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‘Water Is the New Oil’ as Texas Cities Square Off Over Aquifers
March 31st, 2025
Via Inside Climate News, a look at how two cities and the Texas A&M University System are suing to stop a project that would pump up to 89 million gallons per day of groundwater 80 miles away to other boomtowns in Central Texas: In Central Texas, a bitter fight over a $1 billion water project […]
Read more »Texas Farmers Struggle As U.S. Denies Mexico’s Water Request Over Treaty Shortfalls
March 28th, 2025
Via High Plains Public Radio, a report on struggling Texas farmers as the U.S. denies Mexico’s water request over treaty shortfalls: The United States denied Mexico’s request for a special delivery of Colorado River water on Thursday, citing Mexico’s ongoing failure to meet its obligations under an 80-year-old water-sharing treaty between the two countries. Facing […]
Read more »The US and Canada Have Long Managed the Great Lakes Together. That Era Could be Ending.
March 27th, 2025
Via Grist, an article on how political tensions are threatening the future of the largest freshwater ecosystem on Earth: Great Lakes Day is an annual summit where politicians and officials of all stripes gather in Washington, D.C., to demonstrate their commitment to the region home to the largest freshwater ecosystem on the planet. For years, […]
Read more »The world’s Glaciers Are Losing Three Olympic-Sized Swimming Pools Every Second
March 26th, 2025
Via El Pais, a report on the threat posed by ice melting to water supply and rising sea levels: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Friday that “accelerating glacier melt risks unleashing an avalanche of cascading impacts on economies, ecosystems and communities, not just in mountain regions but at a global level.” This warning comes on March 21, […]
Read more »Environmentalists in Israel and Palestine Fight To Save Cross-Border Water Resources
March 26th, 2025
Via Grist, an article on efforts by environmentalists in Israel and Palestine fight to save cross-border water resources: Wadi Gaza is the estuary of Nahal Besor, a stream mentioned in the Bible. It flows west from Hebron in the West Bank, through Israeli territory and on through Gaza into the Mediterranean Sea. Today, after 18 […]
Read more »Chile’s Lithium Boom Promises Jobs and Money – But Threatens A Critical Water Source
March 26th, 2025
Via Grist, a report on the Atacama Desert – a major source of lithium for EV batteries – but one that, as global demand ramps up, the local Lickanantay people are racing to protect already scarce water supplies and their way of life: In the main square of Peine, a village of low houses and […]
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