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Water Disputes Compound Instability In The Middle East
Via the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, an article on the impact of water scarcity in the Middle East: The Middle [...]
Iranians Thirsty For Change
Via Asia Times, a report on the water crisis exploding in Iran as authorities crack down hard on protesters who [...]
U.S. / Canada: A River Runs Through It
Courtesy of the Wilson Quarterly, a look at the Columbia River Treaty and what lessons it holds for Canada/US water [...]
Water Shortages Threaten Iran With Political and Economic Apocalypse
Via Bloomberg, a report on Iran’s water shortages which may result in massive population displacement as provincial aquifers run dry: [...]
Bone Dry Afghanistan Faces Future Famines
Via Third Pole, an article on how limate change, bad water management and decades of conflict have left the country [...]
High Crimes: Illegal Marijuan Farms Stealing California’s Scarce Water
Via CalMatters, a look at how – as drought grips most of California – water thefts have increased to record [...]

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