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Egypt and Ethiopia’s Dispute Is Getting Worse
November 8th, 2024
Via Geopolitical Futures, a look at what started as a disagreement over water rights threatens to develop into a proxy war in Somalia. Egypt has been displeased with Ethiopia’s plan to dam the Blue Nile River since the project was announced more than a decade ago. Egypt’s very existence depends on its access to the […]
Read more »On Colorado River, Water Rights More Valuable Than Gold
November 8th, 2024
Via Equities.com, a look at the Colorado River: The Colorado River is in trouble. The 1,450-mile river sweeps across the Rocky Mountains into the Gulf of California, providing water to over 40 million people in seven states. The river has lost nearly 20% of its water, reaching crisis levels in recent years. If water levels drop too […]
Read more »Is A Global Industrial Hub Responsible For The Destruction of Mexico’s Atoyac River?
November 6th, 2024
Via The Guardian, a look at how pollution from a cluster of foreign factories in Mexico is contributing to a threat to public health: On the outskirts of Puebla in central Mexico sits an area on the Atoyac River known as Nueva Alemania, or “New Germany”. Between two factories, under-construction houses pepper streets with names such as Frankfurt, […]
Read more »Texas Sued New Mexico Over Rio Grande Water. Now The States Are Fighting the Federal Government.
November 4th, 2024
Via Texas Tribune, a report on how – after the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the federal government in the long-running water dispute – the states — which had finally worked out a water-sharing agreement — are back to the drawing board: When Judge D. Brooks Smith traveled from Pennsylvania to Colorado, he passed over […]
Read more »The Colorado River Is Drying Up. Farmers Can Help Revive It.
November 3rd, 2024
Via Fast Company, a look at how farmers and different crop selection could help save the Colorado River: When you open your refrigerator to prepare dinner, you might see ingredients. I see water. I see the gallons of water needed to produce each item in my fridge. Water that’s now less plentiful than ever before […]
Read more »Global Water Crisis Threatens 8% GDP and 50% Food Production Loss by 2050
November 3rd, 2024
Via Smart Water Magazine, an article on a new report that forecasts a global water crisis will threaten 8% GDP loss and over 50% of food production by 2050: An international group of leaders and experts warns that unless humanity acts with greater boldness and urgency, an increasingly out-of-balance water cycle will wreak havoc on economies […]
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