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US-Mexico Water Management in a Changing Environment
September 20th, 2026
Via the Baker Institute for Public Policy, a report on US-Mexico water management: This brief summarizes the key insights and strategic pathways emerging from an April 2026 closed-door workshop organized by the Claudio X. González Center for the U.S. and Mexico(CUSMX) in collaboration with the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI), the Permanent Forum of Binational Waters (PFBW), and […]
Read more »GERD: Ethiopia Digs In As Egypt Draws Red Line On Nile Dams
September 14th, 2026
Via The Africa Report, a look at how- amid the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam’s anniversary celebrations – Abiy Ahmed’s government plans three more Nile dams, and Cairo is threatening to block them: A year after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) at an international ceremony, his government is celebrating a startling success. […]
Read more »Water Shortages Now Hitting Russia Hard Across the Board
September 10th, 2026
Via Jamestown, a look at how water shortages are now impacting Russia: Russia is now facing water shortages across the board, with climate change and human use driving declines in food production, desertification, and restrictions on riverine and coastal shipping. This trend has not only limited Moscow’s ability to use water as a political weapon […]
Read more »Litigation Flows: The Colorado River Enters the Courts
September 5th, 2026
Via Invisible Waters, a look at Nevada’s legal suit against the federal government over its shortage plan: Over the past few years, negotiations over the Colorado River’s new operating rules occurred mostly behind closed doors, with little official record-keeping. But based on the public rhetoric, if you were to make a guess, Nevada would have […]
Read more »The War for the Rio Grande
September 4th, 2026
Courtesy of Texas Monthly, a look at Rio Grande crisis: Some three hundred farmers bushwhacked up a steep hillside through the desert thornbush. Scrambling on all fours, they had to avoid the sharp stones wedged into the sunbaked earth, though some of them collected the rocks to use as weapons. The unforgiving September sun felt […]
Read more »Central Asia’s Energy Transition Depends on Water Security
September 3rd, 2026
Via The Diplomat, a look at how a more integrated and flexible power system could give Central Asian states greater room to manage drought, hydropower volatility, and competing demands for water: Central Asia is building a new energy system. Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are rapidly expanding solar and wind generation and battery storage, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan […]
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