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Nevada, Utah Set To Battle Over The West’s most Precious Resource
February 7th, 2022
Via the Las Vegas Review Journal, an article on a battle over water between Utah and Nevada that is threatening to boil over: A battle is brewing on the border of the nation’s two driest states over the West’s most precious resource. Utah water officials have long eyed pumping groundwater into the burgeoning community of […]
Read more »Wells Run Dry For Thousands of Arizona Families
February 6th, 2022
Via Modeshift, an article on Arizona’s freshwater crisis: Three weeks into a trip to Arizona to report on the state’s magnifying water-scarce condition I’m becoming more expert in a contemporary American story that pits a state’s unyielding capitalist model of growth against Mother Earth’s power to change the rules of the game. In its basic […]
Read more »US Facing Dire Water Scarcity On Biggest Freshwater Reserves, Says New Study
February 2nd, 2022
Via Nature World News, an article on a new study examining US water scarcity: Water scarcity is occurring in some of the US’ biggest freshwater reserves, as per a new study. Not only the crisis is evident in the US but also to other parts of the world. Amid a growing human population, US and […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Fake Snow Frenzy for Beijing Olympics Strains Water Supplies
February 1st, 2022
Via Bloomberg, an article on how China’s first Winter Olympics rely completely on artificial snow, further straining dry regions around Beijing: Weeks before the world’s best skiers and snowboarders descend on Zhangjiakou, a main site of the Beijing Winter Olympics, a dozen machines furiously churned out snow to cover the mountains they will race down. The slopes were soon […]
Read more »Polluted Rivers, Scarce Water, Sinking Capital: Dire Water Threats Facing Indonesia
January 31st, 2022
Via Circle of Blue, a look at some of the dire water threats facing Indonesia which, per one report, could slice 7 percent from Indonesia’s GDP in 2045 – or boost it by 3 percent – depending on how they are handled: For decades, Indonesia’s largest city has been sinking into a water crisis. Jakarta’s descent […]
Read more »Iran Water Protesters Attack Afghan Vehicles
January 31st, 2022
Via Terra Daily, a report on Iran water protesters who recently attacked Afghan vehicles: Protesters in Iran’s southeast attacked trucks belonging to Afghan drivers during a demonstration on Friday over water rights for a river that flows from Afghanistan, Iranian state media said. Demonstrators from Sistan-Baluchestan province, which shares a frontier with Afghanistan, rallied at a […]
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