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Lithium Liabilities: The Untold Threat to Water in the Rush to Mine American Lithium
February 14th, 2024
Via Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, a report that uncovered the coming electric battery revolution in America will require billions upon billions of gallons of water to mine lithium. Many of the new U.S. mines will be located in the drought-prone American West. Nyle Pennington, a veteran water scientist who tracks groundwater for local governments, stopped […]
Read more »U.S. East Coast Is Sinking
February 14th, 2024
Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at new satellite-based research which reveals how land along the coast is slumping into the ocean, compounding the danger from global sea level rise. A major culprit: overpumping of groundwater. Researchers say a dominant cause for subsidence is groundwater depletion. A layer cake of overlapping aquifers extends […]
Read more »In a Victory for Poland Spring, Maine Rejects New Groundwater Limits
February 14th, 2024
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on a recent legal victory for the bottled-water company which – last year – tried to kill legislation aimed at protecting aquifers at a time when many are at risk nationally. Maine’s Legislature voted down a bill that would have limited large-scale pumping of groundwater in the […]
Read more »Water Depletion: A Pivotal Concern In Mexico’s 2024 Election
February 14th, 2024
Via Circle of Blue, a look at the growing importance of water in Mexico’s 2024 election: Serious drought and poor water management in Mexico is forcing millions of people all over the country to ration or recycle water for drinking and bathing. Of the country’s 32 states, 30 are experiencing dire water shortages, leading to big street protests. […]
Read more »Big Companies Cashed In on Mississippi’s Water. Small Towns Paid the Price.
February 14th, 2024
Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on how big companies vowed to fix Mississippi’s water woes and save cities millions, but an Times investigation found the deals racked up debt and left many worse off than before: In winter 2021, more than 150,000 people living in Jackson, Miss., were left without running water. Faucets […]
Read more »The Red-Dead Sea Canal: A Fading Pipe Dream To Fix The Middle East’s Water Woes
February 14th, 2024
Via IFL Science, a look at the proposed Red-Dead Sea Canal which, with relationships in the Middle East at an all-time low, the Red Sea–Dead Sea may never come to fruition: Two fingers of the Red Sea – the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba – rise through the Middle East between Egypt, […]
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