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Mexico City Residents Protest Water Shortage As Ex-Civil Protection Head Urges ‘Prioritizing Survival Actions’
February 4th, 2024
Via The Independent, a look at growing unrest over Mexico’s water shortages: According to the Mexican government, for more than 40 years, the Cutzamala System has been the main source of water supply for the Mexican capital and the metropolitan area; now, the supply of this vital liquid could be endangered SIGN UP I would […]
Read more »Brazil-Bolivia Dam Reignites Debates on Hydropower in the Amazon
February 3rd, 2024
Via Diálogo Chino, a look at how communities have pushed back on a proposed Ribeirão dam, a joint initiative by Brazil and Bolivia on the Madeira River, decrying dams’ impacts and seeking alternatives in solar: On a hot August day in the city of Guajará-Mirim, in Brazil’s Rondônia state, more than 140 people packed into a […]
Read more »Spain’s Catalonia Is Spending $2.6 Billion to Survive Without Rain
February 1st, 2024
Via Bloomberg, a report that Barcelona and surrounding areas are planning to end their dependency on rain water by 2030 as global warming forces the region to adapt to a dramatically different climate: Catalonia, home to Spain’s second-largest regional economy and popular tourist destination Barcelona, has a plan to live without rain by the end of this decade. […]
Read more »Afghanistan’s Warm Winter Triggers Warning Of Severe Drought
January 31st, 2024
Via Radio Free Europe, a report on renewed fears of a severe drought in Afghanistan: The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that an unseasonably dry and warm winter could have devastating consequences for Afghanistan. “Without substantial snowfall soon, the country could experience a severe drought,” the agency said on January 23, […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China Opens Taps On Its Newest Water Diversion Project
January 30th, 2024
Via ECNS, an update on a giant project diverting water from the Xijiang River in the western part of the Pearl River to the cities of Shenzhen and Dongguan in Guangdong province: A giant project diverting water from the Xijiang River in the western part of the Pearl River to the cities of Shenzhen and […]
Read more »California’s Most Improbable Water Project Rebrands As Crusader For Environmental Justice
January 30th, 2024
Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times, a look at Cadiz Inc., a venture that has been trying to get a water project approved despite doubts about its financing, its water rights and its influence-peddling. Under new management, it now says it’s all about serving the disadvantaged: It’s hard to think of a California company that […]
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