14FYP for Water Security signals that it is well ahead in water adaptation & the IPCC’s “climate resilient development”. Water = top priority for China’s next 100 years of development; Water 14FYP recognises the many & significant challenges with […]
Read more »Drop by Drop: Arizona Moves Steadily Closer to Water Peril
March 23rd, 2022
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a report on how severe drought, dead wells, and political divisions are pushing Arizona steadily closer to water supply peril: Nobody who knows Peggy Judd would mistake her for a political progressive. At age 59, Judd is in her second term as one of three supervisors in Cochise County, a nearly 4 million-acre expanse of mesquite and cholla cactus, irrigated cropland, […]
Read more »A ‘Dangerous Game of Chicken” On The Colorado River
March 23rd, 2022
Via Writers on the Range, commentary on inter-basin negotiations and use of water from the Colorado River: Seven Western states and their leaders — all depending on water from the Colorado River — remain divided. Split into basins by an imaginary border at Lees Ferry, Arizona, each state can share blame for the rapid depletion […]
Read more »Morocco Withers Under Worst Drought In 40 Years
March 23rd, 2022
Via Al Monitor, a report on the water supply fears as Morocco endures its worst drought since the 1980s: As Morocco withers under its worst drought in 40 years, experts warn that a combination of climate change and bad resource management could trigger severe drinking water shortages. “The country hasn’t seen a situation like this […]
Read more »Egypt Deepens Military Ties With Sudan As Ethiopia Fills Nile Dam
March 22nd, 2022
Via Al Monitor, a report on how Egypt and Sudan continue to build on their military relations amid rising tensions with Ethiopia with the approaching third filling phase of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam despite the negotiations halt: Egypt and Sudan held high-level military talks recently amid mounting tensions with Ethiopia over its giant hydroelectric dam on […]
Read more »Colorado River: Don’t Blame Upper Basin States
March 22nd, 2022
Via Writers on the Range, commentary on the Colorado River blame game between Upper and Lower Basin states: Kyle Roerink’s recent “Writers on the Range” opinion (“A dangerous game of chicken on the Colorado River”) reminds one of Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s 1983 caution in a Washington Post op-ed: “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but […]
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