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How Will We Solve The World’s Water Wars? An Ancient Spanish Court Offers One Answer
July 26th, 2024
Via The Guardian, commentary on how – from Los Angeles to Cairo – the global water crisis is escalating – but Valencia’s Tribunal de les Aigües could inspire a solution: Every Thursday at noon, outside the west door of Valencia’s cathedral, nine black-cloaked figures – one wearing a banded cap and with a ceremonial harpoon […]
Read more »White House Looks to Safeguard Groundwater Supplies as Aquifers Decline Nationwide
July 26th, 2024
Via Inside Climate News, an article on how the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology is working with local stakeholders to determine how the federal government can help communities dependent on groundwater protect the dwindling resource: In the middle of summer in the nation’s hottest city, water experts from local governments, tribal nations, […]
Read more »Water Rights Spark Tension As Murray-Darling Basin Plan Shapes Agriculture
July 25th, 2024
Via Pinnacle Gazette, an article on how the Australian federal government’s water buyback scheme creates challenges and shifts for farmers amid rising water prices and environmental needs: Keeping water flowing through the Murray-Darling Basin has become a high-stakes game in Australia, one where both the environment and agriculture are vying for a dwindling resource. As […]
Read more »Thirsty New Subdivisions Have Made the Texas Groundwater Crisis Plain to See
July 25th, 2024
Via The Texas Tribune, a look at how overdevelopment in Texas,and the rules that encourage it, could literally sink communities such as Katy, where the land is subsiding due to groundwater extraction: Longhorns used to graze across the street from the house where Ozzy Tirmizi settled with his family in Katy, a western exurb of […]
Read more »As Rio Grande Runs Dry, South Texas Cities Look To Alternatives For Water
July 25th, 2024
Via The Texas Tribune, a report on how, as the Rio Grande runs dry, South Texas cities are looking to alternatives for water: The Rio Grande is no longer a reliable source of water for South Texas. That’s the sobering conclusion Rio Grande Valley officials are facing as water levels at the international reservoirs that […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China Warns of Hotter, Longer Heatwaves As Climate Change Intensifies
July 24th, 2024
Via Reuters, a report on China’s expectation of hotter, longer heatwaves as climate change intensifies: China is facing hotter and longer heatwaves and more frequent and unpredictable heavy rain as a result of climate change, the weather bureau warned on Thursday, as the world’s second-biggest economy braces for another scorching summer. In its annual climate […]
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