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Latest Mekong Dam Will Produce Little Power, But Much Environmental Harm
July 24th, 2023
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, perspective on a dam project impacting an important Mekong tributary: Southeast Asia’s Mekong River, known as the most productive river system on the planet, sustains the livelihoods of tens of millions of people through fishing and farming. For years, the world’s largest inland fishery has also been under assault from […]
Read more »Kabul Residents Queue for Hours for Water as Afghan Capital Runs Dry
July 23rd, 2023
Via The National News, an article on Afghanistan’s growing drought crisis: In Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, 14-year-old Hussain has only one job and it takes all day. To fetch a few precious gallons of water, using a wheelbarrow, he takes a 15-minute walk to the nearest water point and queues for up to 14 hours. “One day […]
Read more »Climate Change Threatens Turkey’s Role as a Food Supplier to Europe and the Middle East
July 22nd, 2023
Via The Turkey Analyst, a look at the impact that climate change-driven water scarxity is having upon Turkey’s role as a food supplier to Europe and Middle East: The persistence of high food inflation in Turkey belies a deeper problem. Turkish agrifood production cannot adequately cope with increasing water scarcity due to climate change. Challenging […]
Read more »Water Crisis Looming: Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan’s Imperative for The Grand Afghan Canal
July 22nd, 2023
Via the Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting (CABAR), analysis of the water crisis looking between Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan: In March 2022, the self-proclaimed Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan set in motion an ambitious plan for the Qosh Tepa irrigation canal, a potential lifeline for drought-ridden Afghanistan. However, its construction casts a looming shadow over Uzbekistan […]
Read more »Liquid Failure: South African Outlaws Exploit Water Woes for Profit
July 22nd, 2023
Via The Africa Report, a look at how South Africa’s massive water shortage is prompting a push for dams – while the country’s water mafias continue to profit: When Johannesburg Water announced it was shutting off the supply for 58 hours on Tuesday 11 July for planned maintenance, Grace Ramotlwa knew what it would mean […]
Read more »Running Dry: Can the Farm Bill Help Fix the Racial Water Gap?
July 21st, 2023
Via Yes! Magazine, commentary on how decades of disinvestment have led to racialized disparities in access to safe drinking water and effective wastewater services: For years, Michael Prado has provided bottled water to his neighbors in Sultana, a town of about 785 people in California’s Central Valley. That’s because most wells in town have been contaminated by […]
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