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Historic Agreement Gives Colorado River Indian Tribes Control Over Use of Their Water off Tribal Land
May 3rd, 2024
Via Inside Climate News, a report on a historic deal that will help the tribe raise money for infrastructure and services for its members while the water could ease the drought in the Southwest: Against a backdrop of the Colorado River, members of the Colorado River Indian Tribes watched Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Kashmir Now Faces Water Scarcity as Himalayan Glaciers Melt
May 3rd, 2024
Via Fair Observer, an article on the impact that climate change is having upon water supplies in Jammu and Kashmir, India. The winter of 2023–2024 was the driest on record, with major cities in the region such as the summer capital of Srinagar recording their hottest winter in 18 years. With the world projected to […]
Read more »‘Fuel for Water’: Heatwave Piles Misery On Myanmar’s Displaced Communities
May 3rd, 2024
Via Terra Daily, a report on the drought stress adding to the tragedy of Myanmar’s displaced citizens: Zay Yar Tun fills his truck with water for delivery to refugees in the parched hills of war-ravaged eastern Myanmar, where a heatwave is adding to the misery of life in displacement camps. Under a roof of plastic […]
Read more »Water Scarcity Hurting South Texas and North Mexico
May 3rd, 2024
Via BorderReport, an article on the growing impact of water scarcity in south Texas and north Mexico: The South Texas border town of Mission is known as the “Home of the Grapefruit.” But the sight of grapefruit, lemon and orange groves could soon be no more as water scarcity is beginning to affect the citrus […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Bengaluru’s Water Crisis Is Why Indian Cities Need ‘Water Urbanism’
May 2nd, 2024
Via Nagaland Post, commentary on Bengaluru’s water crisis and India’s need for ‘water urbanism’: India is one of the most water-stressed countries in the world according to a report by the NITI Aayog. The country is home to nearly a fifth of the world’s population, but it has only 4% of global water resources. Add […]
Read more »Megadrought Forces End To Sugarcane Farming in Parched Texas
May 1st, 2024
Via The Guardian, an article on the drought-driven end to sugarcane farming in parched Texas, where there’s just not enough water in the Rio Grande to share between the US and Mexico: Tudor Uhlhorn has been too busy auctioning off agricultural equipment to grieve the “death” of Texas’s last sugar mill. “I’m as sad as anyone […]
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