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Turkey’s President’s Erdogan in Rare Iraq Visit to Discuss Water, Oil, Security
April 25th, 2024
Via Energy Daily, a report on Turkey’s President’s Erdogan rare visit to Iraq to discuss water, oil, and security: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived Monday in neighbouring Iraq for his first state visit there in years, with water, oil and regional security issues expected to top the agenda. Erdogan was greeted with a 21-gun salute […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: How India’s Water Pollution Triggers Migration Waves
April 24th, 2024
Via Fair Planet, a look at how India’s water pollution triggers migration waves: In 2024, pollutants contaminating groundwater affected over two million people in India. What drives this trend and what can be done to reverse it? Farmers and experts offer their insights. Sunil Kumar, 45, a former resident of Bindhroli – a village in […]
Read more »The Sinking Arizona Town Where Water and Politics Collide
April 23rd, 2024
Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on how Democrats see an opening to win back rural Trump voters in Arizona fed up with their groundwater being pumped by huge farms: In Arizona’s deeply conservative La Paz County, the most urgent issue facing many voters is not inflation or illegal immigration. It is the […]
Read more »Amid Water Crisis, Mexico City’s Metro System Is Sinking Unevenly
April 23rd, 2024
Via Undark, an article on Mexico City where – propelled by the draining of local aquifers – the city’s land is sinking. New research surveys the impact on the subways. WITH ITS EXPANSE of buildings and concrete, Mexico City may not look squishy — but it is. Ever since the Spanish conquistadors drained Lake Texcoco to […]
Read more »US Lawmakers Elizabeth Warren and Ro Khanna Seek to Ban Trade In Water Rights
April 22nd, 2024
Via The Guardian, a report on a proposed bill that would stop private investors, including hedge funds, farmers and municipalities, from profiting off water scarcity: With private investors poised to profit from water scarcity in the west, US senator Elizabeth Warren and representative Ro Khanna are pursuing a bill to prohibit the trading of water as a […]
Read more »Iran: Water An Important Factor In Expansion of Ties with Afghanistan
April 22nd, 2024
Via Ariana News, a report that Iran says water is an important factor in expansion of ties with Afghanistan: Iran’s special representative for Afghanistan, Hasan Kazemi Qomi, said on Sunday that water is an important factor in the expansion of bilateral relations, expressing hope that the flow of water to his country will continue. Qomi […]
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