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Why the Rush to Mine Lithium Could Dry Up the High Andes
October 5th, 2023
Courtesy of Yale e360, a look at how the water impacts of a mining boom in an arid Andes region of Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia, home to half the world’s reserves: What environmental price should the world be willing to pay for the metals needed to switch to electric vehicles? The question is being asked […]
Read more »San Diego Gears Up to Deal Water Across the West
October 3rd, 2023
Via the Voice of San Diego, a look at the fact that it has been twenty years since San Diego bought Colorado River water from its farming neighbors, and it now seeks to attract investors in its other water assets: This October marks 20 years since San Diego cut a famous deal that protected it […]
Read more »Thousands of California Wells At Risk of Drying Up Despite Landmark Water Law
October 2nd, 2023
Via Phys.org, a report on how – even though California enacted sweeping legislation nearly a decade ago to curb excessive agricultural pumping of groundwater – new research predicts that thousands of drinking water wells could run dry in the Central Valley by the time the law’s restrictions take full effect in 2040; Even though California […]
Read more »The Roots of the Global Water Crisis
October 2nd, 2023
Via Eco Business, commentary on how – instead of pursuing the systemic changes needed to address water-related challenges – the world’s governments are bowing to corporate interests and settling for insufficient incremental reforms; In March 1977, representatives from 116 countries gathered in Mar del Plata, Argentina, for the inaugural United Nations Water Conference. At the time, […]
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