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The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Massive Water Problem
Via the New York Times, an op-ed on China’s water crisis: This month, a hundred years after the completion of [...]
The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Utilities In Hot Water As Coal Plants Squeeze Water Supplies
Courtesy of GigaOm, a report on China’s watergy crisis: There’s a looming water crisis coming for China’s water-hungry coal plants, [...]
Central Asian Water Tensions: Solving Tajikistan’s Energy Crisis
Courtesy of the Carnegie Endowment, a detailed look at the Central Asian water crisis and the linchpin Tajik energy crisis: [...]
Burma – Emerging from International Isolation – Pursues Major Hydroelectric Plans
Via Oil Price.com, a look at Myanmar’s hydroelectric plans and the regional impact of such: What a difference two years [...]
Tibetan Dams
Courtesy of Tibetan Plateau, a updated map and list of hydropower projects (HPP) in the watersheds of the Drichu, Zachu [...]
Are African Land Grabs Really Water Grabs?
Via CNN, an interesting article on whether overseas investors to Africa have been actually buying water rather than land access: [...]

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