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Colorado River States: Bought Time But Need To Think Bigger
May 27th, 2023
Via Coyote Gulch, commentary on how Colorado River states bought time with a 3-year water conservation deal, but now they need to think bigger: Arizona, California and Nevada have narrowly averted a regional water crisis by agreeing to reduce their use of Colorado River water over the next three years. This deal represents a temporary solution to a […]
Read more »In Iowa: A Tale of Politics, Power, and Contaminated Water
May 27th, 2023
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a look at how – on the same day when the US Supreme Court dramatically rolled back the protections of the Clean Water Act – this report from Iowa exposed the political machinations related to a “torrent of (agricultural) run-off that contaminates virtually every mile of the state’s streams and […]
Read more »After a Dry Spring, Northwest Africa Braces for Disruptive Crop Failures
May 27th, 2023
Courtesy of RANE Worldview, analysis of how – after a dry Spring – Northwest Africa braces for disruptive crop failures: As the summer harvest season begins in agriculture-dependent North Africa, severe drought will lead to crop failures that will increase risks of political uncertainty, social unrest and economic instability. Northwest Africa’s Maghreb region, which includes Morocco, […]
Read more »Water Woes Shake Up Spain’s Election Campaign
May 27th, 2023
Via Seed Daily, a report on the impact that drought is having upon Spanish election campaign activities: Concern over the future of Spain’s Donana natural park, which is threatened by overfarming, has made water management a key issue ahead of local elections at the end of May.Spain’s water resources are becoming exhausted while its irrigation […]
Read more »U.S. Supreme Court Limits EPA’s Power to Address Water Pollution
May 27th, 2023
Courtesy of The New York Times, an article on a recent US Supreme Court decision that experts say will sharply undercut the agency’s authority to protect millions of acres of wetlands under the Clean Water Act, leaving them subject to pollution without penalty: The Supreme Court on Thursday curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to police millions […]
Read more »No River, No Power – Can Asia’s Rivers Power Growth In A Changing Climate?
May 25th, 2023
Courtesy of China Water Risk, a new report analyzing a third of global power generation capacity to find that escalating climate risks and rivers running dry can strand sizeable portions of national power generation assets, including sizeable trifecta exposure to water risks across 10 key rivers from the Yangtze, Yellow, Indus, Ganges, to the Mekong […]
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