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Vague, Voluntary Proposals Will Not Help The Colorado River
September 4th, 2022
Via Glenwood Springs Post Independent, commentary on the current proposals to help the Colorado River: Water managers in recent weeks have put forth plans for conservation aimed at addressing the water-scarcity crisis on the Colorado River. But the proposals, which are vague and voluntary and lack goals with numbers, will probably do little to get […]
Read more »Jackson Water Crisis: A Legacy of Environmental Racism?
September 4th, 2022
Via BBC, a look at the Jackson, Mississippi water crisis which some feel may be a legacy of environmental racism: Marshall lives in west Jackson, in the US state of Mississippi – a predominantly black and poor part of the city. He has no choice but to drink the tap water that Jackson residents have been […]
Read more »The Long-Term Water Politics of Ethiopia’s Nile River Mega-Dam
September 2nd, 2022
Via STRATFOR WorldView (subscription required), analysis of the long-term water politics of Ethiopia’s Nile River mega-dam: Ethiopia’s unilateral filling of the dam’s reservoir will worsen water scarcity in Egypt and Sudan, threatening to set a dangerous precedent for regional water politics if the three states do not resume negotiations. Ethiopia completed its third filling of the […]
Read more »Cloud Wars: Mideast Rivalries Rise Along a New Front
September 2nd, 2022
Via the New York Times, an article on how – as climate change makes the region hotter and drier – the U.A.E. is leading the effort to squeeze more rain out of the clouds, and other countries are rushing to keep up: Iranian officials have worried for years that other nations have been depriving them […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China Turns To Technology To Fight Drought
September 2nd, 2022
Courtesy of WIRED, an article on how China is exploring cloud seeding, GM crops, and a multibillion-dollar water-transfer system to address its worst water shortages on record: On a grassy plateau overlooking a valley in central China, two officials stood by as a small, thin rocket blasted off from the rear of a pickup truck. […]
Read more »From Sun Belt to Dust Belt: Can U.S. Desert States Stave Off Their Decline?
September 1st, 2022
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an article on the precarious future of the U.S. southwest: The desert Sun Belt states of Arizona and Nevada have seen some of the fastest growth in the United States for the past half century, but if climate projections are accurate, that growth might turn into a decline as temperatures […]
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