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Pakistan’s Dispute Over New Canal Threatens Political Coalition
March 26th, 2025
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on a disputed $750m canal in Pakistan: Growing concerns over a potential water crisis from the building of a new canal have sparked opposition across Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh, with the local assembly passing a resolution against it in mid-March. This has raised fear that the Pakistan People’s Party […]
Read more »The Last Drops of Mexico City
March 26th, 2025
One of the world’s largest and most populated cities may run out of drinking water in the near future. As Mexico’s capital struggles to quench its thirst, Longlead provides scenes from the parched megalopolis showing how water scarcity could one day impact cities around the globe. Every day, for most of her life, Norma, a 68-year-old woman […]
Read more »Can’t Wash, Can’t Farm: Iranians Battle ‘Water Bankruptcy’
March 22nd, 2025
Via Context, a look at Iran’s growing water scarcity crisis: Iranians urged to cut water use as dam levels fall Nationwide water shortage cripples farmers Shortfall resembles ‘overdrawn bank account’ As Iranians scrubbed their homes and hosed their gardens ahead of Persian New Year celebrations, they were told to slash their water use if the […]
Read more »Billions Will Suffer If Rapid Glacial Melt Continues: Report
March 22nd, 2025
Via Dawn, an article on a new UN report has warning that rapidly-meltin glaciers and snow have imperilled the global ecosystem and billions of people who rely on freshwater from these sources: A new UN report has warned that rapidly melting glaciers and snow have imperilled the global ecosystem and billions of people who rely on freshwater […]
Read more »Could Trump Break the West’s Most Important River?
March 21st, 2025
Via Politico, a report on how the new Administration could impact the Colorado River’s future: A Native American tribe with a powerful water claim had an ultimatum for the Trump administration: Release money to protect the Colorado River — or fight over the future of the most important river in the West. Uncharacteristically, the Trump […]
Read more »Trump Threatens Great Lakes Agreements Between U.S. and Canada
March 19th, 2025
Via Circle of Blue, a look at how Great Lakes water and related agreements between the U.S. and Canada are clearly on President Trump’s radar: In 2024 when Donald Trump as a presidential candidate proposed piping water from British Columbia, Canada to California, his statement was largely dismissed as campaign rhetoric. Once he was elected, Canadians started […]
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