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Can India and Pakistan’s Historic Water Pact Endure?
September 26th, 2023
Via F0reign Policy, an article on the Indus Waters Treaty – which was created to avoid conflict – but, to confront the climate crisis, it must evolve: Since 1960, a treaty brokered by the World Bank has prevented a water war between pugnacious neighbors India and Pakistan—even as the two countries have gone to war […]
Read more »‘Monster Fracks’ Are Getting Far Bigger. And Far Thirstier.
September 25th, 2023
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on the giant new oil and gas wells that require astonishing volumes of water to fracture bedrock which are threatening America’s fragile aquifersL Along a parched stretch of La Salle County, Texas, workers last year dug some 700 feet deep into the ground, seeking freshwater. Millions of […]
Read more »France’s Water War Has No End in Sight
September 25th, 2023
Via Foreign Policy, a report on how – as France’s water reserves run low – tensions are running high: As France grapples with soaring temperatures and ever more ruinous droughts, a full-blown water war is unfolding in the country, with heavy clashes, injuries, and arrests. Tensions are running high over the use of giant artificial […]
Read more »The Roots of the Global Water Crisis
September 25th, 2023
Via Project Syndicate, commentary on how every country in the world faces water-related challenges – underscoring our collective dependence on the planet’s most vital resource – but instead of pursuing the systemic changes needed to address this crisis, the world’s governments are bowing to corporate interests and settling for insufficient incremental reforms: In March 1977, […]
Read more »Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan Resume Nile Dam Talks
September 25th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, a report on resumed GERD negotiations: Ethiopia said Saturday it had begun a second round of talks with Egypt and Sudan over a controversial mega-dam built by Addis Ababa on the Nile, long a source of tensions among the three nations.Ethiopia this month announced the completion of the fourth and final filling […]
Read more »China Builds Reach By Backing Middle East Water Projects
September 24th, 2023
Via Al Monitor, a look at how – in its latest financial deal – China has agreed to provide a new credit facility to expand Saudi Arabia’s water generation and power portfolio: China is looking to take on a bigger role in bringing water-related solutions to the Middle East. Among its latest deals is a three-year […]
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